Example sentences of "[was/were] soon [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early approaches which saw the state as the' instrument' or tool of the dominant class , faithfully tending to its needs , were soon seen to be inadequate . |
| 2 | Specimens recovered from the sea floor showed that this ridge consists entirely of volcanic rocks , and similar ridges were soon found to be present beneath many of the oceans . |
| 3 | The first simple station at Cape Town , appropriate to the short lines of the mid-Victorian colony , were soon found to be inadequate when that city became , in effect , the gateway to a subcontinent . |
| 4 | This arrangement was soon found to be unpopular with the staff , as a passenger sat there could distract the driver . |
| 5 | But the impression was soon shown to be erroneous . |