Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the sentences of ( 35 ) would be marginal or outright unacceptable if to be were omitted is in itself a datum worth taking into account , along with the further fact that to be can also be inserted into the statement forms in ( 33 ) . |
| 2 | One particular pre-pilot study for which funds were sought was into night nursing . |
| 3 | The other way in which the economic aspects of military expenditure were presented was in the form of the public expenditure costs . |
| 4 | The second bankruptcy proceedings brought against him , in I906 , were instituted by a man named Scott , claimed by Wilson to be a Shipping Federation official , He was again saved by his parliamentary friends and trade union allies in an indemnity committee which found that the debts which were alleged were in no way personal . |
| 5 | The date on which they were re-charged was in 1973 and was used as a pretext to deprive them of the right to be tried by a jury . |
| 6 | How far the local English were affected is beyond discovery . |
| 7 | The last time some of these plates were printed was in 1906 , by Alvin Beaumont , whose family sold them in 1938 . |
| 8 | The four posts that were advertised were for planning activities for disadvantaged groups , for communications , for any idea that would ‘ assist in the development of McGregor Community College ’ and for home/school work . |
| 9 | It was true that some of the team who were sent were among those who were most experienced in the use of the gifts of the Spirit , but others soon emerged to take their place in the mother church . |
| 10 | The gun attack in which around 20 high velocity shots were fired was in retaliation for an IRA gun attack a fortnight ago in the Shankill area , according to loyalist sources . |
| 11 | The way in which glacial processes were studied was by investigations in areas including Iceland , Baffin Island , Antarctica , Alaska , Scandinavia , and the European Alps and it was from such research that the understanding and interpretation of past glacial systems was enhanced , as in Scotland by Sissons ( 1967 ) . |
| 12 | It is true that the elections resulted in a House fairly evenly balanced between the two parties , but the fact that the elections came to be fought over the issue of the Church in Danger meant that those Tories who were returned were in no mood for compromise , with the result that the new House proved extremely difficult for the ministry to manage . |
| 13 | It must have been Good it must have been some sort of carbonate , and the salt that was formed was from the hydrochloric acid was calcium chloride , so it must have been ? |
| 14 | The gifts of which evidence was given were in favour of the plaintiff 's children and in the circumstances did not in substance conflict … with his intention to benefit the plaintiff . |
| 15 | Thus , the administration referred to is not of a governmental nature and the other legislation to which I was referred is of no assistance . |
| 16 | The one bed that was occupied was at the far end of the ward . |
| 17 | One way in which attitudes towards and categorization of black pupils was fostered was through gossip among staff . |
| 18 | The two items in the struggle for the liberty of the Church to which Anselm was committed were for him not negotiable either by himself or the successor of the pope who had declared lay investiture and clerical homage to be irreconcilable with the law of the Church . |
| 19 | In the past 100 years , the only time it was defeated was in Mussolini 's reign , which accounts for the popularity among older Neapolitans , sick of living with Mafioso , for his granddaughter . |
| 20 | The final case where the victim was named is of a different order from the others . |
| 21 | While everyone agreed the changes in living standards since the film was made were for the better , there was some nostalgia for farming as it was when they were young . |
| 22 | The flat he was offered was in a nasty area and in a tower block but neither he nor Tina minded about that . |
| 23 | Some political activists concluded from this that what was needed was to ‘ empower the poor ’ , encourage their civic and political participation as a way to redress the balance , give them the strength to organize in such a way as to make effective claims on society , to receive those citizen 's rights to which they were said to be entitled . |
| 24 | All that was needed was for someone to take Rowland 's ascetic vision/version of soul fanaticism and commandeer it for political ends . |
| 25 | What was needed was for the Government to spend much more money , in a more caring fashion . |
| 26 | What was needed was for us to get together with an arbitrator . |
| 27 | All that was needed was for one kind of film to do well at the box-office and a new Hollywood format would be established . |
| 28 | Perhaps , as Ho said later , all that was needed was for the French to pronounce one word : independence ; but on both sides this was the most fraught and emotional issue . |
| 29 | The Egypt into which Nasser was born was at its base an old and stable society . |
| 30 | At one political meeting last month , I was abused being at one and the same time a pro-Marketeer , an anti-devolutionist , and , horror of horrors , pro-Sizewell ( AGR tendency only , I hasten to add ) . |