Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their employers were quick to stoke up popular envy through the press if players even temporarily forgot their good fortune . |
| 2 | This was non-preordinate evaluation , in which it was possible to find out unexpected information . |
| 3 | Because the dollar had a privileged status as a reserve currency , theoretically interchangeable with gold , the United States was free to run up huge balance of payments deficits , print money to cover these deficits , and then export their inflation through foreign investment , in the process buying up foreign companies . |
| 4 | He was prepared to buy off political pressure , as over workplace nurseries , in a way Mr Lawson would surely have disdained . |
| 5 | I was able to clean off excess acrylic from the brush hair readily , using first a cold rinse of water , followed by warm water and a little soap as necessary . |
| 6 | Over the next decade he was able to build up comprehensive experience in Hammersmith & Fulham , Brent , Croydon , Berkshire , and lately as assistant director in Bedfordshire . |
| 7 | The NCB was keen to play down existing evidence , calling it ‘ conjecture and speculation ’ . |