Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When she disappeared , the charity 's bank account here in Britain was found to be empty . |
| 32 | As of late February Monrovia was said to be calm , with emergency food and other supplies flowing in , and some shops reopening , although relief agencies emphasised that people were still dying from starvation . |
| 33 | The event was supposed to be staged a couple of weeks back , but was postponed because Lewis was said to be unwell and still in America . |
| 34 | There was nothing new about this experience ; Mesopotamia was discovered to be unfriendly terrain for military manoeuvre during the First World War and British service maps of the area are peppered with such legends as ‘ motorable in dry weather ’ , ‘ flats liable to flood ’ and ‘ marshland usually flooded ’ . |
| 35 | Culturally , too , there were signs that Europe was beginning to be receptive again , as she had not since the sixteenth century . |
| 36 | Sometimes she thought from the way he seemed to watch her that he might like her too but he had never said anything and Sally was beginning to be afraid he never would . |
| 37 | Farmers in Ovamboland were reported to be unable to plant crops and to be facing severe stock losses . |
| 38 | ‘ She also told me that Jamie and Gary were found to be unsuitable as bone-marrow donors for Donna . |
| 39 | Much effort would be saved if these were more uniform or if , at least , there were core hours when all CABx were known to be open . |
| 40 | Sendero Luminoso was believed to be responsible for the murders of three Japanese engineers at the Peruvian-Japanese Farming and Research Training Centre in Huarai , 120 km north of Lima , and of Manuel Inamine , a businessman of Japanese descent , on the outskirts of Lima on July 12 , and for the kidnapping of a farmer of Japanese descent on July 16 . |
| 41 | Sendero Luminoso was believed to be responsible for the shooting of Pedro Huillca , secretary-general of the General Workers ' Confederation of Peru ( CGTP ) , on Dec. 18 . |
| 42 | David heard that Mr Major was going to be Prime Minister and he said , surely it 's Mrs Major . |
| 43 | Mr Major was reported to be resolute after Mr Lamont 's attack . |
| 44 | Mr Major was reported to be resolute after Mr Lamont 's attack . |
| 45 | Oakley was said to be sceptical that the peace could hold . |
| 46 | Although the Sandinistas have repeatedly pledged democratic elections in February , Mr Arias was said to be fearful that a failure to disarm , relocate or disband the contras could provoke a Sandinista cross-border sweep against the rebels and cancellation of the polls . |
| 47 | Although the Sandinistas have repeatedly pledged democratic elections in February , Mr Arias was said to be fearful that a failure to disarm , relocate or disband the contras could provoke a Sandinista cross-border sweep against the rebels and cancellation of the polls . |
| 48 | George was unafraid to be republican in his views and Hope sought to emulate him . |
| 49 | He schemed to be proclaimed Emperor , but as long as Menelik was known to be alive this was impossible . |
| 50 | To take a genuine historical example , it was over seventy years before Copernicus 's prediction about the phases of Venus was found to be correct , and several centuries before the Copernican prediction that the fixed stars should exhibit parallax was confirmed . |
| 51 | And the Reverend Armitage was reported to be obliged to leave the 11th green with lumbago while playing for Henley in its first match with Maidenhead . |
| 52 | Manchuria was known to be rich in raw materials , notably coal and iron ore , and capable of supporting a far larger population than dwelt there at the time . |
| 53 | We lived in a tall , narrow Victorian house , which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war , when everyone thought London was going to be bombed flat . |
| 54 | A fragment of plastic circuit board found at Lockerbie was said to be identical with the circuit boards used in timing devices seized with a quantity of explosives from two Libyans at Dakar airport in February 1988 . |
| 55 | Buthelezi was said to be angry that the ANC had alleged connivance between the security forces and Inkatha in killing ANC supporters . |
| 56 | Back in the 1960s , and still to some extent in 1973 when the NI began , India was considered to be ripe for ruin . |
| 57 | Elizabeth was known to be alive in 1851 , aged about eighty . |
| 58 | This was a rebuff which could not go unpunished , especially since the income of the lord of Deols was reputed to be equal to the ordinary revenues of Normandy . |
| 59 | Last night Pringle was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 60 | Ivor was going to be furious about this . |