Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [pron] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is the scheme er as as I see it and unless , unless I I thi , unless that is progressed quickly then as I say I am extremely pessimistic and let me just say Chairman the dangers of not going along that line the dangers of the present scheme which was at the last planning committee meeting or or or was it one of the social services committee anyway , where four were chosen or or it was said choose a small number . |
| 2 | Like characters in a Thomas Hardy novel , the Cabinet left Number Ten to wild lightning and torrential rain — nor were they unaware of the almost vulgar symbolism . |
| 3 | Cancer mortality was not higher in patients receiving atenolol than in controls ( table II ) , nor was it higher in the atenolol group than in the other β blocker group , adjusted for age , sex , smoking status , and time period ( relative hazard ratio 0.71 ; 95% confidence interval 0.45 to 1.11 ) and with the non β blocker group ( 0.88 ; 0.61 to 1.28 ) . |
| 4 | Nor was it clear from the 1538 injunctions whether the offending images should simply be removed or totally destroyed . |
| 5 | Nor was it wise for the British to make precipitate and unilateral cuts to their conventional forces . |
| 6 | Nor was it happy with the imprecision of the old days . |
| 7 | Nor was I ready for the inconsistent treatment of the subject . |
| 8 | Nor was he unaware of the rays of force emanating from the presence behind his back of the fateful being now committed to his charge . |
| 9 | Nor was she unaware of the interest Matt and Silas took in her movements , having caught glances passing between them as they paused to watch her fold the table napkins round the knives and forks which were left in readiness to be picked up from the end of the table . |
| 10 | In The Knossos Labyrinth ( Castleden 1989 ) , the evidence is summarized for believing that it was in the Central Court that the bull-leaping ritual took place , a ceremony that was itself central to the Minoan belief-system . |
| 11 | Many of their parents , on the other hand , saw the Unification Church as an institution that was itself one of the evils of the world and which had ensnared their sons and daughters , taking away their free will . |
| 12 | And were they faulty at the time that you the shop sold then to you ? |
| 13 | And were you alone in the cart when you were going round about or did you have a boy with you ? |
| 14 | Their third win in 42 Tests came 15 minutes before tea on the fourth day and was their first over the Kiwis in 11 Tests since the two countries first met at this level in 1982-83 . |
| 15 | The victory was worth $180,000 for the resident of nearby San Diego , and was his second on the PGA Tour . |
| 16 | The victory was worth $180,000 for the resident of nearby San Diego , and was his second on the PGA Tour . |