Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some accounts have it that the Leviathan was actually the mate of the land beast BEHEMOTH . |
| 2 | It is not easy to understand why it should have been so but France south of the Loire was undoubtedly the seedbed of the whole " courtly love " movement . |
| 3 | Perhaps most alarmingly of all from a Russian point of view , the population of these republics had been increasing very much more rapidly than the all-union average and on some projections was expected to account for 25–30 per cent of the total Soviet population by the end of the century ( the USSR was already the world 's fifth largest Muslim state ) . |
| 4 | The Glen was really a race between Jody Scheckter and Hunt . |
| 5 | The Lancaster was now the mainstay of Bomber Command , each aircraft delivering a bombload that would have needed four aircraft of 1940 vintage to have lifted it . |
| 6 | The RPF was indeed a gamble for de Gaulle . |
| 7 | In passing , it is interesting to note that the great stimulus to user education in universities and polytechnics in the UK was also the project method of teaching , and that most of the best programmes in these sectors are still linked to this part of the student 's course . |
| 8 | The UK was effectively a back number from that moment . |
| 9 | ‘ The Protons were basically a punk rock band , ’ Lenny explains , as the ‘ Weed luxuriate in the compact and bijou confines of the third support band 's dressing facilities at the London Astoria , ‘ and these two guys were doing a '60s R&B thing . |
| 10 | ‘ The house once belonged to a Turkish prince when the Lebanon was still a part of the Ottoman Empire , ’ a man said , tying the belt of his white dressing-gown as he descended the stairs . |
| 11 | Now that does n't the Kipsigy was just the study of the erm you know it 's a good statistical it 's good hard-hat social science you know with distribution and everything it 's all good stuff , erm they do n't say that , where we do know this is something I have researched myself very carefully , the Australian Aborigines erm we have rich data on this and I 've read an awful lot of it and I compared notes with world authorities like David McKnight and erm erm what 's his name erm Shapiro authority on this , and they agree that er that 's definitely what happens . |
| 12 | William Barr obliged and , on Oct. 10 , the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) , William Sessions , announced that he was embarking on an inquiry into possible misconduct at the Justice Department ( of which the FBI was institutionally a part ) with regard to the handling of CIA reports . |
| 13 | They replied that the cleaning of the Skerne was absolutely no concern of theirs . |
| 14 | The USA overtook Germany as the leading exporter of merchandise , with a 7.5 per cent rise in exports , and the USA was also the world 's biggest merchandise importer , with Germany second and Japan third in both categories . |
| 15 | Sally-Anne had to stifle more giggles — by his conversation Mr Sands thought that the USA was roughly the size of Wales . |
| 16 | But we lived near a battery , we lived out at Whale Park And when they they deciding give the Elizabeth was just a baby then and I used to grab Elizabeth and go in the bed and the d down quilt and the pillows on top of us and lie tight and send you until the was in the sitting room and the search light follow the plane was at The plane was that near the house that the searchlight come right into the window , and the next I ken was the bullets ricocheting off the roof . |
| 17 | The pressure groups such as Political and Economic Planning and the Next Five Years Group had already foreshadowed many of the policies indicated by the Beveridge report , while the BMA was already an advocate of the creation of a comprehensive health service . |
| 18 | At this stage the RPC was still an impossibilist minority , well organized and favouring joint action with the Communist Party , but looked on with suspicion by the Communists themselves . |