Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [vb mod] [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the period up to April 1992 , canopies which were installed will be replaced within the next three to four years . |
| 2 | Who would have thought that the tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written could be encapsulated in a microchip ? |
| 3 | We firmly believe , without prejudging all the issues which have been raised in relation to the problem , that whatever mistakes were made should be viewed against the background of her overall contribution on the one hand and the activities of the enemy on the other . |
| 4 | I also suggest that much of the bewilderment felt by teachers about the nature of the subject that they were teaching can be traced to both Brian Way 's and Dorothy Heathcote 's disclaimer that drama could be important in itself . |
| 5 | Alexander , always a connoisseur of garments , realised that Frederica had changed her style , that the clothes the young creatures were wearing could be described as a parody of the clothes Frederica had worn at their age , and that Frederica 's new style was not unrelated to this shift . |
| 6 | It seems likely that the files of cases which had ‘ no further action ’ or were cautioned would be returned to the police quickly , so we inferred that those cases not followed-up had been tried in the magistrates ' courts . |
| 7 | Of course the actual procedures to which the document or records were subjected would be recorded in the audit working papers . |
| 8 | It did seem , however , that a series of needs which were surfacing could be responded to and change enhanced through the creation of an industry/school partnership . |
| 9 | If they make Æthelred 's activities appear considerably rosier to us than they did to contemporaries , this at least does something to explain how the king in whose name these high-sounding utterances were issued could be charged by his subjects in 1014 with hateful practices and injustice . |
| 10 | In this event sites from which they were removed could be returned to their former use as agricultural land , or left to return to a natural condition , without serious difficulty . |
| 11 | In the example given above , for instance , the value of the site for which planning permission for housing development was given might be increased by virtue of the fact that it was refused on the second site . |
| 12 | It was always accepted that the FAOR study was essentially a research project , and any reservations about the final outcome in relation to the extensive analysis that was undertaken must be viewed in this context . |
| 13 | It was inevitable that the RCM commitment to accepting help from wherever it was offered would be seen by orthodox Jews as a betrayal and a challenge . |
| 14 | During the war my mother worked in a factory making endless ground sheets which I was told could be turned into trench capes . |
| 15 | The way this defence was used can be seen from the following submission , made by a defendant charged with the possession of a hacksaw blade with intent to do criminal damage to the perimeter fence of the US naval base at Brawdy : |
| 16 | It is interesting to note that legislation was required , because , as said above , mid-nineteenth-century reformers thought that most of what was needed could be achieved by formalising the relationship by means of a lease . |
| 17 | The fact that Hemingway was born can be treated as part of the given information because all human beings are born ( with disputable mythical exceptions ) . |
| 18 | How each of these groups was affected will be considered in the chapters which follow . |
| 19 | In much of this material there was little attempt to relate such antipathy and prejudice to a consistent and coherent theory of behaviour , but the assumption and arguments on which it was based can be seen as the origins of a racial nationalist ideology which was to be more rigorously formulated at a later date . |
| 20 | The Ferrars also gave considerable attention to planning a college , intended to become the first seat of higher education in North America , as well as a school for Indians , whom it was hoped would be converted to Christianity . |
| 21 | From what we know of primitive races it is highly probable that the incentive for producing these paintings was magical , the object being to fix in paint on the wall or ceiling of a cave an event — usually the slaying of an animal — which it was hoped would be effected in the future elsewhere . |
| 22 | The Three were negotiating a trilateral free-trade zone to be implemented over a 10-year period , which it was hoped could be signed on July 1 . |
| 23 | He added that Croda-funded research at Stirling was now targeted towards developing a further ‘ Lorenzo 's Oil ’ which it was hoped could be used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis . |
| 24 | The first judicial indication that this view was to change can be found in Lord Denning 's judgment in Candler v Crane Christmas & Co ( 1951 ) 1 All ER 426 . |
| 25 | The date and time the process was started should be recorded on the row labelled{ 2 . |
| 26 | The date and time the process was started should be entered on the row labelled{ Tape Preparation Started Date Time } in the appropriate spaces on the form NEWOED2 . |
| 27 | A cause of action which did not exist when the summons was issued can be added by amendment only with the consent of the other party ( Chuan Chow Maritime v K/S A/S Bulk Transport ( 1984 ) The Times , 25 February ) . |
| 28 | Bearing this in mind ( and the same applies to the unregistered design right generally and to copyright works ) it is worthwhile keeping good records of the development of the topography so that the date it was created can be proved in a court of law . |
| 29 | The esteem in which the literary ability of these men was held can be seen in a collection known as the Epistulae Austrasiacae , which contains two of Dynamius 's letters and also a passing reference to the skills of Parthenius . |