Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [prep] be [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Hungarian with relatives employed at a Timisoara hospital told Budapest radio that at least 250 bodies had been admitted to one hospital and that the death figure was bound to be higher . |
| 2 | At least 33 people were killed in the Bahamas , Florida ( where the death toll was greatest ) and Louisiana , although the final figure was expected to be higher . |
| 3 | His economic plan was made to be tougher on the deficit in the House of Representatives , and may be made tougher still in the Senate . |
| 4 | Subterfuge was thought to be better than violence . ’ |
| 5 | Patients with ARF were subdivided according to whether their duration of renal failure was known to be greater than or less than 10 days . |
| 6 | The concentration of lithocholic acid was found to be higher in patients with polyps than controls as was the concentration of total secondary bile acids ( Table II ) . |
| 7 | If evolutionary studies provided a vertical dimension within which objects could signify the development of societies , this was complemented by the growth of diffusionary studies in which the horizontal distribution of objects over the globe was thought to be further evidence for the movements of both peoples and ideas , for example , from origins in ancient Egypt or Germany . |
| 8 | Police reported no new congestion on roads , although traffic was expected to be heavier because of the rain . |
| 9 | But neither the second 1871 recommendation regarding widows , nor the order respecting deserted wives were generally implemented , as outdoor relief was found to be cheaper than taking children into the workhouse . |
| 10 | The world was found to be vaster , more varied , and full of previously undreamt-of possibilities . |
| 11 | Could you just repeat the figures for capital expenditure I think you said that this year was going to be higher than last year and explain explain where the money gon na be invested |
| 12 | It never gave large quantities of milk , but the milk was said to be richer than that of the well-known Suffolk Dun ( see Red Poll ) . |
| 13 | A temporary repair was made and they flew on to Karachi , where the damage was found to be worse than at first suspected , as the fastenings had pulled out of one of the fuselage verticals . |
| 14 | In Malaysia , where anti-Japanese sentiment was known to be stronger , the Emperor had a short meeting on Sept. 30 with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed , and another with Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah , the reigning monarch , who asked Japan to take the lead in forming a new economic community of East Asian countries . |