Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] were [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only ‘ Spinster ’ and ‘ Bawd ’ , two poems that I suddenly realised were dramatic monologues anyway . |
| 2 | The main thrust of Thatcherite social and economic philosophy was far from clear when she took office in May 1979 , so entrenched were key figures of the Heathite past in the party ; but the general thrust would clearly lie in pursuing the monetarist approach of the Chicago economist , Milton Friedman , in which control of the money supply through M3 indicators , and identifying inflation rather than unemployment as the central enemy , were the fundamental themes . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the characteristics of pill users no longer observed were similar to never users no longer observed , so comparison between contraceptive groups also remains valid . |
| 4 | Umpire Woodward was also standing during delays most thought were unnecessary in the Napier Test between New Zealand and India in 1990 , and at last year 's Wellington v Sri Lankans match ( ‘ We will not tolerate a repeat , ’ said national chairman Peter McDermott and executive director Graham Dowling at that stage ) . |
| 5 | She remembered Hitler 's eyes which Mrs Parvis had once said were hypnotic . |
| 6 | Although most of his final years were spent attempting to defend liberal precedents , those victories which the liberal minority did still achieve were due largely to his authority , intellect and tactical skill . |
| 7 | Many parents who began to work with their children complained that the basic schemes they brought home to read were inane , and they subsequently began to share in the choice of books within the classroom . |
| 8 | As a student of child abuse , I regularly encountered forms of cruelty to children I hardly thought were possible . |
| 9 | What they did incontestably leave were remarkable examples of those hard-wearing memorials which we have already observed from prehistoric times : stones . |
| 10 | The soft drinks which she also made were good sellers during the summer months , costing only 2½d and even then , 1d was allowed upon return of the bottle . |
| 11 | Also fitted were fake cowl flaps , operable torpedo racks and tailhook and 2½′ wing tip extensions were added . |
| 12 | What the Morgan really lacked were adequate facilities behind the scenes . |
| 13 | The landing itself was fitted with two large , double-glazed skylights in the sloping ceiling , which I now realized were responsible for the light and feeling of airiness throughout the upper floors . |
| 14 | Wordsworth 's painting would have been ‘ a mine of peaceful years , etc. ’ ( lines 21–32 ) ; that is , it would have represented his youthful ideas about life , which he really thought were true , though he now sees that they were deluded ( line 29 ) . |
| 15 | Most of these poets whose labour was fairly specialized were conscious of an occupational identity which could be made the subject of verse . |
| 16 | Clockwork trains were all very well , but what I really wanted were electric trains . |
| 17 | Worst hit were local prisons whose population on 30 June 1988 , for example , exceeded CNA by 54 per cent ( NACRO Briefing 1989c ) . |
| 18 | It was utilised to explore the characteristics of the information objects to be covered by the IPS , eg determining the form of the information to suit the users ’ needs , and assessing whether or not the objects that then existed were adequate . |
| 19 | The violent metaphors which formerly had been freely used were absent , and the letter contained a suggestion that it was Anselm himself who had been going too far : |
| 20 | Correspondents previously mentioned were independent gentlemen to whom Miller paid due deference and where little deviation detracted from the subject discussed ; whereas with Butcher , another employee , his tone was far less formal and he found time to dwell on his health , the weather and even mentioned his own servant . |