Example sentences of "continued [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next section will show the way in which this contradiction continued to be shared by a large number of clergy and laity even into the 1980s . |
| 2 | Seeds continued to be upset in the Ladies event and the quarter-finals proved to be the downfall of both the top seed and defending champion Isabelle Wild , and the No. 4 seed Alison Fleming — both girls who had recently completed their final examinations were beaten by Lockhart and Nina Topper respectively . |
| 3 | Class 321 units continued to be delivered at the rate of two a week , and on the Isle of Wight ‘ new ’ 1938-built former London Underground trains began to be introduced to replace coaches dating from 1923 . |
| 4 | Even the popularity of these lesser mortals could not drive aristocrats completely from the stage , particularly in those countries where major theatres continued to be subsidised by Royal Treasuries who largely dictated what choreographers could produce . |
| 5 | With secondrank politicians , interest in politics continued to be a strong predictor of their visibility , although the impact of television viewing also increased ( Table 7.9 ) . |
| 6 | With these second-rank politicians , interest in politics continued to be a strong predictor of their visibility although the impact of television viewing also increased . |
| 7 | Whereas the peasants continued to be edified through oral accounts of the lives of the Saints and of holy pilgrims , and occasionally learnt to read the alphabet through the Psalter , the upper classes had paid lip-service to the state religion whilst immersing themselves in rationalist Western thought . |
| 8 | For a long time after his arrival there , armed groups of various kinds continued to be chased through the nearby woods by Red Army units . |
| 9 | The issue was clearly much more buoyant than in Wales , and Scottish Labour circles continued to be sympathetic . |
| 10 | Imported coal continued to be unloaded , some of it from Communist countries . |
| 11 | Research programmes , especially in medical and other science , continued to be under-funded . |
| 12 | The Association 's main activities continued to be welfare , housing and fund-raising to enable us to provide the facilities , the support and the companionship that a caring membership has always regarded as of paramount importance . |
| 13 | The idea was so successful in defusing the explosive situation that the meetings continued to be held at six-monthly intervals . |
| 14 | Yet the bulk of competitive play continued to be amateur until the late 1960s . |
| 15 | Ancient games did survive amongst the young and continued to be enjoyed into the middle of this century , but their songs and rhymes , and the old chasing , throwing , and racing games were increasingly regarded as puerile . |
| 16 | Indeed , apparently traditional flail-threshing barns continued to be built throughout the nineteenth century because of their ability to house the threshing machine as well as the crops . |
| 17 | The buildings continued to be used for this purpose until the mid-1980s when an enterprising manager of a local farm realised that something could be done to salvage the structures for a more profitable use . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , the doctor continued to be a friend whom he enjoyed meeting in the evenings . |
| 19 | The original sovereign continued to be struck until 1603 , when James I ascended the throne , but was revived in 1817 . |
| 20 | Britain continued to be ‘ a major centre for money laundering ’ in spite of tougher controls in the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 . |
| 21 | The original sovereign continued to be struck until 1603 , when James I ascended the throne , but was revived in 1817 . |
| 22 | The original sovereign continued to be struck until 1603 , when James I ascended the throne , but was revived in 1817 . |
| 23 | Responsibility for lighthouses was later shifted to Trinity House , a quasi-public body , but lighthouses continued to be financed by ‘ light dues ’ collected from ships , not from general taxation . |
| 24 | The London School of Medicine for Women opened its doors in 1874 to the accompaniment of much ridicule of ‘ lady doctors ’ ; despite the efforts of Florence Nightingale , the profession continued to be male-dominated . |
| 25 | Jeremy Taylor 's The Rule and Exercise of Holy Dying ( 1651 ) continued to be a well-loved book of solace and meditation throughout the nineteenth century ; seven editions were published by Pickerings , and Rivingtons brought out a new edition as late as 1889 . |
| 26 | There continued to be corrupt sextons and workhouse staff , who illegally channelled bodies to the medical profession . |
| 27 | The purpose behind the formation of the General Council continued to be the need to unite trade unions into an industrial alliance to defend the wages and conditions of workers . |
| 28 | The fact that both rituals continued to be practised even after the 70 AD fall of the Temple in Jerusalem when other cult-associated rituals fell into disuse and when the overt reason , at least , for the laws of female purity no longer pertained , demonstrates their central significance to the Jewish system of gender creation and differentiation — and the real hidden agenda behind their initial promulgation in the sixth century BC . |
| 29 | In the autumn of 1955 , while the pages of the Spectator continued to be filled with angry reaction to Henry Fairlie 's remarks about the Establishment , its radical counterpart , the New Statesman tackled the family which lay at the Establishment 's heart . |
| 30 | Latin literature continued to be copied by Christian aristocrats ; classical learning survived in the teaching available , now in episcopal households rather than public schools ; Roman art continued to adorn the walls of churches and the sides of sarcophagi . |