Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] found to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This provided the basis for contextual ratings , the most important of which was found to be long-term threat . |
| 2 | However , of the significantly reduced number who were found to be poor , 68 per cent were pensioners ( table 5.1 of A. B. Atkison , ‘ Low pay and the cycle of poverty ’ , in Low Pay , ed . |
| 3 | Table VI summarises the number of subjects in each subgroup who were accepted for respite and day sitting services and who were found to be eligible for the mobility and attendance allowances before and after the interview . |
| 4 | A custom-built Shetland Islands Council ferry , Westering Homewards , is lying unused on the mainland after she was found to be unsafe for the exposed 22-mile Atlantic crossing . |
| 5 | She 'd only been at school 2 months and she was found to be blind . |
| 6 | When Valiant finally caught up with her in a Medway marina she was found to be clean . |
| 7 | They were found to be harmless and the drums were removed . |
| 8 | On Aug. 17 , US naval vessels intercepted two Iraqi coasters in the Gulf , but allowed them to proceed after they were found to be empty ; on Aug. 18 , US vessels fired warning shots across the bows of two Iraqi tankers in the Gulf of Oman . |
| 9 | The northerners thought the others posh and ‘ mardy ’ ( affected ) , while in return they were found to be coarse and vulgar . |
| 10 | They were found to be wet through but well . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , in 1959 it was found to be unsafe and alterations had to be made . |
| 12 | On Nov. 9 the International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) was reported to have indicated that it would consider halting the shipment if it was found to be unsafe or shown to be vulnerable to accidents and piracy , as claimed by some IMO member states . |
| 13 | The ratchet-and-pawl device was quite effective in principle , but not robust or reliable enough in constant use , and it seems that , after he completed an engine to drive a mill owned by James Pickard at Snow Hill in Birmingham , it was found to be unsatisfactory , and a crank was substituted . |
| 14 | Indeed , it was found to be difficult sometimes to keep down the number of journals to a manageable size . |
| 15 | The reports created sufficient interest for Sontochin to be synthesized and tested by the American company , and it was found to be active against malaria in canaries . |
| 16 | It was found to be active but only in concentrations too high to be clinically acceptable . |
| 17 | When eventually the story was checked it was found to be false , evidently initiated as part of an intercommunal feud by a tribal group which held a grudge against the government . |
| 18 | But it was found to be valuable in conjunction with the newly-discovered antibiotic streptomycin ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 19 | Once again he was found to be innocent , but he was still kept under arrest . |
| 20 | He was found to be responsible for the gross mismanagement of oil earnings , and was also implicated in a number of political assassinations . |
| 21 | Although several differences in pretreatment characteristics of responders versus non-responders were observed , none of them was found to be significant . |