Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [adj] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In 1935 the French were free to arrange their own wine laws , but they are now subject to EEC regulations and I doubt that Champagne , despite its unique viticultural situation , would be allowed to dispense with a maximum yield in favour of an average production yardstick . |
2 | This , admittedly , was not an easy process ; some were inclined to doubt their own strength , and others had failed to understand the seriousness of the task that lay before them . |
3 | The demands of the unemployed workers ' movement of the 1930s had an unexpected radicalism , not because people then were more " political " , but because the unemployed were able to make their own measure of an income . |
4 | The £62 million set aside to cover exceptional costs — as explained at the conference this was necessary to make us more competitive in the marketplace and included costs associated with restructuring our workforce and renewing our infrastructure . |
5 | This was supposed to make me fit to fly a Hurricane ! ’ |
6 | He was n't too upset when at first his mind rebelled at the change of pace — a cluck or two was sufficient to make his straying hand release an unanswered letter , a firmer reprimand put aside his list of tasks for the next day . |
7 | He decided that the summer of 1939 was ripe to plan his first full programme of Lieder ; the two spent hours deciding on the ‘ menu ’ . |
8 | He slapped on a little of a new musk aftershave that was supposed to make him irresistible — not too much , he hated obviousness in men . |