Example sentences of "were often [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forest landowners could not even erect fences or hedges unless they were low enough to allow the deer to enter and leave , consequently crops were often destroyed by them . |
| 2 | Relations between the two churches were often strained , partly because of the question of status of the various monks working in the area . |
| 3 | THE FOSSIL RECORD shows that throughout the history of life on Earth the groups of animals that were dominant in any one age were often replaced wholesale in the next age by others animal of a quite different group ; and biologists have sometimes argued that such replacements occur because of direct competition between the old dominant type and the new . |
| 4 | Rescripts were often penned for a case , and not for the world at large . |
| 5 | Thus , homosexual prisoners were often tainted by the crimes of homosexual guards — even though they themselves were often the victims , ( pp. 166–7 ) . |
| 6 | However , although in wartime married women were positively encouraged and in some cases required to re-enter or remain in the labour market , working in those very occupations from which they had previously been ‘ barred ’ , such women were often categorised as temporary workers , or were employed part-time . |
| 7 | Female domestic servants , for instance , who were often prevented by householders from having ‘ followers ’ ( which dictated caution , even secrecy when the alternative was dismissal ) , were often very vulnerable to being abandoned . |
| 8 | As for women , the choice was limited and marriages were often arranged . |
| 9 | In newer areas one would expect main roads to form boundaries , yet residential areas in the past were often arranged around the town centre along major roads , so that in older areas a distributor with shops on either side may even form the centre of a residential district . |
| 10 | Champions fought the top contenders and , if they lost , return fights were often arranged . |
| 11 | This system was devised not just with political but with military arrangements in view , and this is another way in which city and countryside were brought together : the demes and trittyes were often arranged along , and clustered at the ends of , the strategic highways of Attica , thereby making for easy mobilization , with the agora of Athens as the place of muster . |
| 12 | This was no doubt why land transfers were often arranged at meetings , to which they were announced . |
| 13 | The vicar had two sons much about the same age as my brother and myself , so we were often invited into the vicarage to play . |
| 14 | A monologue that centred on hunt balls , riding to hounds , polo and the disgraceful decline of the manners of Guards officers were hardly subjects about which they were often invited to give an opinion . |
| 15 | However , their devotions were often disturbed by the sounds of revelry and dancing as the villagers gathered around the nearby maypole . |
| 16 | Water supplies , invariably inadequate , were often polluted . |
| 17 | In his Introduction to the Paston Letters J. Gairdner pointed out that letters were often dated as being written on a particular day of the week , say Monday or Wednesday , before or after such a celebration . |
| 18 | ALTHOUGH the Hungarian restaurants in which I ate did achieve a far higher standard than anything I encountered in Prague , almost all had in common a poor sense of presentation and good ingredients were often spoiled by ignorance and negligence . |
| 19 | While war 's excesses were often condemned , war itself was taken for granted . |
| 20 | Stamford lies at the crossing of several ancient prehistoric trackways , and , as these tracks were often aligned on ley lines , it is likely that the site of Stamford is an energy power point in much the same way as Avebury or Glastonbury is . |
| 21 | ‘ DURING the long cold-war period , ’ Warren Christopher , America 's secretary of state , said on May 20th , ‘ policies toward Africa were often determined not by how they affected Africa , but by what advantage they brought to Washington or Moscow . ’ |
| 22 | Before the advent of radiocarbon , chronologies for later prehistory in Western Europe were often based on presumed linkages , however tenuous , with those civilisations of the Near and Middle East which had historical calendars . |
| 23 | Bollini and Mollica contend that early reports of catastrophic results were often based upon ‘ short visits and superficial knowledge of the Italian mental health care system ’ . |
| 24 | Despite the rhetoric of slogans looking to the socialization of industry , such moves were often based on the basic need to continue working to protect living standards . |
| 25 | They are thought to have evolved these tails , lacking in all Old World monkeys , because they needed an extra ‘ hand ’ to cope with life in forests that were often flooded . |
| 26 | CHILDREN in some special schools were often rewarded for good behaviour with cigarettes , according to a report yesterday . |
| 27 | For example , conditions necessary for seeds to germinate were often studied in much the same way by successive age groups . |
| 28 | Twins were often studied to chart how often both would develop the condition . |
| 29 | She told us that the hominids were quite vulnerable to these carnivores , which in her time included the sabre-tooth cat , and were often killed and eaten . |
| 30 | The first instalment of wages was generally paid over by the Exchequer in advance of the campaign , but subsequent instalments were often delayed until after the campaign was over , sometimes long after . |