Example sentences of "were [vb pp] to be [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were taught to be polite and pleasant . ’ |
| 2 | They were expected to be decorative and subservient . |
| 3 | Male presenters were expected to be black-tie-dressed while women wore evening gowns , and sometimes even tiaras . |
| 4 | Need has been variously defined , but in this study needs were deemed to be unmet if interventions were acceptable to the client and the following applied : ( a ) for activities of daily living a person was dependent on help from the carer and this dependence could be reversed by provision of an aid ; ( b ) for communication disorders there had not been an assessment by a speech therapist ; ( c ) for services ( day care , respite care ) a referral had not been made to the appropriate agency and subsequent referral proved successful ; and ( d ) for benefits the client or carer was unaware of eligibility for benefits , an application had not been made , and subsequent application was successful . |
| 5 | By section 14(2) , vessels were deemed to be British-owned if the legal title in them was vested wholly in qualified persons or companies and they were beneficially owned wholly or mainly by qualified persons or companies . |
| 6 | Other symptoms were deemed to be present if they occurred on at least a quarter of the days or occasions , except that passage of mucus was taken as a symptom if it had ever occurred ( this being normal clinical practice ) . |
| 7 | Five 60 second television advertisements were designed to be shocking and fully realistic . |
| 8 | However , human rights groups were reported to be confident that the evidence supplied by the mass graves would prove that the Army had committed " crimes against humanity " which were not covered by the 1978 amnesty law which pardoned officers accused of human rights violations . |
| 9 | Several Cabinet ministers were reported to be outraged that she had failed to consult them , depriving them of the opportunity to try to persuade her to step down in favour of a more plausible ‘ unity ’ , or ‘ stop Heseltine ’ , candidate from within the Cabinet . |
| 10 | Links with parents and with associated schools — which were reported to be few and far between — could have been developed in this situation . |
| 11 | Phasic contractions in the lower oesophageal sphincter , were considered to be present when resting pressure slowly but transiently increased to more than 50% of its basal value . |
| 12 | well we were considered to be fortunate that we did n't , we only had a small percentage that we had a problem with |
| 13 | At one time the Pinot Blanc and the Chardonnay , which used to be erroneously called the Pinot Chardonnay , were considered to be one and the same , which is why there is usually evidence of its existence wherever the Chardonnay is traditionally cultivated . |
| 14 | Its housing , shopping , school and medical facilities were considered to be excellent and so very attractive to the London-based staff . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Nigerian federal authorities were said to be concerned that the rioting could lead to polarization of the country 's Christian and Moslem areas , threatening plans to install an elected civilian government in 1992 . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | Local doctors were said to be sceptical because the water suppliers dosed the water with a large quantity of lime to prevent soluble forms of aluminium being formed as had happened at Camelford . |
| 19 | Others were said to be interested and the uncertainty continued . |
| 20 | Various grown men were seen to be weeping and Columbia Records have since been inundated with complaining telephone calls . |
| 21 | Both defendants were accepted to be negligent and the plaintiff was contributorily negligent . |
| 22 | While the Danzig Poles were thought to be docile and largely invisible , it is clear that their slumbering sense of identity had been roused by anti-Polish policies . |
| 23 | Painful bowel movements were thought to be present if the child complained of pain during defecation or when the child exhibited screaming or crying in anticipation of , or during , defecation , if the parent reported blood on the stool or if the child had an anal fissure present at the time of examination . |
| 24 | Towns , which have been more intensively studied and for which there is generally more documentary and cartographic information , were thought to be organic or haphazard creations until recently . |
| 25 | It was not just that degenerates were thought to be intelligent and gifted ; their intelligence manifested one of the most disturbing paradoxes of the perverse : a vitiating regression to the primitive from within an advanced cultural sophistication . |
| 26 | Respectable people rejected the movies because they were thought to be trivial but also because they were thought to be corrupting and immoral . |
| 27 | Respectable people rejected the movies because they were thought to be trivial but also because they were thought to be corrupting and immoral . |
| 28 | More than one lost his head as a consequence of making what were alleged to be seditious or treacherous statements in the House of Commons . |
| 29 | She was n't sure whether there were any artists or writers in town at the moment , but there were bound to be one or two back in the city after the Christmas recess . |
| 30 | Yet it was undeniable that the Conservative political pressure to extend rural electrification had led to a diversion of scarce capital resources into investments which were known to be unremunerative and in fact turned out to be so . |