Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weight or level of materiality attached to the initial consultative draft was intended to be the minimum possible , contrary to the sentiments expressed in letter . |
| 2 | I say unwittingly because originally the second nine was intended to be the first , but this was changed and thus gave the second nine its water-strewn flavour . |
| 3 | It was intended to be the first part of a lengthy tramway to Sutton and beyond . |
| 4 | The Robe was intended to be the boldest and grandest yet — as epic as de Mille but with a serious and intelligent slant on the story of Christ . |
| 5 | It was intended to be the National Theatre of the provinces , attracting top actors and directors . |
| 6 | The reunion is held every two years and although this year 's was intended to be the last , organiser John Gray of Plymouth , said : ‘ Every time I say I 'm not going to do it again , they twist my arm to plan another . ’ |
| 7 | Below the editorial level the real contact between the masses and the press was intended to be the worker-peasant correspondents ( Rabselkor ) . |
| 8 | In what was reported to be the first visit by an Irish Prime Minister to Northern Ireland for 25 years , Charles Haughey , the Taoiseach , visited Belfast on April 11 . |
| 9 | The UK visit was reported to be the first official visit by a Vietnamese Foreign Minister since the end of the Vietnam War , and the talks were reported to have been held in an atmosphere of frankness and goodwill , with both sides keen to improve economic and diplomatic links and to co-operate fully on the issue of the repatriation of " boat people " from Hong Kong . |
| 10 | Corrosive ingestion , especially of acids , is a very common causeof oesophageal injury and strictures in India ; and was reported to be the commonest aetiology in one study . |
| 11 | It is a house which has given rise to much aesthetic conjecture , and for a long time it was deemed to be the first seed of the modern movement in England , for it did not appear to be built in any revival style , but in a fresh new one . |
| 12 | But there was somebody in in the street where I lived , who was a spiv , and he was considered to be the black sheep of the family , did n't quite fit in when everybody else did . |
| 13 | The State Committee for Statistics issued figures , quoted on Russian Television on March 18 , showing that only 7 per cent of the population received what was considered to be the minimum sufficient income . |
| 14 | The Alderney of the period was considered to be the best of all milch cows . |
| 15 | One house was the most magnificent on the island and its garden was considered to be the best of its kind in the whole of the nation . |
| 16 | Patients who joined the study between 1981 and 1985 tended to have been treated with ursodeoxycholic acid as it had become widely available at that time and was considered to be the oral bile acid treatment of choice for gall stone dissolution . |
| 17 | As in the British Army , the cavalry was considered to be the aristocratic elite of soldiering and the Legion 's Cavalry Regiment was one of the superior regiments in the French Army . |
| 18 | Up to then , the woodland was considered to be the precious part of the countryside , and was often fenced off to stop people getting in . |
| 19 | At the time , the CCCP was considered to be the third , fourth or fifth largest wine producing country in the world ; any reliable figures were buried in bureaucratic tangle . |
| 20 | At the time of the competition , he was considered to be the foremost authority on Spanish paintings . |
| 21 | The concept of primary problem was used by the ASW to identify , from the whole range of psychiatric and social problems noted in each case , which was considered to be the main or primary problem . |
| 22 | This was considered to be the ideal layout and was followed where a new city was planned . |
| 23 | That first walk was open to those living or having businesses within six miles of Bradford , but in 1906 the walk was opened to all amateurs in the country and was considered to be the unofficial championship of England . |
| 24 | The issue was expected to be the major obstacle to any agreement being reached . |
| 25 | The new party was expected to be the main opposition grouping in the colony 's reformed legislature , which was to have almost a third of its members chosen by general election [ see p. 37248 ] . |
| 26 | It is a cultivated house with a large library ; it is a hospitable house , with spacious dining-room and emphatic portico ; it is devised , like Adam 's town houses , for ‘ an elaborate social parade , a parade which was felt to be the necessary accompaniment of active and responsible living ’ . |
| 27 | They thought that Woonerven were safer , but the principal benefit was seen to be the bigger play areas and the environmental improvements . |
| 28 | The greatest area of risk was seen to be the managerial issue of integrating AI applications into the existing organisation and IT environment . |
| 29 | And yet this field was like every other since the archers had become the terrible force they were ; their part was done first , but nonetheless at the end it was seen to be the determining part . |
| 30 | Thus the hunt was on for heads of functions who could deliver results , and executive search was seen to be the only truly effective way to actually define and attract this key talent . |