Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was surprised to find quite a few patches of snow near the summit , which I reached at about half past ten . |
| 2 | I was surprised to find there an air of prosperity and sophistication , large hotels catering for tourists , much activity at the harbour and more people on the streets than I thought there would be … |
| 3 | These seemed to be excellent local background material and I was able to use quite a number of facts from the pamphlets , giving the appropriate reference in each case . |
| 4 | The front panels were clad with shiplap , and because only fairly short pieces were needed , I was able to cut away the ends where the shiplap had previously been nailed . |
| 5 | I was able to study only a few of these birds but Brosset 's ( 1978 ) research on the Malimbus weavers of the Gabon forests has usefully extended the story . |
| 6 | The joy-rides helped the public to overcome their fear of flying and these pleasure trips paved the way for scheduled commercial flights , which were first allowed later the same year . |
| 7 | Without the information contained in the parish register , one might reasonably suppose that Joseph and Ann had three children , who were each to receive only a shilling unless Ann remarried , upon which occasion they would inherit the entire estate . |
| 8 | The DHAC had softened up the Unionists by publicising the housing situation in Derry and causing embarrassment for the Stormont government , but it was the Nationalists , as elected representatives , who were able to press home the advantage and force the concessions . |
| 9 | ( Though in fact she would not have said ‘ lumbered ’ , not because she was afraid to put forward an unpopular view , but because she was an honourable and exact woman . |
| 10 | Reid , who was unable to complete both the Singapore and Malaysian Opens , has flown to Australia , where she hopes to receive attention on her injured thumb . |
| 11 | This meant that we were obliged to make quite a number of our tools . |
| 12 | With the aid of the LFS we were able to examine further the extent to which members of the temporary labour force in the hotel and catering industry were working on that basis because they had been unable to find permanent jobs , and to what extent they were doing so because they did not want permanent jobs . |
| 13 | We were unable to explore systematically the electrical control activity in the postprandial state because of the patients intolerance to food . |
| 14 | Even if it were possible to model accurately the supply and demand responses to changes in taxes and transfer or benefit provisions of all kinds , it would remain a GNP or market calculation . |
| 15 | Assuming it was impractical to produce immediately a system which would do everything that personnel management wanted , which were the most important factors ? |
| 16 | Hence it was not surprising that Britain declined the invitation to join the proposed coal and steel structure , ostensibly because it was unwilling to accept beforehand the principle of a new and binding supranational authority . |
| 17 | Now , still clutching the slices of unyielding satin to her , Nicandra wondered how it was possible to acknowledge fitly the immediate and selfless gallantry she had seen . |
| 18 | Since it was possible to examine only a sample of such studies , what follows is aimed to reflect the fact of risk related fertility patterns rather than to give an accounting of the extent and paths of influence . |
| 19 | Danger to the stability of his Europe appeared , instead , for the first time in the Balkans , where it was impossible to muffle forever the basic clash of interest between Austria-Hungary and Russia . |
| 20 | But it was impossible to forget entirely the rumours that William had been involved with some very undesirable people over the last few years . |
| 21 | Because of the scale of the disaster , it was agreed that it was impossible to recreate so the decision was taken to concentrate on the rescue of a particular individual , Martin Baptie . |
| 22 | From more than a few feet it was impossible to tell even the sex of the figure . |
| 23 | Each time they did a take , or reshot to get an angle , it was necessary to smoke almost an entire joint . |
| 24 | Legal tenancy in common gave rise to great difficulties in the tracing of titles to land , because it was necessary to investigate separately the title of each tenant . |
| 25 | OWN FINANCES A spokesman for Cleveland education department said it was difficult to assess accurately the total cost of vandalism across the whole county because many schools now controlled their own finances . |
| 26 | It was difficult to redirect rapidly the thinking of the Department of Industry , which had traditionally been interested in regional , not urban , policy . |
| 27 | The rest of the cabinet was still reluctant to commit the taxpayer , but it was ready to take seriously a scheme put up by Lionel Rothschild for an international trust fund . |
| 28 | It was enough to buy almost every available reggae singer on the island . |
| 29 | As the argument developed , I understood him to submit that as the remedy sought by the plaintiff was itself an equitable one , talk of strict estoppel was inappropriate , and he was content to put forward the alleged assurance and other matters to be considered in the exercise of my discretion . |
| 30 | By running a marginal operation that staggered from week to week , he was unable to put together a long-term plan for success . |