Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the entire study population the associations , particularly with periodontal disease , were weak and may have been due to small biases or residual confounding . |
| 2 | In addition , last year 's investment in glass manufacturing in Poland and Italy were sound and would produce profits when on stream in two years time . |
| 3 | Er I mean if he were responsive and would work and would try things for himself but it , it 's , it 's like hacking at concrete with a knife . |
| 4 | Readers were told it was ‘ muting criticism ’ even though Tory policies were wrong and would throw hundreds of thousands more people on the dole . |
| 5 | This would allow us to make any changes we felt were appropriate and would highlight any unforeseen problems . |
| 6 | ‘ The mine companies knew if you played rugby well you were fit and could handle the hard , physical work . ’ |
| 7 | He held on , digging his fingers into metal , as if the metal were soft and would give . |
| 8 | Darlington Conservative candidate Michael Fallon said yesterday Labour 's policies on crime were soft and would undermine the police . |
| 9 | You fitted more snugly into society , especially , the tight little society around the Consul-General , if you were married and could take your wife along to dinner-parties with you , instead of forever having to be fixed up with a stray aunt or somebody . |
| 10 | But most of the dogs were unhappy and would bark themselves hoarse . |
| 11 | Some teachers were unhappy and would seek transfer to ‘ civilisation ’ after doing a two year stint . |
| 12 | But the optimism of workers at Rover 's Cowley plant in Oxford and the Stratton St Margaret site in Swindon turned to anger 18 months ago , when the European Commission announced that sweeteners worth almost £45m that helped clinch the deal , were illegal and would have to be paid back . |
| 13 | One deputy in each district checked conditions were safe and could stop production if they were n't . |
| 14 | The brown headed ones were tough and could stand any amount of thrashing and the head would hang on quite a while by a mere thread . |
| 15 | Kinship networks were loose but might extend far across the social scale of the village , and though Terling was riddled with petty conflicts , good neighbourliness was regarded as a virtue and a crucial social bond . |
| 16 | Excursion Tickets were multi-coloured and must date from the early days of the Railway . |
| 17 | We were dreary and would have made fools of ourselves . |
| 18 | The ancient peoples were sensitive and could do this instinctively . |
| 19 | During that week of leave there was one other incident which was memorable and could have been serious , if not fatal , for me . |
| 20 | Their economy was strong and could gain sufficiently in commercial terms from freer trade measures carried out through the OEEC — without any loss of sovereignty . |
| 21 | Melanie stumbled with joy because Finn was alive and could walk . |
| 22 | He was cranky and would get upset over homework not done , cry , call himself stupid , and pester his sister . |
| 23 | They explained that they were poor and that the sick man was rich and could afford to stay in bed without working . |
| 24 | The door was solid and would hold up for quite a long time . |
| 25 | She had been crying , for the money Eddie earned was precious , and McAllister had not known what to say , only that she was sorry and would inform Dr Neil when he had returned . |
| 26 | For a moment it looked as if he was free and would land safely near Tock 's cottage but coming down he fell with a thump into the basket lift at the other side . |
| 27 | In international law too , the strict rule was inconvenient and could cause hardship to third parties whose interests were adversely affected by treaties from which they were excluded . |
| 28 | Stressing that the current pattern of production and consumption was unsustainable and would have to change , " particularly in the industrialized countries " , the resolution also emphasized that a significant transfer of technology and finance to the developing world was required . |
| 29 | The council and others had objected to the proposed development and the council had refused planning permission on the ground that the proposals would result in an intensification of air pollution in an area where the level of existing pollution was high and would create additional health hazards to residents of the area . |
| 30 | ‘ Corporal ’ — her voice was clear and could have been that of a schoolteacher reprimanding — ‘ I have n't much opinion of my legs , but I can assure you you are not the type of man I would allow within parade ground distance of them , let alone pull them . ’ |