Example sentences of "[adv] were [verb] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twelve manors , a vill and four hamlets held by subjects on the west side of the Severn from Newent in the north to Lydney , Alvington and Aylburton in the south were named : they were said to have been afforested by John , and so were claimed to be free of the Forest law . |
| 2 | Taking a sodium ion concentration in excess of 119mmol/l as being dangerous , it was found that of the total number of solutions sampled from unions in Phase 1 , Phase 2 ( standard ) and Phase 3 ( CRP ) , 14.7% , 18.2% and 25.6% respectively were found to be dangerous . |
| 3 | The teeth also were found to be similar to the condition described after 29 months weathering : for a sample of 31 teeth , 25.8 per cent were split ( Fig. 1.6A , B ) and 9.7 per cent were chipped ( Fig. 1.6E ) ; 34.8 per cent of the incisors were broken . |
| 4 | On the other they disapproved of some of the impediments which had been erected in the twentieth century : the requirements of a lis inter partes and a superadded duty to act judicially were said to be false constraints . |
| 5 | Looking back I can now see that some of the happenings through which I lived professionally were destined to be profound and far reaching in their impact and to become milestones of educational change . |
| 6 | Her replacement had proved a sad disappointment to the French soldiery , besides which the management and composer alike were said to be dissatisfied with the work in its present form . |
| 7 | THERE never were going to be any winners of yesterday 's Maastricht debate . |
| 8 | There is a great deal more tolerance and enlightened thinking about sexual practices and principles which until comparatively recently were considered to be abnormal , outlandish and even criminal . |