Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [noun] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The partners in the first firm of solicitors were also partners in the second . |
| 2 | Compaq Computer Corp took the lead in the European portable personal computer market in the first quarter of 1993 according to Dataquest figures which give Compaq 22% by value and 17.5% by volume , and the manufacturer says that shipments in the period were up 89% on the first quarter of 1992 , growing four times the rate of the market , which expanded 21% — and those figures reveal the reason that Dell Computer Corp has stumbled badly in laptops and notebooks : buyers are going for the higher cost 80486-based machines that abound in Compaq 's line , while Dell 's product emphasises low-price 80386SX-based machines . |
| 3 | They were now part of the 3rd Division ( composed of the 8th , 9th and 185th infantry Brigades ) , returned to Scotland for more training in amphibious landings , and then moved to Petworth in April 1944 . |
| 4 | Meat production in the Soviet Union was down 12% in the first part of this year , while milk production has fallen by 10% . |
| 5 | There was still time on the last day for window shopping along Boulevard Haussmann and for buying last minute presents , not to mention filling various orders from home at the airport duty free shop . |
| 6 | The world record for economic inflation was probably Germany after the First World War , where the price of a loaf of bread went from under a mark to millions of marks in a few months . |
| 7 | Before the race , Mrs Munns judged the best turned-out horse , which she told me she was also doing for the first time . |
| 8 | It was even Steven in the second half , but towards the end Gloucester roared into life . |