Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | No further items were traced referring to this case and so the confusion was allowed to remain . |
| 2 | Standard deviation scores ( SDS ) for height at diagnosis and at ultimate follow up were calculated according to the equation : |
| 3 | The lifetime radon exposure were calculated according to BEIR IV . |
| 4 | That particular day 's sailings between England and Ireland were delayed owing to bad weather so the mail was accountably held up and delays caused . |
| 5 | All cases were regarded according to a classification of Isaacson et al into high grade and low grade B-cell mucosa associated lymphoid tissue . |
| 6 | Patients in the heater probe group were treated according to the endoscopic procedure . |
| 7 | Witnesses were examined according to the same procedure as at police court trials . |
| 8 | In the Sri Lankan situation " marriages " were distinguished according to whether they were diga ( virilocal — wife goes to her husband 's house ) or binna ( uxorilocal — husband goes to his wife 's house ) . |
| 9 | The thinking behind it , according to the Employment Appeal Tribunal , is to enable you to have a ‘ piece of paper ’ explaining why you were dismissed to show to prospective employers . |
| 10 | Although former Neville men were predisposed to look to the duke , Gloucester still had to work at being a good lord in order to give substance to the relationship . |
| 11 | Although former Neville men were predisposed to look to the duke , Gloucester still had to work at being a good lord in order to give substance to the relationship . |
| 12 | He has us in fits and the funny thing was we were sat listening to him the other night , all having us dinner , we 're sat at table and it was ever so quiet listening to him and he sort of erm he mimics the other bird |
| 13 | The larger finance houses were expected to adhere to a slightly lower reserve ratio than the banks ( 10 per cent rather than 1 2.5 per cent ) but the reserve asset requirements would be the same as for the banks . |
| 14 | In those early days they were expected to go to chapel every morning ; bells seemed to announce every change in the timetable . |
| 15 | Later funds were expected to go to reshaping oil and agricultural production among other sectors . |
| 16 | Attempts to rationalize production [ see p. 36635 ] did not , however , hold up prices which were expected to fall to an average of US$1,600 per tonne in the second half of 1989 . |
| 17 | US forces in Europe were expected to fall to 208,000 by October 1992 , down from 314,000 in mid-1990 . |
| 18 | Thousands of protesters were expected to take to the streets again today , angered by the jury 's verdict in the killing of physician and former guerrilla leader Hugo Spadafora . |
| 19 | After having participated alongside the men — organising the peasantry , conducting a guerilla war , living in the dangerous and uncertain conditions of an ‘ underground ’ existence — the women found that they were expected to return to a supposedly normal feminine role after the struggle . |
| 20 | It was an experience which normally they would repeat many times in their lives , for they were expected to return to their home territories at the end of a year-long contract . |
| 21 | The ACP countries also expressed concern that the aims of the convention would be jeopardized by the planned introduction of a single market in the Community by 1992 , the opening towards East European countries , and the EC 's willingness to grant concessions to third countries under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , all of which were expected to lead to a dilution of aid and benefits for ACP countries and to weaken the EC 's commitment to the convention . |
| 22 | They were expected to think to themselves as they rose before dawn to struggle off through bitter winter colds to join a pre-shift milk or bread queue : things may not be perfect but at least Ceauşescu has put Romania on the map ! |
| 23 | Revenues from oil and gas production were expected to amount to around 20,000 million kroner in 1990 , equivalent to nearly 7 per cent of the national budget . |
| 24 | The proceeds of the levy were expected to amount to £80 million in a full year . |
| 25 | The katun , comprising twenty years of 360 days , was the most important unit of time in the Maya view , because the events in one katun were expected to approximate to those in a previous katun that had ended on a day with the same number . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , Abdel Ghani on Feb. 27 confirmed that more foreign workers were expected to come to North Yemen to carry out jobs including refuse collection and disposal , in which Somali , Sudanese and Filipino workers were already employed . |
| 27 | So should voters , it would be rather absurd I think , well Mill thinks , that if jurors were expected to come to a decision on the basis of what they would prefer , would you prefer this person to be sent down or would you prefer them to get off . |
| 28 | And androgyny 's generally poor correlations with the traits and behaviours which were expected to relate to it , are , in general , higher with women . |
| 29 | It was the policy that residents were expected to contribute to the life of the community . |
| 30 | There was no lack of love , but there were limits , and the children were expected to stick to them . |