Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stone free date corresponds to the first time the gall bladder was considered to be free of fragments and sludge . |
| 2 | The electorate was expected to be weary of elections and possibly apathetic as well . |
| 3 | Although the SLORC promised to respect the result , the opposition was reported to be reluctant to claim victory before ascertaining the response of the country 's effective ruler Gen. Ne Win , and of the Directorate of the Defence Services Intelligence ( DDSI — the secret police ) . |
| 4 | Mr Akashi insists on looking on the bright side : Khmer Rouge artillery was known to be inaccurate and their shells often failed to explode , he said . |
| 5 | As previously reported , the serum gastrin concentration was found to be high in the renal failure patients compared with those with normal renal function . |
| 6 | For all these reasons the future was thought to be uncertain . |
| 7 | Over 35,000 plant species were carefully screened for anti-cancer properties , and yew bark extract was found to be effective against tumours in mice . |
| 8 | The tailwheel was made to be retractable and a third seat was added along with a gun position . |
| 9 | HMI methodology was found to be inadequate and the research findings of Bennett 's team contradict HMI ‘ findings ’ . |
| 10 | Although an attempt was made to be representative in the choice of these films it is clear that if the effects observed are of any practical significance it should be possible to observe them on a more varied stimulus set . |
| 11 | This practice was held to be lawful in an earlier case , in which Lord Justice Woolf referred to ; |
| 12 | Whether in fact any such obligations have been created depends on the construction of the lease ; and there is nothing which requires the lease to be constructed in such a way as to avoid , if possible , the creation of such obligations ( Bradshaw v Pawley [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 10 , where liability for rent was held to be retrospective ) . |
| 13 | It was not that ruffianism was thought to be funny , but the radical and socialist press wished to place a different emphasis on the criminal question which took full account of the social and material circumstances of working-class life . |
| 14 | It was agreed that systematic use should be made of the words ‘ safety ’ , ‘ security ’ ( a word Labour was believed to be fond of and which might therefore be turned to advantage ) , and ‘ support ’ . |
| 15 | The parser was shown to be incapable of processing garden-path sentences ( i.e. sentences which cause incorrect syntactic premises to be made e.g. ‘ the cotton clothing is made of grows in Mississippi ’ ) . |
| 16 | Frightening a woman by looking into her bedsit at eleven at night causing her to fear violence was held to be immediate despite the fact that the victim could have escaped in the time it would have taken for the accused to get to her : Smith v Chief Superintendent , Woking Police Station ( 1983 ) 76 Cr App R 234 ( DC ) . |
| 17 | On admission , the child 's condition was said to be good , and she had fully recovered by the autumn . |
| 18 | They were taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital where their condition was said to be stable . |
| 19 | Mr Deacon , whose condition was said to be stable , had been transferred to Middlesbrough from Bishop Auckland General . |
| 20 | On the same evening he had been admitted to hospital with heart trouble , but although his condition was reported to be good the next day , he did not withdraw his candidacy . |
| 21 | The outlook was said to be hopeless , and they started the journey back to Wales . |
| 22 | In any case the State Department was uncertain about the nature of the Vietminh 's communist connections — ‘ possibly in indirect touch with Moscow and direct touch with Yenan ’ — and French influence was reckoned to be important not only as an antidote to Soviet influence but also to protect Vietnam and Southeast Asia from ‘ future Chinese imperialism ’ . |
| 23 | The princess was said to be furious and Channel 4 came under fierce attack from MPs who said the drawings were highly insulting . |
| 24 | Walking during this heatwave was bound to be warm work and I was determined to avoid sandwiches of chalk and modelling clay . |
| 25 | Parliamentary sovereignty was felt to be compatible with the rule of law primarily because ‘ the commands of Parliament … can be uttered only through the combined actions of its three constituent parts ’ and that , ‘ unlike a sovereign monarch who is not only a legislator but a ruler , that is , head of the executive government , has never hitherto been able to use the powers of the government as a means of interfering with the regular course of law ’ . |
| 26 | Although her candidacy was dismissed in most quarters as irrelevant , she was potentially the best-funded of the candidates ( although much of her wealth was believed to be inaccessible in frozen Swiss bank accounts ) and had the advantage of the remnants of her husband 's huge patronage network . |
| 27 | ‘ In particular , ’ the FT wrote , ‘ Smith 's management was said to be uncommunicative regarding the DIY business , although an analysts ’ visit next week is intended to set out future strategy . ’ |
| 28 | The bread supplied by Benjamin Maulden was ‘ very indifferently baked ’ and the house surgeon was to write to him expressing the Board 's dissatisfaction — which was extended to a Mr. Bentham , whose bread was found to be underweight . |
| 29 | Our bewilderment was greater still when our carefully selected clothing was found to be far in excess of the requirement of the moment . |
| 30 | The boy was said to be calm after his 15-minute ordeal . |