Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authors therefore examined the data for explanations as to why some women were more vulnerable than others , or , expressed another way , why some women seemed resilient to , or protected from , or were able to cope with adversity such that they did not develop clinical depression . |
| 2 | He said Muslim civilians could be evacuated or were free to stay in the enclave and Serb forces would allow the sick and wounded to leave the area . |
| 3 | He must have suspected that his all British commission was hardly the kind of body that Kenyans either needed or were likely to listen to in 1972 . |
| 4 | He continued : [ T ] he ultimate question for the court was this : if the section 146 notice had required the lessee to remedy the breach and the lessors had then allowed a reasonable time to elapse to enable the lessee fully to comply with the relevant covenant , would such compliance , coupled with the payment of any appropriate monetary compensation , have effectively remedied the harm which the lessors had suffered or were likely to suffer from the breach ? |
| 5 | They are defined in s.12(c) as listed securities or securities in respect of which , not more than six months prior to the breach in question , information indicating the prices at which persons have dealt or were willing to deal in those securities has been published for the purpose of facilitating deals in those securities . |
| 6 | Only some large religious or political issue would induce people to take the very considerable step involved in emigration if they had any established position to keep them in England — younger sons , the poor , and those with nothing to lose might easily be more ready to travel , if they could get the financial backing needed , or were willing to go as indentured labourers . |
| 7 | It was unclear whether the Bloc demanded complete independence or was prepared to settle for greater autonomy within the Canadian confederation . |
| 8 | Where the nuisance was in existence at the time the abatement notice was served , and continued or was likely to recur at the time proceedings for a nuisance order began then whether or not it was continuing or was likely to recur at the date of the hearing , the court must also order the defendant to pay the local authority the cost of the proceedings to obtain the nuisance order . |
| 9 | Where the nuisance was in existence at the time the abatement notice was served , and continued or was likely to recur at the time proceedings for a nuisance order began then whether or not it was continuing or was likely to recur at the date of the hearing , the court must also order the defendant to pay the local authority the cost of the proceedings to obtain the nuisance order . |
| 10 | Fifth , it offered targets , such as the minimum wage , that were impossible to defend in the current climate . |
| 11 | There had to be agencies and clinics that were competent to deal with drug abuse , while the best I could be was an enthusiastic amateur , and that was rarely good enough . |
| 12 | Of certain important deaths that were due to occur at two o'clock . |
| 13 | initial destinations questionnaires were sent to 171 SERC-funded students : SERC provided details of the names and departments of students holding information engineering awards that were due to come to an end in 1984 ; |
| 14 | I hope you will allow me to remain somewhat sceptical about these vague reassurances which remind me of those that were regular given during the 1980s ( prior to publication of the Environment White Paper ) although it was evident that no rigorous assessment was ever made of the environmental effects of development . |
| 15 | The growth of demand for English teaching throughout the world led to an expansion of serious work in EFL at all levels , accompanied by great enthusiasm among publishers for new ideas , and international markets that were willing to pay for teaching , textbooks and high-level advice . |
| 16 | Thoughts that were free to wander through time . |
| 17 | Lloyd 's stood by as underwriters took on risks that were likely to lead to losses , largely because of its habit of management-by-agreement . |
| 18 | Despite her normal command over words , June Braithwaite found it difficult to ask in ways that were likely to obtain for her what she wanted . |
| 19 | It was not a place that was easy to get into , or out of . |
| 20 | All the small band of volunteers found were trees now reaching 30 feet in height and ballast that was impossible to follow on foot . |
| 21 | ‘ That was an explosive quality , an urgency in the films that was exciting to write about . |
| 22 | and took the job that was supposed to go into South Africa . |
| 23 | Philip Urbach was on a transport that was supposed to leave in mid-August . |
| 24 | She knew that the one thing that her mother would never provide money for was a training in medicine , so she wrote eventually to the Boys ' Own Paper to ask them how to go about it , inventing a letter that was supposed to come from a badly-off boy whom she thought would enlist their sympathy . |
| 25 | Yet one that was hard to keep to yourself , she could feel it bursting out all over her . |
| 26 | He justified the return to Theo on economic grounds , while stifling a feeling of failure that was liable to erupt in displays of growling boorishness . |
| 27 | The proposal was that His Majesty would invite certain individuals as individuals to take upon their shoulders the burden of carrying on the Government and Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Samuel ( sic ) had stated that they were prepared to act accordingly … the Administration would not exist for a period longer than was necessary to dispose of the emergency , and when that purpose was achieved the political parties would resume their respective positions . |
| 28 | Suddenly those flaring sapphire eyes were inches from hers , looking down at her from great heights , forcing her to lift her chin a notch higher than was comfortable to look into them . |
| 29 | In their last fixture before Henley at Marlow Regatta , St Edwards took on another Oxfordshire school Radley College , and were shocked to loose by just a few feet . |
| 30 | Joe and Terry had finished their training and were due to come on leave when Joe was promoted to Lance Corporal and sent on a course , and Terry came home alone . |