Example sentences of "these [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These pairs were chosen to be balanced for frequency , imageability , etc. , in the same way as if selected for human subjects . |
| 2 | On close examination by the American Consumers ' Union , some of these switches were found to be connected to no vital function of the machine whatever . |
| 3 | In the homes these activities were intended to be a major source of participation by the people served , with appropriate levels of staff help . |
| 4 | I did the pictures , but I remember being horrified that these pictures were going to be printed . |
| 5 | By the end of the war , the bodies of these cars were found to be very worn and loose . |
| 6 | These losses were expected to be offset by increases in the value of oil exports , which doubled to $210,000,000 a month in July-September . |
| 7 | These savings were thought to be of the order of £0.5 million at the most . |
| 8 | These ratios were found to be mainly associated with recent returns on equity , growth rates and debt/equity ratios . |
| 9 | These countries were believed to be Romania and Yugoslavia . |
| 10 | These buckets were held to be of merchantable quality ( but see paragraph 7–22 below ) . |
| 11 | The presence of incomers was presented as the most immediate and tangible aspect of the general threat to the Shetland ‘ Way of Life ’ Although Shetland is reputed to be something of a melting pot , given the many different influxes of people over the centuries ( one native council official saw the typical Shetlanders as a bit of a ‘ mongrel ’ ) , these incomers were presumed to be somewhat different : most of them are here because their jobs brought them here ( those who are not here because of their jobs are eccentric ! ) , their stay will be temporary , there are more of them , they represent mainstream and hence dominant ways of life , they regard Shetlanders as peasants or country hicks . |
| 12 | Both these appointments were expressed to be rewards ‘ for assistance against the rebels ’ . |
| 13 | These bases were alleged to be incompatible with the principles of the peaceful coexistence of states with different social systems , to constitute an ‘ international crime ’ and to contradict the ‘ most important principles of international law ’ . |
| 14 | These attacks were believed to be the work of the military wing ( HOS ) of the right-wing Croatian Party of Justice ( HSP ) , operating outside the control of the Croatian authorities . |
| 15 | Little did I know how useful these things were going to be to me in the future . |
| 16 | In a Mann-Whitney-White analysis , these differences were shown to be highly statistically significant with 0.001 |
| 17 | Well by this time it was ten to eight and I 'd got all these members were going to be outside , I was going to have to let them in and serve them and I was getting a bit frantic you see . |
| 18 | But in the two most acute categories of learning difficulties , severe and profound , these children were found to be over-represented by more than 300 per cent and just under 200 per cent respectively compared to native English speakers . |
| 19 | But in the two most acute categories of learning difficulties , severe and profound , these children were found to be over-represented by more than 300 per cent and just under 200 per cent respectively compared to native English speakers . |
| 20 | This is reflected in the tendency to look back to a ‘ golden age ’ when these societies were thought to be more peaceful and law abiding . |
| 21 | After all , these chairs were built to be used , not to be museum pieces . |
| 22 | ‘ Thelma was going to pen up there and then all these others were going to be out there later . |
| 23 | The analyses that were constructed for these frescos were found to be useful in the examination of more famous works . |