Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] was [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the scandal of the Westminster Council 's sale of cemeteries for 15 pence ; a report of an enterprising Yorkshireman , Edgar Dakin , who , shocked at the prices charged for memorial headstones in the conventional marble or granite , had patented his design for thermoplastic ones at a tiny fraction of the cost ; and yet another that was virtually a half-hour commercial on BBC television for the ubiquitous Hodgson Holdings . |
| 2 | The house was left empty and was often a target for vandals and Sutherland was unable to sell it . |
| 3 | Chris believes the Bay Horse was first a pub in the 1560s and was also a coaching inn . |
| 4 | In fact , the first report appeared in July 1992 and was mainly a description of the evaluation process . |
| 5 | Mr. Collins said that Winchester was ‘ subject ’ to the Lautro Rules 1988 and was therefore a member of Lautro . |