Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main reasons for the changes were economic and the increasing redundancy of certain features like hedgerows . |
| 2 | He was a yuppie decades before the word was invented , and his stated objects in life were self-promotion and a settled life . |
| 3 | The stewards were satisfied that both were accidental and the prized trophy was on its way back to Buckingham Palace on the eve of Royal Ascot . |
| 4 | Urban amenities available to workers — transport , education , health and leisure facilities — were derisory and the overcrowded housing conditions of the major cities were sordid and degrading . |
| 5 | The stagnation would have been much worse had the banks , with whom the sheiks deposited their unspent dollars , not quickly recycled them to governments and enterprises in developing countries where rates of return on invested capital were high and the potential growth seemed relatively high , at least initially . |
| 6 | Half the doors , tables , beds and chairs were wooden and the other half metal . |
| 7 | In patrilineal descent groups , he argued , the individual family and private property were prominent and the communal principle already moribund . |
| 8 | His toes were warm and a good colour , and there was no sign of swelling above or below the plaster . |
| 9 | Neither were visible and the heavy spray made them undetectable by radar . |
| 10 | SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon today warned that more IRA bombings were likely and the whole community should be alert , though he refused to comment on unionist security proposals . |
| 11 | He wore his cord trousers but his feet were bare and an unbuttoned pyjama jacket revealed fleeting glimpses of a snow-white breast . |
| 12 | It was a good conference : the venue was familiar and comfortable , the speakers were good and the general theme of ‘ northern birds ’ had produced interesting lectures . |
| 13 | The Minster had the gruffest basso but the others were undeterred and the whole tribe of them made a tremendous clangour . |
| 14 | However , Britain 's economic problems were immediate and the current generation of workers could not be neglected . |
| 15 | The others were inactive and no other therapy was given except vitamins or loperamide . |
| 16 | As was noted earlier , over two-thirds of the study group were single and a large proportion of these were still living in the parental home . |
| 17 | The bends were sharp and the sideways gravity made them roll helplessly . |
| 18 | In fact , fears were unfounded and the hoped-for benefit was achieved . |
| 19 | The windows were shuttered and the electric light was on . |
| 20 | We both had a doll and pram when we were seven and the real thing ten years later . |
| 21 | Then she discovered she was pregnant and the big day was brought forward . |
| 22 | The neckline was low and the upper part of her breasts swelled against it , dividing to reveal the shadowy cleft between them . |
| 23 | The incidence of ventricular fibrillation was low and the in-hospital mortality was 5% . |
| 24 | The gas was unlit and the only light was the feeble glow of the coals . |
| 25 | The building had n't been touched in the war , the wine-cellar was intact and the whole atmosphere was one of joyousness and laughter . |
| 26 | After Hitler 's invasion of Russia , however , which also meant a slackening of air attacks upon Britain , the decline in individual party membership was stemmed and a gradual revival took place . |
| 27 | Turn of speed was devastating and the final touchdown was true showmanship . |
| 28 | Again , if Fiver was right and the whole warren was in imminent peril , then of course they ought to welcome any rabbit who was ready to join them . |
| 29 | His breathing was frightful and the unrelenting ache in his legs grew harsher with every stride . |
| 30 | His speech to representatives of the Moscow gentry in March 1856 was tame , his creation of a secret committee in 1857 was the traditional way to sweep calls for change under the carpet , the Nazimov Rescript envisaged a form of emancipation which would have severely damaged the peasantry , the relaxation of censorship in January 1858 was short-lived and the provincial tour of 1858 represented yet another futile attempt to persuade nobles to accept a measure they were bent on resisting . |