Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [to-vb] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intention was , firstly , to devise a service which was client-centred , which was sufficiently flexible to provide an individually tailored package of care which would meet the wishes of each client , and fit in with his or her timetable rather than with that of the service-providers . |
| 2 | He was thus able to acquire an unusually extensive knowledge for his day of ancient literature , including the works of St Augustine and the scientific writings of the elder Pliny . |
| 3 | From then onwards fertility has declined and remained low , gradually until 1971 ( TFR 2.38 ) — when population growth was still sufficient to alarm the environmentally conscious ( Taylor 1970 , Brooks 1974 ) — then much more severely . |
| 4 | For example , the hard core of the Copernican research programme needed to be augmented by adding numerous epicycles to the initially circular planetary orbits and it was also necessary to change the previously accepted estimate of the distance of the stars from earth . |
| 5 | While in the late 1980s it was comparatively easy to secure a highly geared mortgage , these are far less easily available today . |
| 6 | In 1991 it was therefore able to produce a far more comprehensive interim report for consultation purposes than would otherwise have been possible . |
| 7 | Many frustrating searches and months later , the total number of samples collected was only twenty-eight and , worse still , nearly half of these had to be rejected , either because of carbon contamination introduced during conservation treatments , or because the sample was too small to give a reasonably precise result . |
| 8 | Rangers boss Gerry Francis said : ‘ I was very disappointed to say the least to come in 1–0 down at half-time . |