Example sentences of "was [vb pp] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some said that what was leaked was bad , some said it was too costly , and others confused these things with their feelings about BT service . |
| 2 | The reasons why JPAC 's quotas differ so greatly from what was intended are twofold . |
| 3 | But dad 's being chilly so what he did was calculated was n't it ? |
| 4 | Yet even here the actual extent to which the rural landscape was altered is considerably less than we might suppose . |
| 5 | One way the model was altered was to assume that the mantle part of the lithosphere stretches by a greater amount than the crust during extension ( Fig. 4.17(B) ) . |
| 6 | Parler the cab licence which was withdrawn was just a ‘ permission . ’ |
| 7 | So it was that the agreement on which the first National Government was formed was ignored by the King , who granted a dissolution under conditions which broke both the letter and the spirit of the agreement . |
| 8 | It must have been Good it must have been some sort of carbonate , and the salt that was formed was from the hydrochloric acid was calcium chloride , so it must have been ? |
| 9 | The porcelain from which the cup was formed was so translucent that the grain of the wood upon which it sat was faintly visible through it . |
| 10 | The quantity of food collected from the help-yourself buffet was enormous and the speed with which it was consumed was almost supersonic . |
| 11 | The time for which the oesophageal pH was below 4 and 5 after the meal was consumed was calculated as a percentage of the total postprandial recording time . |
| 12 | ‘ And I suppose you 're going to tell me that the manner in which I was dismissed was standard procedure ? ’ |
| 13 | Rather , what was emphasized was the family as the source of conjugal love , happiness and companionship , within which sexual and emotional relations between husband and wife played a valid part . |
| 14 | I do not enter upon the controversy as to what duty , if any , lay upon the medical advisers to give her that advice : that no explanation whatever was given is an accepted fact in the case . |
| 15 | The reply that I was given is as follows : ’ The external finance limit for BR next year will be £2,041 million . |
| 16 | The interviewees stated that all patients were treated in a similar manner regardless of the size of their habit and that the quantity of methadone and the length of time it was given were inadequate . |
| 17 | The gifts of which evidence was given were in favour of the plaintiff 's children and in the circumstances did not in substance conflict … with his intention to benefit the plaintiff . |
| 18 | Karl was judged to be a normal , pleasant boy when he started as a clerical assistant in February 1943 , but he was soon complaining that the work he was given was boring and that his pay — 1/6d an hour — was not enough . |
| 19 | The first task I was given was to bathe an elderly spinster . |
| 20 | The answer she was given was false . |
| 21 | Well I suppose a very junior clerk , the first job I was given was , well it 's unheard of in this day and age but what they had was what they call a bundi clock and there every driver and conductor had got a key that was inserted in this clock and on it was his personal number , well when he reported for duty , he inserted this key into the clock , turned the handle and stamped on to a piece of paper , a roll of paper , his number and the time he reported and the next day it was my job to go through and record from this piece of paper how many minutes they were late f reporting for duty and if they erm were more than , I think about three or four minutes we had to send them a memo telling them , that 's how things were in those days that people were , they toed the line or else . |
| 22 | One task the SD was given was a comprehensive survey of London . |
| 23 | The basis on which the vote was given was that of property . |
| 24 | Er , the only authority that was given was the authority to arm the officers by Mr which he would have put in to writing , er he was aware as to the method of entry to the of the flat but that no authority , no written authority was given for that . |
| 25 | Doctors at the Children 's Hospital in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , said the small intestine she was given was no longer working properly . |
| 26 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 27 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 28 | The actual region where the house was situated was called the Périgord , and it was divided up into the White , the Green and the Black . |
| 29 | and B erm the area in which it was placed is not good at all . |
| 30 | What was taught was often exclusively decided by the teacher . |