Example sentences of "system was [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task of the nervous system was seen to be a computational one . |
| 2 | Consequently 1940s ' optimism about a finite amount of ill-health and disease susceptible to a comprehensive health care system was seen to be false , based on erroneous concepts of health and illness . |
| 3 | The US$373,000,000 Tethered Satellite System was designed to be pulled through space to investigate the electrical properties of the upper atmosphere . |
| 4 | Firstly , the United States economic system was shown to be far from invincible : the myth of the Great American Dream was , if not exploded , at least undermined . |
| 5 | I am not aware of the details but the compulsory incident reporting system was found to be wanting and so was changed to a voluntary one . |
| 6 | ‘ When the firms were grouped according to similarity of objectives and techniques of production , and classified in order of the technical complexity of the production systems , each production system was found to be associated with a characteristic pattern of organisation . |