Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [subord] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The match-guising results were interesting because instead of the typical prestige of the standard language , and the attractiveness of a dia You know a If you did R P and say er Cockney , you 'd probably get people saying that their R P was prestigious but the cockney was sort of more you know y more friendly and more attractive accent . |
| 2 | The salute and stamp of boot on bare floor were smarter than normally as a consequence . |
| 3 | He thus revealed that he was out of touch with contemporary reality and that the complex dynamics of civilian society were more than ever beyond the grasp of his mechanistic , military mind . |
| 4 | Relations between the Meskhetians and the Uzbek majority had been strained for some time , largely as a result of the poor housing and other conditions in which the Meskhetians had been forced to remain ( many still lived in shanty towns , and levels of unemployment were higher than elsewhere in the republic ) . |
| 5 | Consciousness of all these pressures did not improve Michael Banks 's concentration and , together with fatigue , ensured that the lines were worse than ever on the Friday afternoon run . |
| 6 | The geographical standpoint in art was basic until well into the 1940s , and I believe that it will be so again . |