Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the casing was in position at stage 2 , it was only a few minutes work to pull the cables through the casing and fix the capping . |
| 2 | ‘ Sir Thomas was just a public relations front . |
| 3 | The DUP councillor said yesterday that there was always a heavy police presence in the more run-down areas of south Belfast like the Donegall Road and Taughmonagh . |
| 4 | There was also a regular police force , but during the first half of the nineteenth century it was small , poorly paid , and limited largely to Colombo , Galle , and areas where there were coffee plantations . |
| 5 | It was partly a public relations effort , and partly an effort to get the voice of the dealers heard . |
| 6 | In theory it was mainly a public relations job . |
| 7 | The general opinion was that this long-awaited package definitely was n't a good Windows product . |