Example sentences of "what [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one demonstration my car was stopped at a hospital entrance but it soon became clear that much of the resentment was directed at what were seen as remote hospital authorities ‘ up there , . |
| 2 | A UDC was to be created — the LDDC — that was to concentrate on attracting in Private-sector investment , partly by attempting to overcome what were seen as major obstacles to regeneration : poor communications and infrastructure , a deteriorating physical environment , problems with land assembly and the area 's Poor image . |
| 3 | She gives accounts of the long hours worked by women and the effort put into maintaining what were seen as adequate standards . |
| 4 | Many villages , too , kept festivals and holidays on what were reckoned to be their ‘ proper ’ days , but that habit gradually died out , only the tax year surviving from a bygone calendar . |
| 5 | no , no , it was just a bound to be a cos you see , let me explain something to you until you gave evidence today , certainly I did n't and maybe others did n't realize in this court room that what were looking at is that one edition of the brochure which may of had several editions , do you understand ? |
| 6 | In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security . |
| 7 | Rational techniques were introduced to try to solve what were perceived to be problems at the time . |
| 8 | The purpose of this provision for what were referred to in discussion as ‘ subsidiary authorities ’ was to cater for the needs of composite States such as the United Kingdom , where different systems of law are to be found within the same State . |
| 9 | What were trying to me what were you trying to do ? |
| 10 | We used to work there from half past twelve till five o'clock at night , taking the bucket out and put another bucket in because the buckets what they used to call the bushes what were connected to the links they used to wear and we used to have to take them , one of them out and used to have a big chain go right the way round and bring the , bring the buckets backwards and they used to loosen up all the , all the pins what used to go through the buckets in the , in the links , so we took them out and then they used to go up to the dock and br they put new bushes in . |
| 11 | ‘ The Moltkean Revolution ’ , as it has been called , a led to the adoption everywhere in continental Europe of what were believed to be the secrets of its success — compulsory military service to provide a short-service army with a large trained reserve , and the creation of a permanent , highly-trained general staff . |
| 12 | At some stage , however , Iran secured supplies of what were believed to be Soviet , originating missiles , possibly from Syria , to which the USSR had delivered such weapons . |
| 13 | Euthanasia , although technically illegal was practised in Holland , but under what were regarded as safeguards , including the explicit and continued request of the patient , the agreement of relatives and of two doctors one of whom must be a consultant . |
| 14 | TANU later severed its link with Mwafrika — evidently because of that paper 's strident racial tone and what were regarded as poor editorial and reporting policies — and helped to found another paper , Ngurumo ( ‘ The Thunder ’ ) , in 1959 . |
| 15 | This had originally been introduced in the 1930s with the aim of reducing what were regarded as unwarranted differentials in wages , and in particular as a means of improving the position of the lowest paid workers . |
| 16 | Whatever the temptation to make films with what Robert Wagner called ‘ a strong sociological punch ’ there was never any danger that the studios would move away from what were regarded as the essentials of a Hollywood film . |
| 17 | Researchers who were interested in the way of life of what were regarded as primitive peoples went to live among them to study their societies from the inside . |
| 18 | Week by week Joan Sallis and others gave advice and placed the description of what were regarded as new problems against the background of why powers were changing and why the best use should be made of the variety of forces , pressures and influences which supported governing bodies . |
| 19 | The authoritarian philosophy can be traced back to sixteenth-century England , where strict controls were imposed on the publication of what were regarded by the king and his advisers as seditious pamphlets and journals . |
| 20 | Although some of the former have been reclassified today , it is interesting to see what were listed in the mid-eighteenth century : Rosa canina , spinosissima , villosa , eglanteria , scotica , inermis , hispanica , scandens , sempervirens , virginiana , lutea , punicea , moschata , centifolia , damascena , alba , belgica , provincialis , incarnata , gallica , cinnamomea and muscosa . |
| 21 | Attempts to mitigate what were recognized as disastrous divisions often took the form of a refusal to acknowledge the wide difference of ability that existed between pupils , which led to a style and content of teaching roughly directed to the middle band of children , the least and the most able being left to shift for themselves . |
| 22 | I think what were dealing within a programme like this is very much the tip of the iceberg |
| 23 | Three fans were placed in this category on the basis of lengthy observation and in accord with what were taken to be the appropriate criteria for judging such people . |
| 24 | The I was n't talking about what were included in the calculations , what I was talking about and we may be at cross purposes for that reason is what the policy provides for . |
| 25 | Public utilities such as electricity , gas , water and telecommunications provided the best examples of what were considered to be natural monopolies , although when technological advances are made , certain industries formerly classed as natural monopolies may cease to be so ( eg telecommunications ) . |
| 26 | The timing of the election was also influenced by disarray within the opposition Liberal-National Party coalition arising from what were considered to be ill-conceived policies regarding health care and labour relations , and continuing problems within the leadership . |
| 27 | I was always terribly shy and I was sent to what were known as elocution lessons — to get me out of myself . |
| 28 | This strip had been laid out by the estate gardeners into what were known as Walks . |
| 29 | Labour was attempting to control what were known as the commanding heights of the economy . |
| 30 | He was one of what were known as ‘ Daphne 's hoofers ’ . |