Example sentences of "were [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the mare basins were excavated the fragmentary material beneath them must have been compressed to a higher density than before . |
| 2 | When the marshes were drained the new farmers chose to live on the embankments beside the canals and rivers . |
| 3 | Made of strong willow cane , the cone-shaped traps were about five feet in diameter at the mouth tapering to a point Once the unfortunate salmon had entered the trap , it was doomed Yanto hoped the recent tide had yielded a fish which he would grab before the traps were checked the following morning . |
| 4 | It comprised a circular curtain-wall of stone enclosing a courtyard within which were placed the domestic apartments and service offices , probably of timber construction . |
| 5 | Cultivators of roses were given the usual careful guidance . |
| 6 | The two families , who have had no contact and do not plan to meet , face a week of agony before knowing if they were given the right child . |
| 7 | As Table 55c of Appendix I shows , although differences between groups were very small , it was often women more than men , older people more than younger people , and those with lower rather than higher educational levels who most often changed to a different choice after they were given the extra information about APR and/ or total credit cost . |
| 8 | It was only when Cairo confirmed their names and service numbers that they were given the honoured status of the first Eighth Army troops to meet up with the First Army . |
| 9 | In 1972 , when he chaired the Hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which were given the imposing title ‘ Causes , Origins , and Lessons of the Vietnam War ’ , a rather dyspeptic Senator Fulbright sought to put much of the blame for American involvement on Dean Acheson , on his European orientations and on his close war-time connections with the British . |
| 10 | Directors were given the exclusive right to manage the day-to-day business of the company . |
| 11 | In the previous chapter a distinction was made between the attitudinal function of intonation and several other functions that were given the collective names of syntagmatic functions . |
| 12 | And viewers were given the ridiculous impression that two blokes from Sussex University , rather than Eugene Garfield , had invented citation analysis as a means of assessing quality in research . |
| 13 | A GROUP of Japanese customers were given the red carpet treatment when they visited 's Buckie maltings in March . |
| 14 | It was only in 1880 , after fierce quarrels , that English dissenters were given the tight to burial in the parish churchyard by their own pastors . |
| 15 | The remaining 900 employees — out of a workforce once totalling 40,000 — were given the grim news yesterday at a meeting with managers and union representatives . |
| 16 | Workers were given the grim news by union officials at a mass meeting . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , we were given the green light — unfortunately , poor Molly was accidentally stepped on a couple of times . |
| 18 | ‘ We were given the wrong advice in the first place , ’ says Jeremy Myles of TEM . |
| 19 | But they were given the wrong tape machine . |
| 20 | They had made enquiries of someone in the village , Melchbourne , but were given the wrong directions , through ignorance or malice . |
| 21 | A hospital has began an inquiry into how the parents of a cot death baby who were encouraged to cuddle their dead child were given the wrong body to hold . |
| 22 | For the dramas were given the generic term of ludus ( play ) which carried overtones of pastime , merriment and revelling . |
| 23 | In the same ballot , voters were given the unprecedented opportunity to choose the PL candidate for the presidential election scheduled for May 27 , 1990 . |
| 24 | For centuries it was persecuted and the cruelties heaped upon it were given the full backing of the Church . |
| 25 | At last her bags were given the magic chalk marks and she was free to go . |
| 26 | His parents then called from the USA and were given the false impression that British Consul staff were co-ordinating the search , when they actually had no regular contact with the Spanish authorities involved . |
| 27 | They were given the big round table near the piano . |
| 28 | These agents were given the old familiar name for obscure virulent materials , virus , and presented considerable difficulties because they could be detected only by infecting susceptible species and observing whether disease resulted . |
| 29 | The Church gave to every community , large or small , refuge from persecution and pillage , provided education and learning , medical aid and a basis for life by which were allayed the superstitious fears of the individual , which stemmed from his lack of experience and knowledge of health , life and death , understanding of the world and of man himself . |
| 30 | Crew-training runs were undertaken the previous Sunday , April 26th . |