Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [was/were] [vb pp] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of them made a special selection of materials suitable for the peasantry , so the few books that were dispatched were often too dry or too expensive . |
| 2 | Hence the best lattice is referred to as Q100 ( the correct word was present among each of the candidates ) and the worst lattice used is Q50 ( only half of the words that were written are found in the lattice ) . |
| 3 | The words that were described were called ‘ simple ’ words ; ‘ simple ’ in this context means ‘ not composed of more than one grammatical unit ’ , so that , for example , the word ‘ care ’ is simple while ‘ careful ’ and ‘ careless ’ ( being composed of two grammatical units each ) are complex ; ‘ carefully ’ and ‘ carelessness ’ are also complex , and are composed of three grammatical units each . |
| 4 | The four posts that were advertised were for planning activities for disadvantaged groups , for communications , for any idea that would ‘ assist in the development of McGregor Community College ’ and for home/school work . |
| 5 | When that has happened , an organization is difficult to beat , and even if the directions that were set are slightly wrong , a team with those characteristics is very nearly unstoppable . |
| 6 | Hollywood had captured the British film audience and what was worse was that those English films that were made were all too prepared to ape Hollywood conventions . |
| 7 | The first things that were provided were pubs and working men 's clubs . |
| 8 | Very much a rubber stamp exercise in those days and as a result of that only one in four of the businesses that were supported was actually surviving at the end of the first twelve months . |
| 9 | Those changes that were noticed were explained away as disturbances in the upper atmosphere . |
| 10 | As a result , because the properties that were expropriated were modern commercial farms , the government has maintained the structure of production , but , unlike the organisation prior to the revolution , the workforce now has a say in administration . |
| 11 | But the tales that were told were not only gruesome but frightening — in fact sickening is probably a better word — of what happened to you if the desert Arab got hold of you and handed you over to his womenfolk . |
| 12 | The profits that were generated were ploughed back in investment in staff and technology , a philosophy that has been maintained and which has allowed PRCS to become twice as big as any of its competitors , an achievement which speaks for itself . |
| 13 | The four double blind challenges that were done were negative and only 30% maintained remission for longer than 12 months indicating no influence of elimination diets on the duration of remission . |
| 14 | However , when the squad was announced the only players that were dropped were Ian Snodin ( naturally ) and Tony Cottee ( who was being a scapegoat for the umpteenth time ) . |
| 15 | Although many keen Europeans in this country and a significant and growing number of people outside , not only the younger generation , will naturally be disappointed that the Government chose to refrain from full commitment in two key areas , the long list of developments that were agreed is immensely encouraging . |
| 16 | All the other decisions that were taken were bound to be opposed by the local community , the local youth and community staff and so on . |
| 17 | That interest is now largely in abeyance , the issues that were canvassed are still unresolved , and need again to be addressed . |
| 18 | The clothes that were collected were handed over to Pertamina , the Indonesian state oil company . |
| 19 | The small number of new Elizabethan and Jacobean churches that were constructed were built in the Perpendicular style , and , in order to assert the continuity of medieval and Reformed churches , they retained the compartmentalized lay-out of the Gothic buildings . |