Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next couple of moments were total disbelief as the rod arched over and a powerful fish made a bee-line towards the far bank , ’ Cat on , ’ I shouted to Rick and a bleary-eyed bearded creature emerged from next door ! |
| 2 | He had forgotten to use proper typographic quotation marks , the double sixes and nines , and the resulting inch marks were instant proof that the document had been desktop published . |
| 3 | Also on the visiting critics ' itinerary were such exotica as a barbecue dinner and a visit to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ; your correspondent , a native Texan , had not been to the rodeo since 1961 , when he shook Roy Rogers 's hand , but none the less did not feel compelled to spice up this report with such familiar Texas seasoning . |
| 4 | From the age of 5 years between a half and one-third of cases of bedwetting were primary enuresis while the rest were secondary onset . |
| 5 | Fifty years before , gold had been discovered at Bathurst and wages had been spectacular , but those boom times were well over and the rush now was for any job at all and to fight to keep it . |
| 6 | They were burning stubble and the smoke |
| 7 | Therefore , the main trial criterion for diagnosing gall stone recurrence was oral cholecystectography unless the patient was , or became , sensitive to the oral contrast media ( n=7 ) or refused cholecystography ( n=4 ) in which case the diagnosis was based on two successive ultrasonagraphy scans , not more than four weeks apart . |
| 8 | The Court of Appeal upheld the defendant 's conviction because there was ample evidence that a purchaser would understand the description ‘ new ’ to indicate that the vehicle had had no previous owner and no previous registered keeper . |
| 9 | It did : the subject was European History and the tutor was her mentor , Miss Stocks . |
| 10 | There was polite applause as the mask came into view , and the performers settled . |
| 11 | Indeed , it was usual practice where the land was already registered , and buyers ' conveyancers would call for proof of title at the outset of a new conveyancing transaction . |
| 12 | However , the official message belied private concern that the prospects for fresh talks have worsened since the last Anglo-Irish meeting in July and there was little sign that the meeting would result in substantial progress . |
| 13 | The salary would be small and there was little hope that the person appointed would be able to supplement the income with teaching : |
| 14 | Yet , beguiling as these songs may have been , there was little doubt that the success of Culture Club was based largely on the curious popular appeal of Boy George himself . |
| 15 | There was little doubt that the crowning , vexed with political and religious implications and problems as it was , had popular approval . |
| 16 | However , in some cases there was little consultation and the report was produced solely by the head of department . |
| 17 | As the Worm vanished , the lights dimmed until there was total darkness and the factory disappeared back into the valley — a black , huddled shape , like a sleeping animal . |
| 18 | And then there was that chapel and the kneeling . |
| 19 | It was that year that the world was introduced to the idea conceived by Sir Rowland Hill — postage stamps — the first of the one penny stamps , black in colour , which could be used to send a letter through the postal system called the Post Office . |
| 20 | When it came to deciding how to Vote however , the most frequent response was that television and the press were equally useful . |
| 21 | Fleetingly Theodora wondered whether the ironic tone was further evidence that the Bishop was generally thought not to know his own clergy . |
| 22 | But there was further drama when the crane 's brakes failed and it slid into the cab of the lorry . |
| 23 | Only if there was further trouble after the visit to Rome would 1027 be a plausible date . |
| 24 | By the time they entered the harbour it was high tide and the launch , with the Wheel riding her stern , lay almost level with the quay . |
| 25 | It was high tide and the thing lay all along the sand . |
| 26 | Sadly , over the years , it has been far too easy for men such as Beck to infiltrate the sloppy system used by many local authorities and it was high time that the Government took steps to prevent further scandals . |
| 27 | And , but that it was high noon and no circumstance of ghostliness accompanied the curious cachinnation . |
| 28 | He said there was scientific evidence that the AIDS virus could pass through latex . |
| 29 | Along with tea , that was another brand that the chemist used to sell . |
| 30 | I waited for what , I swear , was another hour before the door opened and in came a man wearing a mask and gloves . |