Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Once the problem of ‘ boy labour ’ found its way into middle-class consciousness , recreation and religion were deemed to be insufficient for coping with this new and alarming aspect of the youth question . |
2 | The sandstone rocks along its western side were known to be porous , but the engineers predicted that the pores would be blocked by silt . |
3 | Wells calculates that as approximately two-thirds of teenage pregnancies going to full term were reported to be unplanned in a study in South West England , effective contraception therefore has the potential for avoiding 76,000 unwanted teenage pregnancies each year . |
4 | In Jones [ 1981 ] Crim LR 119 , minor abrasions and a bruise were held to be actual bodily harm , though the case was thought to be on the margins . |
5 | Only letter strings which appeared in this dictionary were considered to be correct . |
6 | In November 1940 , for example , ‘ personal economic worries ’ in the light of the coming second war winter were said to be widespread and to have given rise to ‘ discontented and sceptical thoughts ’ . |
7 | Histamine receptors , indirectly measured by cAMP accumulation were found to be present on MKN45 , MKN45G but not C170 or LoVo ( Table III ) . |
8 | Nineteen out of 20 claiming asylum were found to be ineligible when their claims were eventually examined . |
9 | This was an attempt to retain some of the advantages of the gold standard , since stable rates of exchange were thought to be beneficial to the conduct of trade and other international transactions , and yet adjustments in the exchange rate were deemed desirable for a country facing a permanent payments imbalance . |
10 | The 13th reform were believed to be sufficient to allow locos to work over the bridge and it is understood that 37/4 's will not be allowed over . |
11 | Given that membership of the school was universally perceived as a privilege , social and disciplinary problems were minimal and few special arrangements for pastoral care or counselling were thought to be necessary . |
12 | From the mobility of each polypeptide of the expressed proteins on SDS-PAGE , the M.wt. of r74s containing the C-terminal sequence down to the 435th , 356th , 256th , 205th , 136th and 73rd amino acid were calculated to be 74 , 62 , 32 , 27 , 21 and 16kDa , respectively . |
13 | For example , the Variscan orogenic cycles started in the Paleozoic era were said to be responsible for the mountain chains of North America , Europe and Africa . |
14 | Toxic chemicals dumped in the unlined landfill site were believed to be responsible for leukaemia and birth defects among children of families living nearby . |
15 | In McAvan v London Transport Executive ( 1983 ) 133 NLJ 1101 reports prepared by a bus crew and an inspector after an accident were held to be privileged as their dominant purpose was to ascertain blame if a subsequent claim was made . |
16 | As the war progressed beauty products became virtually unobtainable and a healthy mind and body were considered to be more of an asset to the war office , to the war effort , than a pretty face and soft skin . |
17 | In one case five fire extinguishers in the same room were found to be empty — some of which had been used by workmen to get rid of dust . |
18 | Even then the chances of successful organisation were reckoned to be small . |
19 | Many sections of the army leadership were thought to be hostile towards Aristide , however , because , in response to United States pressure , he had begun to act to stop drug trafficking from which they were known to benefit . |
20 | Unless in use , both tables and chairs were ranged against the wall , where some heavier items might belong to a fixed position , forming a part of the mural decoration , while the rest were designed to be portable . |
21 | For example , a judge who acquires a reputation among his seniors for being ‘ soft ’ in certain types of cases where the Lord Chancellor , the Lord Chief Justice , the Master of the Rolls and other senior judges favour a hard line is as likely to damage his promotion prospects as he would if his appointment were found to be unfortunate on other more obvious grounds . |
22 | According to an International Wheat Council report in April 1989 , world wheat stocks at the end of the 1988-90 season were expected to be 103,000,000 tonnes — down from 135,000,000 tonnes at the end of the previous year — with the biggest decline being in US stocks [ see p. 36280 ] . |
23 | This fascinating document , completed in 1941 , after its aged author had once again perambulated the African continent , shows the extent to which accommodation to change and the continuation of control were considered to be compatible goals of policy . |
24 | Dukakis on defence and crime and Kinnock on defence and the economy were perceived to be weak . |
25 | Changes in firm valuation were found to be consistent with the tax-based models of capital structure . |
26 | Oral and intragastric infusions of beer were found to be potent stimuli of gastric acid secretion , with a response of over 95% of that produced by pentagastrin . |
27 | Certainly the Abbey were known to be large landowners in the area . |
28 | Those envisaged under the previous Asylum Bill were thought to be inoperable . |
29 | Does he agree that if the distribution of Government grant were seen to be fair , local residents would not only be able to assess the performance of local authorities but would begin to see that our new council tax is a far better deal than the uncosted return to the rates — or , even worse , the uncosted local income tax — proposed by the Opposition parties ? |
30 | Of these 133 new Majlis members , it was estimated that some 55 were supporters of Rafsanjani and that many of the remainder were reported to be independent candidates likely to align themselves with the President 's faction . |