Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if the proportion of the secondary element to the primary one in a rock is measured , the time at which the original mineral was formed can be calculated . |
| 2 | In the example given above , for instance , the value of the site for which planning permission for housing development was given might be increased by virtue of the fact that it was refused on the second site . |
| 3 | The cases in which supplementary help was given can be described as follows : |
| 4 | No radical reform was undertaken of what should be taught , or how what was taught should be valued . |
| 5 | It was always accepted that the FAOR study was essentially a research project , and any reservations about the final outcome in relation to the extensive analysis that was undertaken must be viewed in this context . |
| 6 | So far as the performer is concerned , he has the defence that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that a programme involving the use of the offending material would be included in a cable broadcast , or that the circumstances in which such material was included would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . |
| 7 | The place where the offence was committed should be inserted here . |
| 8 | ‘ Personal politics ’ was the buzzword : the acknowledgement of the ‘ dark side ’ was always grounded in progressive humanism , the belief that what was twisted could be straightened out , that the shadows could be banished by the spotlight of analysis . |
| 9 | We indicated that the night the flight was made would be the climax of the air-raids , that after that they 'd stop . |
| 10 | It was inevitable that the RCM commitment to accepting help from wherever it was offered would be seen by orthodox Jews as a betrayal and a challenge . |
| 11 | During the war my mother worked in a factory making endless ground sheets which I was told could be turned into trench capes . |
| 12 | The way this defence was used can be seen from the following submission , made by a defendant charged with the possession of a hacksaw blade with intent to do criminal damage to the perimeter fence of the US naval base at Brawdy : |
| 13 | When and where it met , the times it opened and closed , the people who were present , apologies for absence , actions it was agreed should be taken and the names of the individuals who will take responsibility . |
| 14 | It did not worry me unduly because all that was needed would be to choose a good Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but Harold Wilson was not likely to miss a trick like that . |
| 15 | It is interesting to note that legislation was required , because , as said above , mid-nineteenth-century reformers thought that most of what was needed could be achieved by formalising the relationship by means of a lease . |
| 16 | Land which was sold could be made subject to restrictions and future development value could be reserved to the commission . |
| 17 | Recovery occurred within a market in which everything which was produced could be sold . |
| 18 | The political , ideological and cultural context in which each novel was produced will be at the forefront of the textual analysis in Chapter 7 . |
| 19 | These activities reinforced the general fear that apathy might cause the poll to be unduly low which it was thought would be a greater handicap to SDLP than to other parties . |
| 20 | The fact that Hemingway was born can be treated as part of the given information because all human beings are born ( with disputable mythical exceptions ) . |
| 21 | How each of these groups was affected will be considered in the chapters which follow . |
| 22 | The correlation between serfdom and economic backwardness was now conventional wisdom , vague though the economic analysis on which it was based might be . |
| 23 | In much of this material there was little attempt to relate such antipathy and prejudice to a consistent and coherent theory of behaviour , but the assumption and arguments on which it was based can be seen as the origins of a racial nationalist ideology which was to be more rigorously formulated at a later date . |
| 24 | No one who saw how brilliantly all this was displayed will be surprised by its outstanding success this year . |
| 25 | At the recent Parish Council meeting there was a request from a local resident that the bridle way leaving the Trough Road opposite the entrance to Salisbury Farm ( Grid Ref SD 522 511 ) which was stopped when the gas pipe line was laid should be reopened . |
| 26 | Secondly , a statement from the injured party detailing the injury and how it was caused would be required . |
| 27 | Prepared jointly by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Works , with advice from the Ministry of Town and Country Planning on matters of site planning and layout , it was intended for the guidance of local authorities — who , it was presumed would be undertaking most of the post-war redevelopment . |
| 28 | From what we know of primitive races it is highly probable that the incentive for producing these paintings was magical , the object being to fix in paint on the wall or ceiling of a cave an event — usually the slaying of an animal — which it was hoped would be effected in the future elsewhere . |
| 29 | The Ferrars also gave considerable attention to planning a college , intended to become the first seat of higher education in North America , as well as a school for Indians , whom it was hoped would be converted to Christianity . |
| 30 | When told that Amnesty International had made a radical new departure in the choice of his successor , a decision that it was hoped would be regarded as courageous , Ian 's response was to nod . |