Example sentences of "[det] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this were felt to be a circular situation a formal decision not to ratify could be deemed to negate signature . |
| 2 | It was students demonstrating , as a result of which a number of them were arrested and I later learnt that a few were sentenced to be flogged . |
| 3 | Many of her associates were intellectuals and artists ; some were thought to be liberals , even leftists . |
| 4 | On one occasion , two of these were seen to be in open disagreement about the legitimacy and desirability of actions taken by the authorities ; on another occasion , one of these was set up , in effect , to review recommendations made by another . |
| 5 | Of course , SERPS rights had to be forfeited , but for younger people these were calculated to be worth much less than the personal pension could offer . |
| 6 | It added a phrase so extraordinary that I quote it directly : ’ although these were felt to be isolated incidents . ’ |
| 7 | Some of these gains were from replication of standard designs , though these were reckoned to be small , presumably because the large number of separate manufacturers and divisions involved in the work greatly reduced the potential cost reduction through learning effects . |
| 8 | These were believed to be an increase in the Amir 's constitutional powers , to allow him to veto National Assembly decisions , and a reduction in immunity for Assembly members . |
| 9 | In effect , these were intended to be little more than reconnaissance raids on a large scale . |
| 10 | These were intended to be interim arrangements only , and further negotiations took place to try to establish the bases of a more lasting political union . |
| 11 | In two patients with a history of single events these were considered to be of respiratory origin . |
| 12 | Once and for all , these were shown to be systems comparable with our Galaxy and right outside it . |
| 13 | Hence vertical perspective cues provide the only consistent and reliable information about the distance to the surface and these were found to be more effective in practice for depth and size scaling . |
| 14 | These were expected to be resolved by 1992 , when a review of the CER was due . |
| 15 | All were said to be members of the Jihad group behind the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981 . |
| 16 | Some were canonised and others — like Eckhart and Tauler — were hounded by the Church , but all were seen to be of enormous importance by their contemporaries , even by people who could not follow them into the inner world . |
| 17 | These complications all occurred within three months of operation and all were considered to be technical in nature . |
| 18 | All were thought to be victims of the fierce military repression which took place in the first three months following the military coup of September 1973 . |
| 19 | All were ordered to be held without bail . |
| 20 | Many were found to be dead and the total casualties were reported to be about a hundred . |
| 21 | The latter were thought to be Yak-9s , considered ‘ one of the USSR 's better conventional fighters , which compares well with USAF 's F-51 ’ . |
| 22 | By mid-February only 47 thrifts had been closed or sold , another 300 were under the management of the Resolution Trust Corporation ( RTC ) and 200 more were expected to be taken over soon . |
| 23 | The main difference between the ‘ Oracles ’ and the Created God is that the former were believed to be of ‘ divine ’ origin , whereas the latter would be of mankind 's own creation , and therefore under human control . |
| 24 | Some of those arrested were released last night , but most were believed to be still in custody at RUC interrogation centres in Belfast and Armagh , held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act , the Official Secrets Act and common law . |
| 25 | Most were intended to be exulting or to act as aids to the recognition of individual figures . |
| 26 | Some patients had voiced initial apprehension about their continuing to receive medication , but most were thought to be neutral about fundholding . |
| 27 | Both were said to be ‘ very happy ’ while pondering a name for the 7lb 3oz boy born on Friday night in the Wellington hospital , north-west London . |
| 28 | Both were said to be of no fixed abode , although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool . |
| 29 | Since both were deemed to be elected with the same quota of 8,585 votes reality was replaced by fiction . |
| 30 | Both were expected to be admitted by the General Assembly at the beginning of its annual session in New York on Sept. 17 . |