Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence that the television arrangements were bungled is incontrovertible . |
| 2 | The gun attack in which around 20 high velocity shots were fired was in retaliation for an IRA gun attack a fortnight ago in the Shankill area , according to loyalist sources . |
| 3 | Indeed , as Table 3.9 suggests , manufacturing establishments where trade unions were recognised were slightly more likely to use fixed-term contract workers than those where they were not recognised , and the predicted relationship held only for agency workers in service establishments . |
| 4 | While education and other social crises deepened , state officials were seen being driven around in expensive foreign cars and eating lavish banquets . |
| 5 | The only tasks where high success rates were obtained were those where the pupil can effectively treat decimals as whole numbers . |
| 6 | The four whose life sentences were overturned were Valerio Fioravanti , his wife Francesca Mambro , Massimiliano Fachini , and Sergio Picciafuoco . |
| 7 | The ruthless and indiscriminate way the weekend protests were suppressed is one side of its operation . |
| 8 | One of the benefactors for whose soul prayers were offered was William Knight , formerly Bishop of Bath and Wells , and it was from his goods entrusted to John Dakyn for disposal that the almshouse received its foundation . |