Example sentences of "were [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an indication of how low Kylie 's emotional defences were during this crisis that — just for once — the intensely personal details of her life suddenly came gushing out , as if to exorcise some spirit that was within her . |
| 2 | And , if there were times those qualities seemed exaggerated , she understood . |
| 3 | Retail sales here in the US were off 0.4 per cent in March , which spelled bad news for Libya . |
| 4 | Overall , Siemens AG was able to give little cheer to shareholders , and the shares were off 2.30 marks at 663.10 early yesterday after the company warned that it would be counted a success if 1992-93 profits were stable with last year — incoming orders in the first five months of this fiscal fell 2% , although it looks for a 4.7% rise for the full year ; group sales in the first five months rose 3% to the equivalent of about $18,500m . |
| 5 | There was one long corridor and all the classrooms were were off this corridor you see , I I should think there 'd be er five , five classrooms , it was it was no sixth form . |
| 6 | And er the classrooms were off this with sort of wooden petitions and glass , in the door . |
| 7 | The data were off loaded to a computer ( Amstrad PC1640 , IBM-compatible ) and processed using the Esophagram software ( Gastrosoft Ltd , USA ) . |
| 8 | That was hard enough when most transfer prices were for tangible goods , points out Gary Hufbauer , of the Institute for International Economics , in a recent book * . |
| 9 | Until now , Danish GPs ' notes were for private use , except when they involved drug prescription , accidents , and insurance claims , or when malpractice was suspected ( see Lancet 1992 ; 340 : 719 ) . |
| 10 | They were for ketchup-type sauces . |
| 11 | The proposals in the accord were for general improvements in the judicial system , alterations to the electoral system to prevent fraud , decentralization for a participative democracy , and the modernization of state institutions . |
| 12 | The IFS report Counting People With Low Incomes said that refusal ‘ does nothing to allay fears that the changes were for political rather than bona fide methodological reasons ’ . |
| 13 | Though if they were for young William or for herself , she could not be sure . |
| 14 | Sir , Such is his eagerness to correct me that Pierre dom Engels ( Letters , 18th/25th December ) mis-attributes Antonia Fraser 's own comment to her aunt , who , as I correctly said , was under the firm impression that Book Tokens were for young children only . |
| 15 | The awards , sponsored by the communication equipment manufacturers Tunstall Telecom , were for outstanding achievements by elderly people and their contribution to helping others . |
| 16 | With this view , the Conservatives in the inter-war period were for small-scale government and low taxes — the less done by government , the better and cheaper . |
| 17 | Only 10% were for advanced material , and another 12% for a category defined as ‘ standard ’ works . |
| 18 | No , the ones at the front of the store were for seventy P and they were marked firmed tomatoes , the others at the back were sixty P and they did n't say firm on them so I thought well , firm probably means hard , I 'll get the , get the others , so I 'll skinned a couple of them for tea |
| 19 | The others , all correctly addressed , were for various occupants at 27 The Grove , Greatham , Hartlepool TS5 1PQ . |
| 20 | The arrests were for alleged public order , criminal damage or drugs offences . |
| 21 | We located 5874 hospital records , 1217 of which were for demented patients aged 40 to 64 years at presentation ; 707 records were either lost or contained insufficient information to apply the diagnostic criteria . |
| 22 | Two were for fulminant colitis , in one case Crohn 's disease was subsequently identified in the proctectomy specimen and in the other Crohn 's was recognised only in the ileal reservoir after excision . |
| 23 | The private sector did n't know where you were for two years . |
| 24 | Maureen was telling me today that erm he erm too , she took it to the garage and there was two bills laying on the table , one were for two hundred and sixty odd and were four hundred and seventy some odd |
| 25 | I think that I am correct in saying that the two original high level computer languages were Cobol and Prolog , which were for developing business and general/scientific applications respectively . |
| 26 | Of the courses listed , 5 were for English teachers , 15 were for Modern Language teachers , 1 for Primary teachers , 4 for a mixed group , 1 on ‘ Language Awareness ’ , 1 on ‘ Examining ’ , 1 on ‘ English Language ’ and 6 uninterpretable . |
| 27 | And developments which did not contribute to , nor necessarily seek that objective were for that reason defective . |
| 28 | The concepts therefore were for that age quite sophisticated , indeed quite sophisticated by many adults ' standards as we have seen . |
| 29 | They were for all ages , from the very young to the schoolroom young lady ; some might even be classed as adult fiction , though they were never again to be published as such . |
| 30 | Leith mentally shook herself to join in the conversation , realising that her mother had been speaking of the wonderful opportunities there were for world-wide travelling these days . |