Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] were [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The circumstances in which freedom might be won were clearly defined , and Alexei knew that he had sometimes thought that the lowest class in the Empire — the proles , who worked for pay — were no less enslaved and had perhaps fewer rights . |
| 2 | Thus , despite the formalization of a system of state subsidy with the foundation of the University Grants Committee , any fears that university autonomy might be lessened were considerably allayed by the known attitude of the President of the Board of Education , H. A. L. Fisher , enshrined in his dictum : " The state is , in my opinion , not competent to direct the work of education and disinterested research which is carried on by the universities . " |
| 3 | Edward I may well have had similar goals for England , Aquitaine and Ponthieu ( a clearer definition of feudal obligations , a shortening of the links in the tenurial chain and a more precise knowledge of the military service owed to him ) but the means by which those ends might be attained were very different . |
| 4 | However , their views on the way in which this could be achieved were quite different . |
| 5 | Despite major omissions , such as Hastings , most places that could be taxed were there , 337 of them . |
| 6 | LAST week sweeping changes in the way County Durham 's fire brigade will be run were formally adopted . |