Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were intended to be interim arrangements only , and further negotiations took place to try to establish the bases of a more lasting political union . |
| 2 | According to an International Wheat Council report in April 1989 , world wheat stocks at the end of the 1988-90 season were expected to be 103,000,000 tonnes — down from 135,000,000 tonnes at the end of the previous year — with the biggest decline being in US stocks [ see p. 36280 ] . |
| 3 | Henceforth unions could be fined very heavily for conducting what were deemed to be unlawful strikes : several of them were to suffer accordingly , starting with the National Graphical Association . |
| 4 | Characteristics which were found to be statistically significant in their relation to manufacturing employment change were deemed to be contributory causes of it . |
| 5 | Series were deemed to be longer plays , broken down into episodes for convenience of presentation . |
| 6 | Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk , who chaired the meeting , announced at a news conference that after several hours of what were reported to be stormy discussions , 20 documents had been signed , notably including an agreement defining the status of the strategic forces and stipulating that their commander was subordinate to the Council of Heads of State and to the C.-in-C. of the joint armed forces of the CIS . |
| 7 | Of these 133 new Majlis members , it was estimated that some 55 were supporters of Rafsanjani and that many of the remainder were reported to be independent candidates likely to align themselves with the President 's faction . |
| 8 | On Sept. 24 , thousands of civilians were reported to be fleeing Bomi and Grand Cape Mount Counties in north-western Liberia , where battles were raging between NPFL and Ulimo forces . |
| 9 | His landscapes were considered to be supreme examples of photographic technique , a number of them being published . |
| 10 | His landscapes were considered to be supreme examples of photographic technique , a number of them being published . |
| 11 | Jewel Lafontant , the United States co-ordinator for refugee affairs , said on March 16 that the United States would accept half of any new Vietnamese boat people fleeing to Hong Kong , as long as they were considered to be genuine refugees ; only 11 per cent of those as yet screened in the colony had been classified as such . |
| 12 | Despite objections from United 's machinists ' union , the participation of management , and BA 's equity contribution , were considered to be ample assurance to potential investors in Airline Acquisition 's junk bonds . |
| 13 | The timing of the election was also influenced by disarray within the opposition Liberal-National Party coalition arising from what were considered to be ill-conceived policies regarding health care and labour relations , and continuing problems within the leadership . |
| 14 | This fascinating document , completed in 1941 , after its aged author had once again perambulated the African continent , shows the extent to which accommodation to change and the continuation of control were considered to be compatible goals of policy . |
| 15 | Public utilities such as electricity , gas , water and telecommunications provided the best examples of what were considered to be natural monopolies , although when technological advances are made , certain industries formerly classed as natural monopolies may cease to be so ( eg telecommunications ) . |
| 16 | After further assessment six patients were considered to be inappropriate referrals and were returned for surgery ( two total obstruction , one tumour invading anus , three fit for surgery and resectable by anterior resection ) . |
| 17 | His right to the throne was distinctly tenuous ; there were said to be 57 people , if Roman Catholics were included , with a better claim . |
| 18 | Black was predominant because black was what people preferred , but the so-called ancient cattle of Wales included every conceivable colour : very bright orange-red , yellow dun ( dominant to black ) in Montgomery , blue around Llanfair Caereiniou ( blues were said to be better milkers than black , possibly because of some Shorthorn blood in the past ) , a recessive mousy colour popular in the Lleyn peninsula , white with coloured points , solid colours and pies and brindles , belts and linebacks . |
| 19 | They were said to be fearless swordsmen and able to shoot a man between the eyes at a hundred paces . |
| 20 | Listening to her and Ferdinando discussing the latest onslaught — Piedmontese troops were said to be sweeping south throughout the summer — Wilson could hardly believe the enthusiasm displayed . |
| 21 | When such ‘ dispositive ’ or ‘ objective ’ regimes were accepted as being in the general public interest they were said to be binding erga omnes . |
| 22 | On the other they disapproved of some of the impediments which had been erected in the twentieth century : the requirements of a lis inter partes and a superadded duty to act judicially were said to be false constraints . |
| 23 | It added a phrase so extraordinary that I quote it directly : ’ although these were felt to be isolated incidents . ’ |
| 24 | In the time of Henry VIII there were reckoned to be fifteen lords for each million of the population . |
| 25 | One reason why officers were instructed to be friendly disciplinarians is that Smith , once again echoing public-school sentiments , consciously strove to prolong boyhood for as long as possible . |
| 26 | Even at lesbian conferences such as Canterbury , Nottingham and Bristol , separatists were castigated for being smug extremists . |
| 27 | The use of files imposed limitations on the types of valid and reliable data that could be obtained ; data analysed represented a compromise between these limitations and what were thought to be useful indicators of the manner or style of assessment and service delivery . |
| 28 | ( There were thought to be 2,600 West Africans , mostly Nigerians , in territory held by the NPFL ; attacks on Ghanaians and Nigerians were reported at the beginning of September , and Taylor , who was reported to be holding a large number of foreigners hostage , declared war on the ECOMOG force early in September . ) |
| 29 | In addition to dealers , other objects of anger were farmers who were thought to be withholding grain from the market and thus creating an " artificial " scarcity ; merchants who attempted to buy up corn to move it from the district in which it had been grown at times when local markets were under-supplied ; and millers who were considered to be either bulk buying and hoarding corn or else charging the poor too much for grinding grain . |
| 30 | For many years they were thought to be adult creatures , given a special name , ammocoete , and classified as obvious relatives of the lancelet . |