Example sentences of "were [adj] and [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I discovered that the remedies were all prepared from wild flowers , plants and trees , that none were harmful and that they were not used directly for physical complaints , but for the sufferer 's negative feelings such as worry , apprehension , hopelessness , irritability etc . |
| 2 | He agreed the figures were wrong and that they would be amended . |
| 3 | Now the city 's MP , Douglas French , says he believes their convictions were unsafe and that they have a powerful case for an appeal . |
| 4 | The company initially expressed doubts as to their liability to duty but were informed that the revenue were of the opinion that the duties were payable and that they would incur penalties if they did not pay . |
| 5 | The reasons that Charlie Francis , Ben Johnson , Angella Taylor and the rest took drugs are that the rewards were great and that they thought they could get away with it . |
| 6 | These two are in a very small minority of black sportsmen who had not at some stage faced the distressing realization that they were black and so they were different and that difference could significantly limit their chances of access to the kind of resources available to others , prestige , affluence , esteem in the eyes of others . |
| 7 | In their conclusions the researchers did warn , however , that the samples they studied were small and that they could not say anything about the long-term effects of increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation . |
| 8 | In addition the nurse , too , thought that the parents were uncooperative and that they were hiding something . |