Example sentences of "[adv] was [verb] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where normality for each group separately was found to be appropriate by using probability plots a two sample t test was used to compare the mean values of each variable of interest between the regulated and random groups . |
| 2 | Keeping his strength up was going to be hard work . |
| 3 | They , too , will owe a lot to the boycotters and sanctioners , including one in particular that I used to revile and later was honoured to be able to call friend — also a keen cricketer , a left-hand bat who as a schoolboy in Pretoria was thought promising enough to be headed for a higher grade of cricket one day . |
| 4 | For the O level people and those who just wanted to work , mucking around was seen to be unfair both to them because it held them back and to the teachers : here they interpret ‘ mucking about ’ wholly within the official theory of schooling . |
| 5 | Today was proving to be full of revelations , major and minor , and I sipped my champagne to cover my embarrassment . |
| 6 | The objection here was held to be irrelevant . |
| 7 | And I was determined that everywhere although not absolutely superbly glittering , everywhere was going to be tidy before I left . |