Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adj] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this way many fans were able to miss out the first graduation step and serve a short probation at the back of the terrace . |
| 2 | By the time I got up the next morning , I had determined to sell the baker 's shop to the highest bidder unless Charlie Trumper were willing to take on the responsibility himself . |
| 3 | On May 7th , German troops massing at Thiaumont for an attack were suddenly blanketed by accurate air-directed artillery fire , and noted bitterly that , virtually for the first time , their fighters were unable to drive away the French observation planes . |
| 4 | ( iii ) The occupier must take reasonable steps to check that the contractor was competent to carry out the work . |
| 5 | Its founding members were drawn heavily from former members and supporters of the DLP , and there was speculation that its intervention in the presidential contest was likely to damage further the chances of Kim Young Sam securing victory . |
| 6 | Later when he had to leave , Richard was sorry to break up the party . |
| 7 | The conclusion must be that neither side of industry was prepared to give up the old ways of doing things to achieve full employment . |
| 8 | Friday was national Trading Places Day and housing staff at East Hampshire District Council were quick to take up the challenge . |
| 9 | Engineers were quick to shore up the weakened Botley Road Flyover in Oxford as soon as they found corroded support wires in the spans . |
| 10 | Using what they had discovered from their visit to Bourbourg and official sources , Helen and Brian Attwell were able to piece together the last moments of Beaufort I L4508 . |
| 11 | However , doubt arose over whether Kazakhstan was prepared to give up the nuclear weapons on its territory , as it had earlier stated and as Yeltsin was assuring it would . |
| 12 | Just walking down the hall was enough to make even the bravest shy violet hide her petals under her leaves . |
| 13 | Gerry Crawley , a NALGO finance spokesman , said the council was prepared to sit out the strike , but that stance was creating a nightmare scenario for the tax which would take years to clear up . |
| 14 | As always , Greta was prepared to take up the challenge ( ‘ We might put pressure on the War Office at this end ’ ) , but was forestalled by an offer from another direction . |
| 15 | The problem is that since the NEP was first put forward the nature of the game has undergone considerable changes . |
| 16 | FIFA were anxious to cut out the long-range back pass which marred the 1990 World Cup final in Italy . |
| 17 | During the inquiry , Lord Romsey promised he would spend £9m on urgent restoration work on his estate , but that the income from visitors to Broadlands was insufficient to carry out the renovations . |
| 18 | But in this case the enlightened engineer was concerned to do precisely the opposite , and as the digger pulled back the rubble , he exposed an area of wall which looked for a moment as if it was made entirely of shiny cream bones . |
| 19 | The dark outline of the forest was enough to discourage even the boldest mutineer . |
| 20 | The group was slow to get off the ground , despite an encouraging article about the group in the Rotherham Advertiser . |
| 21 | Other writers were quick to point out the inherent functionalism of this approach . |
| 22 | The feathers were all bristling up the backs of their heads , on the tiny muscular shins that protruded from the legs of their breeches . |
| 23 | And er the trestles and the tables were all laid down the assembly hall and then we had a er er after the erm when you had your your meal , which consisted of sandwiches and cake , that was all . |
| 24 | Any move of this kind towards the " summit diplomacy " of our own day was likely to undermine somewhat the position formerly enjoyed by the heads of great diplomatic missions . |
| 25 | Owen was able to pick out the speaker . |
| 26 | What now became clear was that Cadwallon was prepared to tolerate neither the family of Eadwine nor that of Aethelfrith as rulers of the northern Angles . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't see how anybody can pick up a guitar nowadays and not give some credit to Jimi Hendrix because , at the time — people do n't remember this — but at the time he came out , people were ready to give up the guitar and go onto other instruments . |
| 28 | His staff were anxious to know how the change was likely to affect them and disliked the uncertainty . |
| 29 | Furthermore , the mutated oligonucleotides were unable to compete out the complexes formed by the wild type sequences , even when a 500 molar excess of competitor was used ( data not shown ) , reinforcing the conclusion that the protein-DNA complexes were mediated by the mutated guanine residues . |
| 30 | Welcoming Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon to Prodescon 's new offices , director Malcolm Palmer was keen to point out the blue carpeting and wallpaper gracing the new building as proof positive of the his own , if not the company 's , political leanings . |