Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These statements-were then considered by ministers and senior civil servants who then made decisions which were implemented . |
| 2 | The different degrees and sources of political power of the hospital consultants on the one hand and the general practitioners on the other were skilfully exploited by Bevan in setting up the NHS . |
| 3 | Even if the insults were skilfully repaid with interest . |
| 4 | Elongated single-aspect plans with hall-corridors on the entrance front were introduced to ensure even greater privacy from callers and servants , private wings were stepped back to create private sheltered garden areas , and the kitchen and staple offices were skilfully deployed at right angles to the main block to create sheltered L-plan forecourts . |
| 5 | These , built as defences against the Viking invaders , are accredited to the Iron Age and were skilfully constructed to a circular plan , with a double wall enclosing a stairway and a circular paddock for cattle . |
| 6 | The offensive and defensive aims of the war were skilfully linked in the argument deployed in 1352 that the security of England was threatened by the French king 's denial of Edward 's right . |
| 7 | As the pitch patterns were presumably dictated by Elgar 's ‘ secret ’ melody , we can safely assume that his invention , and indeed the beauty of his creation , lay almost entirely in his construction . |
| 8 | The various fittings associated with the handle rarely survive as they were presumably made from organic materials . |
| 9 | Both men were presumably accompanied by their brothers , since Robert Harrington and John Parr were later knighted by Edward at Tewkesbury , and Thomas Parr died at Barnet . |
| 10 | Both men were presumably accompanied by their brothers , since Robert Harrington and John Parr were later knighted by Edward at Tewkesbury , and Thomas Parr died at Barnet . |
| 11 | Religion was the only subject treated by the Khmer artists of the Angkor period : temples were lavishly embellished with sculptures of gods and goddesses , and bridges represented the rainbows that united people and their gods . |
| 12 | The lay-out was traditional and mirrored that of the old medieval cathedral , but both exterior and interior were lavishly decorated with classical arches and columns , and the whole building was dominated by a vast classical dome , which rose almost to the height of the spire of Salisbury Cathedral , one of the tallest Gothic buildings in Europe . |
| 13 | Despite minority reservations , Moody and Sankey were rapturously received in 1874 in Inverness , Campbeltown and Oban after international success in Edinburgh and Glasgow to mention but Scotland . |
| 14 | What was even worse , the women were unofficially said to be better at it . |
| 15 | Although the basal lamina remained visible at many places , the gastric pits of vehicle pretreated rats were uniformly filled with gastric glands ( Figs 5E and F ) . |
| 16 | He is a better finisher than that , of course , and amends were duly made in the 43rd minute when he brought it to 2-0 on the night and 3-3 overall by meeting David Smith 's low centre from the left with a 12-yard volley of stunning velocity . |
| 17 | The children were duly legitimized in a bull of August 1201 because the pope wanted the support of Philip Augustus . |
| 18 | Among other foundations , Queen Margaret ( whose efforts on behalf of the Church were duly recognized in her canonization ) set up her own private chapel on the Castle Rock in Edinburgh , now the oldest surviving building in the city . |
| 19 | In addition , the preamble to the Bill contained a false recital that plans of the lands and a book of reference to such plans containing the names of the owners , lessees and occupiers of the said land were duly deposited with the clerk of the county council . |
| 20 | Resochin was not pursued at that time , but both compounds were duly registered for purposes of patenting . |
| 21 | ‘ Are n't you and Charles due to go off on holiday soon ? ’ she queried , when tea and biscuits were duly dispensed to Lucy and she could sit down on a wicker-backed chair and sip her own . |
| 22 | As time passed , Elena too became the subject of such gestures of endorsement from the West which were duly recorded for the benefit of Romanians , lest they forget by just how an extraordinary couple they were ruled . |
| 23 | Encouraged by Drew , Daisy applied for a Pony Club scholarship for Perdita , and they were duly summoned to Kirtlington to meet the Committee in early July . |
| 24 | Prehistoric and Roman tracks were duly appropriated by drovers from the Highlands , bringing their cattle down for sale in the Lowlands and , when the two nations were at peace , in England . |
| 25 | Prices of staple goods and fuel were duly increased by an average 19.5 per cent . |
| 26 | This list was open to objections , and these were duly raised by Mr. Charles Baker , J.P. , one of the Grammar School Visitors in the 1850s . |
| 27 | The following month two treaties , one establishing a European Economic Community ( EEC ) and the other a European Atomic Energy Community ( Euratom ) were duly signed by the Six in Rome and referred to the national parliaments for ratification . |
| 28 | Undoubtedly , the alkylated rosanilines ( eg Hofmann violent , 6 ) came out of this cooperation , and were duly added to the firm 's product list . |
| 29 | These plans were duly put into effect , and the new building was ready for opening in good time for the celebrations . |
| 30 | There was only the slightest of pauses for communal reflection before twenty-nine pairs of shoes were duly launched at the teacher in charge . |