Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 the Palladium — a cheap trick to try and convince the punters that they were in somewhere far classier than was really the case .
2 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 .
3 The house was left empty and was often a target for vandals and Sutherland was unable to sell it .
4 Chris believes the Bay Horse was first a pub in the 1560s and was also a coaching inn .
5 Surprised by Joy limited by the necessarily artificial conventions of autobiography , gives an impression that the development of Lewis 's religious opinions was much more cut and dried than was really the case .
6 Upper Framilode is by far the larger and was originally the location of the Purnells ' extensive iron and tinplate works , of which few traces remain , while Lower Framilode consists of just a few cottages , the mill and the Darell Arms .
7 In fact , the first report appeared in July 1992 and was mainly a description of the evaluation process .
8 He acted as the principal connection between King , Council , and Parliament ; for , until Robert Cecil went to the Lords in 1604 , the Secretary was usually a commoner and was normally the Crown 's principal mouthpiece in the Lower House .
9 Mr. Collins said that Winchester was ‘ subject ’ to the Lautro Rules 1988 and was therefore a member of Lautro .
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