Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] was [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the four factors , a confiding tie with a husband or lover was seen to be the most important , in that this could protect against depression whether or not any one of the other three vulnerability factors was present . |
| 2 | A renewal card or invoice was suggested to be sent each September to cover PAF , Insurance ( if required ) , QT fees and Membership . |
| 3 | Community satisfaction and attachment was found to be relatively low , hovering around 50 per cent . |
| 4 | Pockets of Iraqi troops continued to resist until Feb. 2 , and fighting was reported to be continuing between allied forces and retreating Iraqi units elsewhere in the border region . |
| 5 | However , this attempt to end the NPFL offensive failed and fighting was reported to be continuing as the month ended , with the ECOMOG headquarters in the capital a particular target of the rebels . |
| 6 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 7 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 8 | Divine power which inspired fear and awe was thought to be manifested in certain creatures . |
| 9 | Domingo Cavallo , the Economy Minister , said that a 6.5 per cent increase in GDP was forecast for 1992 , and inflation was expected to be " slightly more than one digit " ; he also promised that there would be no domestic or foreign loan applications involving an increase in the public debt . |
| 10 | No pornographer has ever been punished for being a woman-hater. but not too long ago information about female sexuality , contraception and abortion was assumed to be obscene . |
| 11 | The feudal bond of duty and loyalty was seen to be almost as strong as , and certainly similar to , the ties of blood relationship . |
| 12 | Royal College of Nursing members at the hospital had expressed worry over possible job losses and morale was said to be at a low ebb . |
| 13 | All the food available to animals and man was thought to be due to the rain which fell from the heavens , the arrival of which was dependent on the will of the god Ba'al . |
| 14 | A charge of possessing a gun and silencer was ordered to be left on the file . |
| 15 | The hepatic monooxygenase system is supposed to be involved in the detoxication of cyclosporin A. Conjoint treatment of rats with cyclosporin A and indomethacin was found to be associated with increased whole blood concentrations of cyclosporin A as a consequence of the decreased cyclosporin A metabolism . |
| 16 | The microsomal enzyme converting prostaglandin H 2 to prostacyclin was named prostacyclin synthetase and prostacyclin was found to be the major product of arachidonic acid in the walls of arteries and veins in several animal species and man ( Moncada & Vane , 1978 ) . |
| 17 | In some of these areas , progress had been made but agreement was believed to be conditional on the outcome of the dispute over agricultural trade . |