Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] was [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Siberia they are more widespread and varied than in North America , where glaciation was heavier and longer-lasting . |
| 2 | Bowler felt that Minton was happiest when painting and would have been content with a quiet life had he not been driven by a need for others and by the fact that he could not bear to be on his own . |
| 3 | Bullying and overpowering , he believed that might was right and woe betide anyone who stood in his way . |
| 4 | The Mayor then faced the prospect of the defence arguing in open court that Ajdabiya was not autonomous , was indeed subject to the authority of Tripoli , while his prosecuting policemen argued that Ajdabiya was independent and sovereign . |
| 5 | So far , there had been no outbreak in the district , but , acting on the principle that prevention was better than cure , many clients brought in their dogs to be vaccinated . |
| 6 | However , the relationship between symptoms and support was stronger when adversity was higher , disproving their expectation that support was important independently of adversity . |
| 7 | It was almost a treasonable thought , and Denis was relieved when Boxer , observing that the tractor was a ‘ queer-looking contraption ’ , drew him back to the present . |
| 8 | The wind had dropped and air was fresh and crisp . |
| 9 | The car in question was a little Renault , and Jenna was interested as Marguerite led her to the garage later and opened it up . |
| 10 | Numbers increased slightly in March ( to around 14,500 ) , but Kleiner was concerned that job shortages had caused up to 1,000,000 Soviet Jews to cancel or postpone emigrating to Israel . |
| 11 | She would have preferred ham , being a natural meat-eater , but cheese was cheaper and money was always short with her . |
| 12 | She and Jane were sisters , but while Jane was slender and dark , Sarah was broader , and lacked her younger sister 's intense dark beauty . |
| 13 | And while Scocozza was optimistic that Virgin 's request would eventually be granted , he warned that ‘ it would not be easy ’ , and encouraged Virgin to exert pressure on ‘ decisionmakers ’ . |
| 14 | Since Gravier was Jewish and cremation is in violation of Jewish religious tenets , it was highly irregular that his family would have his remains cremated. [ 2 ] There were both voice and flight recorders on the airplane . |
| 15 | If the courts decide to adopt the type of approach favoured by the Court of Appeal in Olugboja , the age of the girl would be one factor which the jury could be invited to consider in determining whether consent was present and non-consent might be more broadly construed . |
| 16 | That was fine when manpower was cheap and farming was labour intensive , when families worked in the fields man and boy . |
| 17 | Though television was pro-government and pro-Conservative it was much less so than other elements of the mass media . |
| 18 | A fragile , breakable , disposable population , with no more than a toe-hold on life when trade was good and employment more plentiful ; flicked off life 's surface , almost without being noticed , when it was not . |
| 19 | When exaggerated to this degree , it is evident that neither teaching nor learning could ensue , for cooperation was absent and opposition in full force . |