Example sentences of "was [vb pp] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been Good it must have been some sort of carbonate , and the salt that was formed was from the hydrochloric acid was calcium chloride , so it must have been ? |
| 2 | The gifts of which evidence was given were in favour of the plaintiff 's children and in the circumstances did not in substance conflict … with his intention to benefit the plaintiff . |
| 3 | Thus , the administration referred to is not of a governmental nature and the other legislation to which I was referred is of no assistance . |
| 4 | The one bed that was occupied was at the far end of the ward . |
| 5 | One way in which attitudes towards and categorization of black pupils was fostered was through gossip among staff . |
| 6 | The two items in the struggle for the liberty of the Church to which Anselm was committed were for him not negotiable either by himself or the successor of the pope who had declared lay investiture and clerical homage to be irreconcilable with the law of the Church . |
| 7 | In the past 100 years , the only time it was defeated was in Mussolini 's reign , which accounts for the popularity among older Neapolitans , sick of living with Mafioso , for his granddaughter . |
| 8 | The final case where the victim was named is of a different order from the others . |
| 9 | While everyone agreed the changes in living standards since the film was made were for the better , there was some nostalgia for farming as it was when they were young . |
| 10 | The flat he was offered was in a nasty area and in a tower block but neither he nor Tina minded about that . |
| 11 | Some political activists concluded from this that what was needed was to ‘ empower the poor ’ , encourage their civic and political participation as a way to redress the balance , give them the strength to organize in such a way as to make effective claims on society , to receive those citizen 's rights to which they were said to be entitled . |
| 12 | All that was needed was for someone to take Rowland 's ascetic vision/version of soul fanaticism and commandeer it for political ends . |
| 13 | What was needed was for the Government to spend much more money , in a more caring fashion . |
| 14 | What was needed was for us to get together with an arbitrator . |
| 15 | All that was needed was for one kind of film to do well at the box-office and a new Hollywood format would be established . |
| 16 | Perhaps , as Ho said later , all that was needed was for the French to pronounce one word : independence ; but on both sides this was the most fraught and emotional issue . |
| 17 | The Egypt into which Nasser was born was at its base an old and stable society . |
| 18 | At one political meeting last month , I was abused being at one and the same time a pro-Marketeer , an anti-devolutionist , and , horror of horrors , pro-Sizewell ( AGR tendency only , I hasten to add ) . |
| 19 | The place where Aldhelm 's body was found is within close woodland , untended , on a narrow path , where the only light would come from the open sky above the track . |
| 20 | Results from analyses restricted to men younger than 50 at baseline whose history of smoking was known were in line with the preceding results . |
| 21 | He 'd had his go , if all that was rumoured was to be believed . |
| 22 | Mr Fallon said the town 's unemployment rate on which its status was fixed was below the national average of ten per cent . |
| 23 | The justice 's role in the disposal of the offence with which Mr. Bell was charged was at an end . |
| 24 | All the other appointments and moves made since Gerstner was appointed were in the works before he arrived . |
| 25 | All that was left was for her to undress him . |
| 26 | The picture of Christ eating with his disciples shortly before he was crucified is on a long-term loan from the Royal Academy in London . |
| 27 | But that w that was how it was started was at , at the Lock at Bloxwich Lock . |
| 28 | The most that was achieved was in a few examples of new highway construction ( in London the long-standing schemes of the Great West Road and the North Circular came to fruition ) ; and in the bigger cities , there were road-widening schemes , some stretches of dual carriageway and the occasional new project ( such as the Headrow in Leeds linked to redevelopment ) and some spectacular new projects ( such as the new suspension bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle and the Mersey Tunnel at Liverpool/Birkenhead ) . |
| 29 | They found that children of men who had been exposed to external penetrating ionising radiation before their child was conceived were at an increased risk of leukaemia . |
| 30 | The third was ensuring that whatever equipment was required was at the right place — and would work . |