Example sentences of "[adv] were [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previous generations were brought up in an age when it was thought not ‘ respectable ’ — especially for women — to enjoy sex ; and men and women over 50 or so were expected to be together ‘ for companionship ’ , to the exclusion of any sexual activity . |
| 2 | Twelve manors , a vill and four hamlets held by subjects on the west side of the Severn from Newent in the north to Lydney , Alvington and Aylburton in the south were named : they were said to have been afforested by John , and so were claimed to be free of the Forest law . |
| 3 | Her vast deposits were in 1880 still largely unexplored ; those of Silesia alone were believed to be even greater than the huge fields already opened in Great Britain . |
| 4 | Taking a sodium ion concentration in excess of 119mmol/l as being dangerous , it was found that of the total number of solutions sampled from unions in Phase 1 , Phase 2 ( standard ) and Phase 3 ( CRP ) , 14.7% , 18.2% and 25.6% respectively were found to be dangerous . |
| 5 | Er I , I suppose yes they probably were expected to be in by a definite time . |
| 6 | The teeth also were found to be similar to the condition described after 29 months weathering : for a sample of 31 teeth , 25.8 per cent were split ( Fig. 1.6A , B ) and 9.7 per cent were chipped ( Fig. 1.6E ) ; 34.8 per cent of the incisors were broken . |
| 7 | On the other they disapproved of some of the impediments which had been erected in the twentieth century : the requirements of a lis inter partes and a superadded duty to act judicially were said to be false constraints . |
| 8 | The waters from here were reputed to be a certain cure for ‘ the itch ’ , as well as curing dogs of the mange . |
| 9 | Looking back I can now see that some of the happenings through which I lived professionally were destined to be profound and far reaching in their impact and to become milestones of educational change . |
| 10 | In his view , it was the Resident , and the Resident alone , whose task it was to guide the emir along the path of material progress — if such indeed were deemed to be desired . |
| 11 | Her replacement had proved a sad disappointment to the French soldiery , besides which the management and composer alike were said to be dissatisfied with the work in its present form . |
| 12 | All the way home she held her tongue , answering only in monosyllables to her father 's habitual complaints and strictures , which never were meant to be taken too deeply to heart . |
| 13 | The discredited test was used since the Seventies to identify impurities , and many owners were given clean bills of health on houses which subsequently were found to be contaminated and are now in danger of collapse . |
| 14 | In February 1990 WHO reported the first signs of HIV infection in eastern Europe and the Islamic countries of North Africa and the Middle East , regions which until recently were thought to be relatively untouched by the epidemic . |
| 15 | There is a great deal more tolerance and enlightened thinking about sexual practices and principles which until comparatively recently were considered to be abnormal , outlandish and even criminal . |