Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cyclamen corms that were resting over the summer can be restarted now . |
| 2 | The shallow burial phase was dominated by pore waters that were derived from surface environments and percolated down through the buried sediments ( Fig. 6 ) . |
| 3 | Boarding large vessels in open anchorages was often a tricky business and we risked damage on many occasions to put rummage crews on board ships that were laying off awaiting a berth in the docks . |
| 4 | Here are two exercises that were given to me by ANDY WATSON and TREFOR OWEN , part-time tutors at Leeds College of Music . |
| 5 | So I was down there watching The Yardbirds and the English bands that were starting , and one time there was this band — for some reason I was there early and watching the sound check — with this blond guy who had very long blond hair , and knee-length sort of sued , fringed , Sherwood Forest , Robin Hood-looking boots , playing a bit of sax on stage . |
| 6 | One part of a whole range of training needs that were identified was time management . |
| 7 | They would do well to remember that his record shops began by running an illegal scheme which meant that records that were marked for export ( and therefore exempt from tax ) were sold domestically , a scam that only ended when Branson was caught and fined . |
| 8 | Although biologically capable of getting foal at two years old ( or even younger ) most breed registers bar foals that were conceived when either parent was under 24 months . |
| 9 | Although the measure of schema-consistency from these studies is not compelling , it seems unlikely that schema theory could provide an adequate explanation of the sensitivity results that were obtained . |
| 10 | She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare . |
| 11 | It is for this reason that a study carried out by Addison ( 1984 ) in the London Borough of Wandsworth , of the social care plans that were made for just two elderly people is of such value , and worthy of attention from practitioners in this field . |
| 12 | We should view the Bill in the light of the package of panic measures that were announced in December , as the rapidly rising tide of repossessions threatened finally to engulf the remnants of this lame-duck Government . |
| 13 | Still running : Visa and Mastercard are continuing to operate membership rules that were decreed anti-competitive by the Government six weeks ago . |
| 14 | It was not merely insurance costs that were rising , but operating costs of all kinds , notably crew wages . |
| 15 | Some attempts were made by political parties to annexe the cooperative representation movement , acts that were exploited by J C Carroll in a circular stating that resolutions in support of the Labour Party were being forwarded , together with proposals to finance political work by increasing contributions ( see interviews with S F Perry , Secretary of the Cooperative Representation Committee in Cooperative News 29 March 19 , 5 April 19 ) . |
| 16 | They were positively received in the parliaments of the six states that were to take the initiative in integration in the following decade . |
| 17 | A TOTAL of one hundred Mark V Spitfires serialled in the BP/BR ranges that were flown to Abbotsinch and Renfrew follow , as per Spitfire — The History Morgan & Shacklady , Key Publishing 1987 and , as the dates coincide , are assumed to include those transported to the Mediterranean by the USS Wasp . |
| 18 | Struggles that were limited to the workplace or the neighbourhood brought real , if limited gains , up to the 1970s . |
| 19 | But even now , having gone through that process , they would not see men as the enemy , they feel that they do have a lot in common , for example , with maybe the conception of women organising in National Liberation struggles that was mentioned earlier . |
| 20 | The barn shook again as I got to my feet and made my way to the door with the feeling that the barn had been very lucky so far in not receiving a direct hit from one of the frequent mortar bombs that were exploding in and around the farm . |
| 21 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to find a worse record in Scotland for waiting lists , he should look at the waiting lists that were left to us by the previous Labour Government . |
| 22 | Is it not the case that after all the hype and hopes that were insinuated in the debate , the Scottish Office is toeing the Ministry of Defence line ? |
| 23 | This culture , and all subsequent isolates that were identified as the epidemic strain , belonged to bacteriocin type S3/P0:ribotype A , and shared the same CHEF profile . |
| 24 | Add to that whatever can be salvaged of the 18 state monopoly combines that were based in east Berlin , and you have a concentration of industry without equal in Europe . |
| 25 | I suspect that the hon. Gentleman may have in mind some initial teething troubles that were experienced this year in connection with local management of primary schools . |
| 26 | To make matters worse , practices that were valued at twice gross recurring fees a few years ago are now being sold for half recurring fees . |
| 27 | Neutron stars , however , were not observed until 1967 , when Jocelyn Bell and Antony Hewish at Cambridge discovered objects called pulsars that were emitting regular pulses of radio waves . |
| 28 | We accordingly vary the appellant 's undertaking to allow him to hand over to C.N.L. those P.C.A. documents that were incorporated in his appeal bundle , C.N.L. for their part undertaking to use those documents only for the purposes of defending the libel proceedings currently being pursued against them . |
| 29 | They are sources that are contemporary or near contemporary with the period being studied , documents that were written by the participants , or by people at or near the time . |
| 30 | On 23 August 1879 , the LNWR Company contributed £100 towards the cost of the practice butts that were built adjacent to the Stanton Low Church , St Peter . |