Example sentences of "be [verb] [conj] [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in 1983 the new Bomber Command Hall extension had been completed and Sugar was moved the few yards to take pride of place at the entrance to the exhibition , where she still is today . |
| 2 | It has been said that Vial was quite unsuited for the post of founding Professor . |
| 3 | In some of these areas , progress had been made but agreement was believed to be conditional on the outcome of the dispute over agricultural trade . |
| 4 | My father had been apprenticed to Mr. Cooper and he told me that the trucks had been made when trade was slack . |
| 5 | Except in the mountainous Balkans , this did not prove possible : and it has more recently been argued that resistance was ‘ seldom effective , sometimes stultifying , frequently dangerous , and almost always too costly ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ They 're saying that Riddle was gagged and bound , than put into the Wheel while he was still alive — a real Scapegoat . |
| 7 | However , even before the Act of 1989 made the distinction clear for all to see , it had long been recognised that wardship was only machinery and that the court 's inherent jurisdiction could be exercised whether or not the child was a ward : see , for example , In re L. ( An Infant ) [ 1968 ] P. 119 , 157 . |
| 8 | We have already seen how the study of sequences of tone-units in the speech of one speaker can reveal information carried by intonation which would not have been recognised if intonation was analysed only at the level of individual tone-units . |
| 9 | Thus the Sabbath laws had not been violated and work was completed on time . |
| 10 | The teachers who were involved in spending departmental capitation were now more conscious of the need to use their allowance wisely — spending had to be justified and overspending was n't allowed . |
| 11 | The absence of information concerning metalworking may reflect uncentralised production , which may be expected when settlement was dispersed . |
| 12 | Although before the Courts Act 1971 in theory it could be claimed that government was ultimately responsible for the running of the courts , in practice responsibility was so diffused between local authorities , the High Sheriffs and Under Sheriffs of counties , and the judiciary , that there was no real way in which Parliament could call anyone to account . |
| 13 | It was then decided that progress would be made if use was made of the " cascade " method , in which a small group would receive intensive training and practice and then would train others . |
| 14 | They all affect each other — the growth of industry would be hampered if marketing were inadequate and industry can be disrupted by financial disruption — but on this view industrial production has a more fundamental or determining effect on the whole economy than the other sectors have . |
| 15 | The Sunday Times reporter Peter Gillman recounts how the Panel went to the Trading Standards Office at Bodmin but was told that there was nothing to be done because water was not covered by the Food Act . |
| 16 | Until relatively recently ( some two or three generations ago ) it could be said that death was a much more common experience than it is now . |
| 17 | Despite all the shortcomings of British society in this period from a socialist point of view , and the alarming prospects raised by nuclear armament , it has to be said that capitalism was ‘ too successful ’ , in developing the productive forces and meeting popular aspirations , for political forces supporting a radical transformation of social relations to make much headway . |
| 18 | Alexander raised none of the questions which would have to be answered if emancipation were to take place : whether serfs were to be granted land as well as liberty , whether and how they were to pay for them , and how local government was to be conducted if the jurisdiction of serf-owners came to an end . |
| 19 | It used to be argued that turbulence was necessary to ensure the oxygenation of the water and the continuation of the food supply , but it is now thought that the main role of turbulence is in getting rid of excess carbon dioxide . |
| 20 | It could be argued that Blast was a miscalculation all round , even for Wyndham Lewis . |
| 21 | Though it used to be thought that internationalism was the preserve of the large , private corporation , today they have been joined by small firms and many state enterprises . |
| 22 | Here a change of social circumstances would be needed if vulnerability were to be reduced . |
| 23 | Taxes had to go up ; thrift , if not already learned by a recession-weary public , had to be enforced if borrowing were to come down . |
| 24 | Nonetheless , it should be noted that cytomegalovirus was present in 13 of our patients without diarrhoea . |
| 25 | It must be noted that leprosy was not just the twentieth-century disease known by that name but covered many other skin complaints ( see Leviticus 13 ) . |
| 26 | Turnover fell by over 60 per cent in the body plant in the same period , though it should be noted that unemployment was rising in Sweden and therefore turnover rates in SAAB as a whole were falling , though less fast than in the body shop . |
| 27 | Yet intuitively , the scope for such abuse would be reduced if entry were easy . |
| 28 | Mr Punshon said it should be remembered that membership was of the organisation not the club . |
| 29 | Given the reformers ' argument that PR would enhance the likelihood of coalition government , consent could be undermined if government was to result from post-election bargaining between parties ; by a small center party holding the balance of power and hence wielding undue influence over government policy ; and by the alienation of voters who support a party excluded on a long-term basis from becoming a partner in coalition . |
| 30 | Indeed , it should not be assumed that Jacobitism was based solely — or even primarily — on the legitimist principle . |