Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Not all hoards were meant to be recovered : some were deliberately buried as religious offerings and sacrifices . |
| 32 | Some were actually poised on the threshold of gentility , a state they could well afford to maintain , and to which they very frequently attained through the acquisition of real wealth . |
| 33 | Beyond it , protected by a high stone wall , was a small chapel in the grounds of which were a number of graves , each one marked by a simple marble marker ; some were actually decorated by headstones or crosses . |
| 34 | Andrewes loved ceremonial and used incense in his private chapel , which , said Isaacson , was ‘ so decently and reverently adorned that some were so taken with it , that they desired to end their days in the Bishop of Ely 's chapel ’ . |
| 35 | Although a number of companies were privatised ( some were fully transferred to the private sector , whereas in other cases only a partial stake was sold ) , the scale of the programme and the sums of money raised were relatively small when compared to privatisation during the second and third terms . |
| 36 | Some were convincingly disguised as country houses , with entrance gates and spreading lawns , such as the Black Horse , Northfield , Birmingham or the Hare and Hounds , Kingstanding Road , Perry Barr . |
| 37 | All are believed to have been sentenced to death for criminal offences but a warrant had not been signed for their executions and some were still appealing against their conviction . |
| 38 | As pointed out earlier , some schools did visit project schools in order to gain insights of use in planning their own proposals , and some were subsequently visited by yet other schools . |
| 39 | Many consumers did not even know of the charge until after the winter of 1948/9 when it was imposed ; because of cyclic meter reading , many received their winter bills only as the charge was lowered ; and some were never surcharged at all . |
| 40 | CLAIMS that the Government is letting down Darlington 's unemployed were hotly denied by the town 's MP last night . |
| 41 | In poisoning cases girls of about 11 years old were usually treated after taking medicines while boys had usually taken substances such as alcohol . |
| 42 | Birds in which the male and female looked very different were often classified as different species in nineteenth century bird books ; and the same happened with certain species of orchids which have flowers of different kinds , sometimes bafflingly on the same plant . |
| 43 | The driver of one car and passenger of another were slightly hurt in an accident near Thirsk . |
| 44 | The British were thus pushing against half-open doors when they recommended a compromise . |
| 45 | The British were especially angered by the rapidly enhanced role of the premier American overseas air carrier , Pan American Airways ( PAA ) as a result of the war . |
| 46 | In these talks the British were inevitably overshadowed by the Americans , and Keynes 's more radical ( and expensive ) schemes to rebuild and expand world trade were either frustrated or severely pruned . |
| 47 | The Germans opted out of the hostilities , entirely , the French sent an ambiguous little contingent , and only the British were fully committed alongside their American allies . |
| 48 | The British were then looking for a 'strongman solution " to the problem of keeping their influence in Iran . |
| 49 | The author recalls a visit to the German Bundestag where the British were roundly berated for being ‘ little Englanders ’ . |
| 50 | If the British were indeed talking about principles , it was a mistake ; it is a mistake to negotiate with the Chinese about generalities . |
| 51 | The terms respondents used to describe the advantages of early retirement , or to rationalize it in retrospect , often showed concern for the position of young people in the labour market , although this was rarely cited as a reason for taking early retirement . |
| 52 | This was well summarised by Murray et al . |
| 53 | Orkney wives were generally much happier outside than inside and this was well illustrated in the figures for taking over the paperwork ( 7% ) and those for attending sick stock ( 32% ) . |
| 54 | This was well illustrated by the refusal of the authorities in Germany to allow GEC to purchase the then nearly bankrupt electrical company AEG following objections from the German trade unions . |
| 55 | This was well illustrated by station-building and civic pride outside the capital . |
| 56 | This was well symbolized by the enthronement of the gospel book at the Council , though more could have been made of it ( de Maio , 1963 , p. 21 ; Bianchi , 1987 , p. 117 ) . |
| 57 | This was well correlated with the values obtained from those with BrdUrd labelling in the 10 rats in whom both methods were used ( r=0.72 , p=0.001 ) . |
| 58 | This was well known during the last century because the pioneers used it in their flintlock guns . |
| 59 | This was well captured by George Orwell who , in Coming up for air ( 1939 ) , describes the return of George Bowling , after 18 unimaginative years in insurance and marriage to the joyless Hilda , and now shaken by the fear of a future war , returns to the village of his childhood : Lower Binfield . |
| 60 | This was badly damaged in the 1908 fire , and the small part which remains is now carefully protected in a glass case at the back of the church . |