Example sentences of "[was/were] a carefully [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just Cause ’ was a carefully planned invasion just waiting to happen , poised at the starting gate for the kind of justification that the macho thug in Panama City was bound to provide sooner or later . |
| 2 | It was a carefully planned attack by France 's secret service with the full backing of President Francois Mitterand . |
| 3 | The police chief said that the Bombay bombing was a carefully planned , and well-financed operation , but said there was no direct link yet between the arrest and the bombers . |
| 4 | This was a carefully calculated move , designed to underline the Falangist character of the project of which Arrese had been given exclusive charge , for Valladolid was the cradle of militant Falangism and 4 March was the anniversary of the fusion , in 1934 , of Falange Española and the JONS . |
| 5 | The new variety was a carefully edited version of a more traditional and informal entertainment . |
| 6 | The device chosen was a carefully designed , small , speed table surfaced with distinctive flat cobbles , with gaps on each side that would allow buses and large trucks to pass without generating noise for residents , discomfort for passengers , or damage to the road surface as a result of impact by heavy vehicles . |
| 7 | The whole village was involved and there was a carefully laid down ritual which had long roots far back in medieval times . |