Example sentences of "[was/were] concerned [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | I do not think it can be claimed that they opened up new territory ( writings by Dorothy Heathcote and others in the 1970s were concerned with a level of sophistication in drama teaching which the team seemed not to be able to articulate ) , but in terms of giving some sense of order to the basic functioning of drama the publication deserves to be seen as an important landmark . |
2 | In fact , the two meetings we observed were concerned with a number of issues more or less closely related to the concerns of the project . |
3 | The book was commissioned by the English Association , a national body which was concerned about a decline in the study of grammar in schools in the U.K. Although the book was designed specifically for schools , colleges , and universities in the U.K. , it has sold much more widely in the rest of the world . |
4 | One of the courses was concerned with a range of social issues and was designed to encourage the students to think about their own attitudes . |
5 | The first phase was concerned with a variety of raids against the Tobruk-Mersa Matruh railway and other lines of communication , ammunition dumps and road transport . |
6 | Gur Corporation v. Trust Bank of Africa Ltd. was concerned with a question of the recognition of a state and the competence of a subordinate body within the recognised territory of that state under the laws of that state . |
7 | ( 5 ) The provisions of the subsection are in accord with the decision in Brown v. Cameron , 1910 I S.L.T. 181 which was concerned with a meeting of a licensing appeal court under the 1903 Act where , though there was a quorum , two members were absent . |
8 | The case was concerned with a claim by the Secretary of State for an injunction restraining Hoffmann-La Roche from charging prices for certain drugs in excess of those specified in an Order , approved by both Houses of Parliament , made following an enquiry and report by the Monopolies Commission in which the Commission concluded that the prices charged by Hoffmann-La Roche were excessive . |