Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps the recent tremor was just a prelude to the really big one . |
| 2 | It appeared from the poor showing of the pro-CPSU communists in the elections that a surprisingly large number of Russians had voted for Sajudis-backed candidates , or had boycotted the voting in overwhelmingly Russian-populated constituencies where only a pro-CPSU communist was standing . |
| 3 | Reasoning that the very nature of Doctor Who would mean scenes at the beginning and end of serials where only the regular cast were involved , this element became almost a prerequisite to production . |
| 4 | The table shows the number of pairs where neither candidate was selected , where only the English candidate was selected , and where both were selected . |
| 5 | Over 2000 years ago the Greeks realised that a full turn or even a right angle was far too large an amount of turn for many situations . |
| 6 | Gasworks Olympic contenders … oh , Jeez , Nutty thought : something would just have to turn up , or else the whole thing was a dead duck . |
| 7 | But he failed to win planning permission because Derwentside Council 's development control sub-committee rejected most of the individual elements , which meant that effectively the whole scheme was refused . |
| 8 | The storm that had been circling in the distance wandered far off , only an occasional casual flicker of light low in the sky showed that somewhere the enormous battle was going on . |
| 9 | And doubts were expressed as to its value given the conceded fact that only a small dent was likely to be made in the pigeon population . |
| 10 | Decision : it was clear to the Court that a sentence of detention in a young offender institution could be justified under Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s.1(4A) ( b ) , on the ground that only a custodial sentence was adequate to protect the public from serious harm from him . |
| 11 | It may have been that on his original appearance this condition would not have been satisfied , as it could not have been said that only a custodial sentence was adequate to protect the public from serious harm from him , if the alternative of a probation order requiring residence at a hostel specialising in sexual offenders was available . |
| 12 | In ( quite accurately ) evoking the hoary old spirit of punk , it helps that The White Horse is smaller and more cramped than ever the original Marquee was ; that the stage is only centimetres off the floor and resembles a cloakroom , as bags and coats are dumped onstage ; that there are mates and friends standing virtually onstage and the whole place is a hot , airless , shambolic morass of so-called Huggy nationalists . |
| 13 | He pointed out that collectively the chemical industry was the largest industrial user of energy , spending around £1000m a year . |
| 14 | Severe criticism of these ideas did little to detract from the belief that even a sickly press was preferable to the Soviet and authoritarian theories outlined by Siebert et al . |
| 15 | Only last week , I spoke to a garage owner who told me that almost every other customer was either losing a job or had just lost one in the past month or so . |
| 16 | The hypothesis raises , however , one difficulty : if there was a shift towards the equator in both hemispheres , it would seem that either a climatic belt was squeezed out or one or more narrowed in latitudinal extent . |
| 17 | Because it was deemed to have been lost in antiquity , the finder was allowed to keep it , although happily the British Museum was able to buy it at auction . |
| 18 | Whilst the pathfinders had the original control of H2S , developments were going on with a fair measure of practical input from Bennett and his friends at TRE , and eventually a superior set was devised and known as the 3cm HS . |
| 19 | The plan had to be dropped , and eventually a British suggestion was adopted , under which West Germany was re-armed , but her forces were placed under the control of NATO . |
| 20 | From 1867 onwards it became clear that the boy must begin to learn his métier as heir to the throne and so a small household was established . |
| 21 | Both of these are frequently mixed or compounded with other minerals such as copper or lead and so a virtual monopoly was held by the old Mines Royal Company , and its permission was needed . |
| 22 | Managers and proprietors soon realized that if halls were to be half full they might as well be totally full and so every ingenious method was used to maximize attendance . |
| 23 | He said nothing but ‘ te-total ’ would satisfy him , and so the Teetotal Movement was born . |
| 24 | And so the long lease was dreamt up by Grand Metropolitan and taken up with enthusiasm by the rest of the national pub owners and brewers . |
| 25 | Erm when said , said it all and then should say that but there 's nothing more I can say and so the overall thing was great . |
| 26 | The Court of Appeal held that there was no contract between the owners and the port authority and so the secondary action was illegal . |
| 27 | He died young , and perhaps the poor devil was lucky . ’ |
| 28 | On the other hand , in the upper one third portion of the crypts , shown in the top half of each pair , there is only a diploid peak : there was no S , G 2 or M fraction , and only a non-diploid cell was seen between diploid and tetraploid fractions in the second case . |
| 29 | She comes from a very strict family , and only the actual shotgun was missing when she was pregnant within weeks of meeting Flo . |
| 30 | Suddenly she was in shadow and only the upper sky was lit with fingers of smoky orange and then an acid burnt lemon from the disappeared orb , but she walked on round unfamiliar roads in what was rapidly becoming dusk . |