Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was remarkably little to do in the hospital if you did n't want to read Agatha Christie or knit half-mile scarves . |
| 2 | In 1991 , VSA was most likely to occur in a public place ( 42% ) or at home ( 39% ) . |
| 3 | As far as I am aware , there was good feeling between the candidates during the election , and I was somewhat surprised to read in Susan Crosland 's splendid biography of her husband that Roy Hattersley had told him I was angry that he was standing , and that he must give me his support before the first ballot or I would have no interest in him . |
| 4 | The days were getting shorter and colder , and with Christmas approaching there was so much to do in the kitchen Sarah rarely had a spare minute . |
| 5 | Just as the novelist considered the deconstruction and demythologizing of carefully selected cultural stereotypes to be a politically liberating activity , so , in the same way , he appears to be propagating an idealistic and positivistic view of the literary text which he was so quick to criticize in Sartre 's aesthetics . |
| 6 | While the exact relationship between retirement and ill health was unclear , an association between the two was sufficiently apparent to result in apprehension being experienced by elderly workers and their families . |
| 7 | In this instance , however , it was especially important to measure in some detail the tasks undertaken at field level . |
| 8 | On a day so out of the ordinary , wearing her best summer frock , she was perhaps entitled to behave in an unusual way ? |
| 9 | As a keen watersports enthusiast I was greatly alarmed to read in your news pages about the high quantities of toxic algae currently present in many of our inland waterways . |
| 10 | To our surprise it was only possible to predict in half the patients the point at which they would block their coronary artery . |
| 11 | He too was only able to relax in the heart of the country , seeking its isolation instinctively , just as Vincent did , and like him unable to breathe freely inside any mainstream . |
| 12 | Mark Appleson trained yesterday but following his back spasm last weekend , took no contact and was only able to run in straight lines . |
| 13 | But if that were the explanation , it would imply that the movement was only willing to act in the general interest when the Labour Party formed an assured Government , and having decided that its defeat was impending , abandoned any sense of responsibility save for the unions ' immediate , sectional interests . |
| 14 | In Scotland 's 1–0 defeat by Brazil he was noticeably slow to respond in the run up that led to Brazil 's winning goal and was unfairly attacked by the press . |
| 15 | With wise counsel a couple can buy a home that will be appreciating in value so that if it was ever necessary to sell in a hurry they would still not lose money . |
| 16 | But it was always tempting to indulge in whatever small luxuries were available and people were constantly warned to be aware of the squanderbug . |
| 17 | Subsequently , although a civilian , the German conscript was still obliged to serve in the Regular Reserve for four or five years , according to his arm . |
| 18 | For beef the Commission was still obliged to buy in surpluses but the regulations were tightened . |
| 19 | The nature of the privileges suggests the rigour of the previous regime , which was still slow to change in many unions . |
| 20 | Troops advanced from the garrison towns of Malakal and Juba , while the government said that it was still prepared to participate in any future peace talks with the rebels which Nigeria might succeed in mediating [ for October 1991 postponement of talks see p. 38519 ] . |
| 21 | She was still able to play in the event and eventually finished tied for second place behind Beth daniel . |
| 22 | I think their greatest achievement was to realise that despite the fact that she was unable to speak , she was still able to communicate in other ways . |
| 23 | Though dogged by ill health in later years he was still able to work in his particularly single-minded way , largely because of the devotion of his wife Mitzi whom he met during the war , while serving with the Royal Engineers . |
| 24 | In addition , Kodak found so much administrative hassle was to be involved in serving the regional market via Kenya that it was more cost-effective to fly in the chemicals direct to each country . |
| 25 | No doubt Sergeant Blatchford and Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell would have found much to argue about — not least the question of full-time socialist agitators — but here was agreement of sorts , although as we have seen Baden-Powell was more inclined to smuggle in militarism behind fresh air philosophies , nature study and the smoke of jolly camp fires . |
| 26 | As a result employers came to reappraise their previous strategy of attempting to contain unions by means of active opposition since that was more likely to result in increased government intervention to facilitate recognition . |
| 27 | Inevitably whole-school effect was more difficult to achieve in a closing school as the Research Officer explained : |
| 28 | Oswy was probably unable to follow in detail the abstruse arguments put forward , but in the end he decided to accept the Roman practice , on the grounds that at the gates of heaven the keys are held by St Peter , and against him he would not contend . |
| 29 | Beginning in 1991 Vietnam was also obliged to pay in hard currency , rather than in roubles , at international prices , for goods imported from the Soviet Union . |
| 30 | It was also good to share in his enthusiasm for the work of the Lord and to see his obvious joy that the Lord should use him and his family in such a way . |