Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Burakumin were conspicuous in the rice riots which erupted in 1918 , and during the 1920s buraku leaders were drawn into the general upsurge of left wing activism . |
| 2 | In particular , although the numbers of cases and the prevalence of exposures in the highest dose categories considered by Gardner et al were similar for the control fathers in the two studies , the Ontario study found no evidence of a risk associated with such doses . |
| 3 | I can not comment on whether last Friday 's events were reactive to the security forces ' recent successes , but the searches on 11 and 12 January were , by the standards of the hon. Member for Belfast , East ( Mr. Robinson ) , proactive exercises in terms of their success . |
| 4 | At her first Balmoral when she stayed with her sister Jane , the Parker-Bowles were prominent among the house guests . |
| 5 | There were three in the harem quarters ? ’ |
| 6 | Stirring stuff , and it undoubtedly struck a chord with those who were sick to the back teeth with the royalty in the tabloids . |
| 7 | On examination Mees ' lines were present in the finger nails and there was hyperkeratosis of the soles of the feet . |
| 8 | Because we were late for the afternoon lessons . |
| 9 | All day I sat so , and in the late afternoon , when the shadows were long on the castle lawns and the last rays of the sun were brassy and chill , I knew with certainty that something terrible had happened , and ran out of the castle , and away to the dark woods . |
| 10 | Many were simply too busy doing other things , and although not all were involved in the student tides discussed , a majority of them were devoting their energies to extracurricular activities . |
| 11 | RSSPCC social workers were involved in the dawn raids on 27 February ; it was mainly to suit their convenience that the children were flown away from their island home to an unfamiliar environment . |
| 12 | They were impressed by the security needs of the USSR and its awesome task of reconstruction . |
| 13 | Several profiles were spotlit in the candle flames . |
| 14 | There were many in the Screen Actors ' Guild who would have agreed with him . |
| 15 | It was lucky for the Bolshevik government , though not accidental , that two of its most suspected categories in local society were powerless in the Famine areas . |
| 16 | One of the significant outcomes was the volume of blood transfused , and therefore it is important for the transfusion policy to be stated , especially as the text does not suggest that the staff were blind to the study groups . |
| 17 | Responsibility for these plans was divided between the tiers of local government after reorganization so that counties , metropolitan counties and the Scottish regions were responsible for the structure plans , which were understood , at first at least , to be of strategic importance , providing the framework within which local plans might be prepared by district councils . |
| 18 | The U-boat activity and the occupation of part of France by the enemy were responsible for the food shortages , which sent prices soaring . |
| 19 | We were showing off our handiwork to some friends but admitted we were puzzled by the bedding plants , grown from seed , which produced attractive foliage but nothing else . |
| 20 | Eighteen months later we were fourth in the World Championships . ’ |
| 21 | But residents were concerned about the traffic problems and danger from parked cars . |
| 22 | Similar difficulties were evident in the day centres studied . |
| 23 | Secondly , were those in the action samples coping better than those in the control samples ( in other words , what difference did the action project make to them ) ? |
| 24 | The actresses , of course , were frequently loaned gowns by the house free of charge for the publicity that would be gained when they were pictured wearing them , and there were those among the society women who considered themselves above coming to the couture , ordering instead from the videos that nowadays replaced the weeks of shows of the old days — and staying away all the more determinedly as the great Paris houses vied with one another to tempt them to lend their presence to the occasion . |
| 25 | Within hours the couple were betrothed , even though both were stunned at the speed things moved . |
| 26 | One must conclude that such sources were available to the master potters , but it is also evident that peripheral factories were content merely to copy those more skilled in the art , with the crude results one must expect . |
| 27 | Unconverted barns were one of the success stories of the property boom years , with near-ruins selling for fantastic sums . |
| 28 | When the political dictatorships had been overthrown several alternative courses of action were open to the successor regimes . |
| 29 | Last summer , local people demonstrated outside the gates of the newly built crematorium — among other things they were worried about the health risks of BSE infected cattle being burnt there . |
| 30 | Were any of the adult careers officers including the Harrogate one ? actually fitting them in you see . |