Example sentences of "were [art] [noun] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were the tasks well judged on demand/guidance ? 9 . |
| 2 | Nor were the Germans much amused by M. Mitterrand 's initial coolness towards reunification and his trip to Mr Gorbachev in Kiev in December 1989 to try to stop it . |
| 3 | It was striking that the historical , social and policy implications of language teaching were the areas most neglected in methods work . |
| 4 | Nor were the Russians always spoiling for a fight . |
| 5 | On the local councils , water and drainage committees are not among the most prestigious : if importance and utility were the criteria then becoming a member of these committees or their chairmen would carry kudos . |
| 6 | I recall a debate at an Age Concern England governors ' meeting no less when , in answer to my piping treble advocating such a reform , there were those present who urged caution , on the grounds that old people became blinder , deafer and dafter ( to be fair , ‘ could n't take in things so quickly ’ and ‘ could n't concentrate as much ’ were the euphemisms actually employed ) . |
| 7 | But I 'm sure if they were the organizers entirely organized . |
| 8 | And were the Brodskys simply slumming it for the sake of a little pop action ? |
| 9 | Marking and Were the books satisfactorily marked ? |
| 10 | Were the supervisors sufficiently qualified ? |
| 11 | However , they give little information about the obstetric features of their cases , which might be quite important since matching is essential with such small numbers — for example , were the babies predominantly born during preterm labour or were they delivered electively for some obstetric complication ? |
| 12 | But in no way were the results properly analysed and taken into account by those who seek , and are paid , to quantify such matters , before the event . |
| 13 | The other options were a route roughly following the A19 and one which ran parallel and close to the existing power line , skirting the North York Moors National Park . |
| 14 | He were n't very brisk in the morning , and often we were a bit late getting off the mark ourselves ; but he did n't mind us working beyond six in the evening — we did n't get paid for that ! |
| 15 | Oh I had about a shilling pocket money I think , although they used , they 'd fine you , they 'd stop money off you if you were late if you were a quarter of an hour late you could n't go in and erm until , and then you 'd got to explain to your mums , well that you were some money short you see , why is this , and we had to say well we were a bit late getting in when you started out soon enough you see . |
| 16 | He held it up triumphantly as though it were a trophy then knelt beside the nearest keg and traced his finger around the seal of the small bung . |
| 17 | Students were a group already singled out for special attention in the effort to keep out the ‘ bourgeois liberalism ’ which had influenced their predecessors at the turn of the century . |
| 18 | Here were a team either playing to a manager 's orders and failing woefully , or simply not playing for him . |
| 19 | The miracles , which were no doubt immediately registered by a contemporary aretology , were later collected and conflated by the source of II Maccabees before the end of the second century B.C. As nobody was interested in such a small episode after the Maccabean rebellion , we have here the authentic voice of priestly Jerusalem before the revolutionary period . |
| 20 | The leaders and the activists were no doubt also motivated by personal ambition and by a jealous regard for their own organizations but , at various crisis points , many were willing to subordinate their own ambitions to the greater goal of ‘ saving Ulster ’ . |
| 21 | Communications were no doubt temporarily dislocated : our jam-packed train had been halted during the night owing to an air raid in the region . |
| 22 | The weavers were no doubt further inspired by their belief in the Islamic afterlife , which promises that the faithful will dwell in Paradise ( also the Persian word for garden ) . |
| 23 | City were no doubt further spurred by the discord at Old Trafford , where Alex Ferguson 's future is uncertain . |
| 24 | City were no doubt further spurred by the discord at Old Trafford , where Alex Ferguson 's future is uncertain . |
| 25 | These rumours were no doubt often started by foreign broadcasts or opponents of the regime within Germany . |
| 26 | However , once the properties of the alloy were appreciated , the ores were no doubt deliberately selected , or arsenic minerals may have been added to molten copper . |
| 27 | There were no victorias conveniently passing , and Rose was forced to commandeer a passing donkey cart , much to the amazement of its young driver , especially when a bowler-hatted Stitch leapt in after him . |
| 28 | That is um I suppose um you could er successfully if you were an abuser successfully deceive children . |