Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] and [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I invite him to read the Prime Minister 's response to the right hon. Member for Chesterfield , which was far and away the most interesting part of the debate — Amended text or not , it reveals the muddle to which the other 11 nations of Europe do not subscribe . |
| 2 | When she was young and maybe a little wilful , Elizabeth had made what she deemed to be the right decision , and she had suffered because of it . |
| 3 | It was argued that since any payment above the standard rent would be illegal and indeed a criminal offence under section 17 of that Act , the lease itself was unlawful and accordingly the agreement for commission fixed upon the amount of the rent stipulated in it was also illegal and irrecoverable . |
| 4 | On some railroads , however , it was far and away the most important single item of freight . |
| 5 | By 1896 La Chapelle was receiving more than a million tonnes , but by now the bulk of it was French and only a small proportion Belgian , testimony to the industrialization that had taken place in the wake of the railways . |
| 6 | It was adventurous and yet a bit modest and down-to-earth . |
| 7 | Young Roberto 's mother died when he was eight and thereafter the boy rarely left the family villa of Baronta near Florence . |
| 8 | Something like £1,500 shared among the family , not to mention generous bequests , including £200 towards the completion of Lavenham steeple and cash distributed among the parishes where Spring owned property , virtually accounts for what was far and away the greatest personal estate owned by any commoner , or for that matter almost any peer : only the duke of Norfolk 's £4,000 topped it . |