Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] and [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Werner Reichert , of Egremont Road , Whitehaven , joined the Company in 1950 when a number of skilled German weavers were recruited and is now only one of two left . |
| 2 | The material was then taken back to the laboratory , where the real work was undertaken and is still going on . |
| 3 | The discovery was made and is now being successfully used by Y. Pundir of the Botany Department of the Dehradun College , Uttar Pradesh , India . |
| 4 | He began his career as intake foreman at the maltings when it was built and is now barley buyer for the south of England . |
| 5 | The team was only set up 3 years ago when the rink was built and is now ranked 13th in the country . |
| 6 | It was threatened with closure after the demise of the lead-workings , but was saved and is now operated as a tourist service in summer months by British Rail — the only steam line left in the nationalized network . |
| 7 | The Sutton rectory was sold and is now an hotel and restaurant . |
| 8 | The brand name of this factory was sold and is now being manufactured abroad , but an unsuspecting public still buys that brand , after having paid in taxes the outstanding debt . |
| 9 | The House in Belmont Road was vacated and is currently for sale . |
| 10 | The House in Belmont Road was vacated and is currently for sale . |
| 11 | Regulation 31 , paragraph 4 of the BBBC 's constitution specified that a title contestant ‘ must be a British subject who was born and is normally resident and domiciled in the United Kingdom … |
| 12 | This house is where the famous journalist , E. E. Kisch was born and is now part of the Museum of the City of Prague . |