Example sentences of "were already [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Act of 1988 provided for the establishment of a new register in which thereafter all British fishing vessels were to be registered , including those which were already registered in the old general register maintained under the Act of 1894 . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Abdel Ghani on Feb. 27 confirmed that more foreign workers were expected to come to North Yemen to carry out jobs including refuse collection and disposal , in which Somali , Sudanese and Filipino workers were already employed . |
| 3 | The fact that the three girls who were already employed at Number 147 just giggled whenever I gave any instructions , only made the appointment more pressing . |
| 4 | The English were already noted for their addiction to beer — a luxury perhaps to the peasant , but a luxury very widely consumed . |
| 5 | The reason why this rebellion was successful was in large measure due to the allegiance which the King was able to command from a people who were already bound together by a common language , system of law and form of government . |
| 6 | Some of the tapes were already packaged up ready to be sent out . |
| 7 | The agreed national rural electrification programme proceeded faster than planned , and by 1958 72 per cent of farms were already connected . |
| 8 | Most of the store windows were already given over to Christmas displays in silver and white , whilst around behind his hotel , down-and-outs were sleeping over hot air vents in the pavement . |
| 9 | The armed forces were already scheduled to be cut to 370,000 as a consequence of the negotiations with the former Soviet Union concerning withdrawal of its troops from Germany . |
| 10 | Two other such joint exercises , involving marine and amphibious forces , were already scheduled to start on Aug. 3 . |
| 11 | One day , during a recreation period , Lexandro betook himself to a scriptory to study — only to discover that both of his ‘ brothers ’ were already ensconced there , although at data consoles some distance apart . |
| 12 | This is important because specific mechanisms have since been developed for subsidizing private operations in the inner area , but it should also be noted that all inner-area housing sites were already designated as housing land and there were no ‘ change of use ’ profits to be made on them . |
| 13 | We were already worn down by the long night and another was almost unthinkable — our sleeping bags would be a frozen mass of down by evening . |
| 14 | Suragai 's hands were already scratched and bleeding , and he was cursing quietly in his own tongue as he positioned himself for another rescue attempt . |
| 15 | Her defences were already activated and registering red alert , and he had n't said a word yet ! |
| 16 | no only the red boxes , I thought they were already done |
| 17 | Similarly , certain information produced by the finance function for external agencies ( eg weekly returns of staff working hours for payment purposes ) caused problems , but in most cases the form and frequency were already prescribed . |
| 18 | Here , curriculum integration in , for example , humanities and basic studies , and curriculum augmentation ( in the form of the advent of library and study skills ) were already conceived . |
| 19 | According to USL , the school effectively rejected a proposal for a full comparison of Berkeley versus USL code by unbiased third parties by demanding that the evaluation be limited only to USL-specified snapshots and by selecting as arbiters for its side members of the Computer Systems Research Group whose credentials , USL claims , were already tainted . |
| 20 | Her things were already packed . |
| 21 | THE grand slam ties and jumpers were already packed and bound for Twickenham last night . |
| 22 | The four partners — all Irish — had planned to be open for St Patrick 's Day but , as the photo shows , that did n't stop them unfurling their banner to indicate they were already prepared for next year . |
| 23 | It is true that the archbishop 's lands were already overstocked with knights in relation to the military service due from them . |
| 24 | He then waved us towards a table where large fluted glasses of champagne were already poured , and Toby 's experienced eye reckoned that there were sufficient reserves of his favourite tipple to get the three dozen or so visitors totally blotto several times over . |
| 25 | They were already validated and could be bought as a package . |
| 26 | " Thanks , " he said , drily , " oh , thanks ! " and began stripping off his jersey , as though she were already gone . |
| 27 | As these young people were already disturbed these factors can not be claimed to have predated disturbed behaviour , but they did exist prior to the appearance of psychotic-like disorders . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ Jaguar people told me some valves were already bent through test-driving . ’ |
| 29 | Rice , flour , sugar and vegetable oil were already rationed . |
| 30 | The plates were already defined and in motion . |