Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elections in late March 1990 for 10 island councils were the first since the formation of the union territory of Lakshadweep in 1956 . |
| 2 | We were the first up the hill and had to break a path , so although a summer walk up Schiehallion is simple and quick to the point of disappointment , winter is a trifle harder . |
| 3 | Akagi and Kaga were the first of the battle fleet to arrive home , on December 24 , they were welcomed as heroes , Japanese propaganda had made sure of that . |
| 4 | As shown in Figure 4 , the thecodontians were the first of the archosaurs , the group that also includes the pterosaurs , crocodiles and the dinosaurs . |
| 5 | After all , you were the first on the scene , and this is the second time you 've been , well almost , in at the death . |
| 6 | ‘ We were the first in the country to supply pre-installed networks , ’ says Mr Spiro , ‘ and all Elonex PCs come as a complete plug-in system with Windows 3.1 as standard . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps because they were the first in the field , or more probably for deeply rooted socio-political reasons , the classicists have never been seriously challenged — theories have come and theories have gone but the belief in the control function of management has remained — even more so at the level of practice than of theory , although at that level , some insights can be gained . |
| 8 | The first and second year girls ' team ( Gemma Becke , Holly Lees , Martha Hocking , Sarah Hodgson and Hanah O'Boyle ) were the first from the school to win three consecutive races . |
| 9 | To give all his players better club conditions he persuaded his directors to spend money on improving dressing and recreation rooms , and before long he could boast that the Town 's facilities were the best in the country . |
| 10 | Now whether it made a lot of difference or no , I could n't tell you , but they believed it er the set of tools they had were the best in the yard , you know , so obviously they took a wee bit of pride in them and looked after them . |
| 11 | He was telling all and sundry how his new range of clubs were the best in the world and would transform anyone 's game . |
| 12 | I AM A 24-year-old Test cricket lover and I used to feel that English umpires were the best in the world . |
| 13 | Now , all these were black sheep , they were the nicest of the lot , and there was no , they were the ones you turned to , if you wanted to discuss your troubles . |
| 14 | Mr Tiller got these Girls from Manchester , they were the lowest of the low . |
| 15 | Doreen Johnson , warden at the Dalkeith House old folks complex said villains who made off with a large whisky bottle filled with coins were the lowest of the low . |
| 16 | Simple requests for such increases were the least of the shipowners ' concerns , while on shipboard conditions there could be no cause for complaint because of the " army of government officials who were there to keep them up to the mark " . |
| 17 | Demonstrations were the largest since the war . |
| 18 | The demonstrations were the largest since the start of hostilities in July 1991 , but observers noted that the turnouts were not as high as its organizers had hoped . |
| 19 | British invisible foreign earnings from financial services were the largest in the world and for long had made up any deficit on visible trade . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , unfilled vacancies were the highest for a year , a further indication that ‘ we are in the right kind of atmosphere to benefit from the recovery ’ . |
| 21 | In the western provinces , where the newly established , populist , Reform Party had campaigned strongly against the agreement on the grounds that it made too many concessions to Quebec , the margins of rejection were the highest in the country . |
| 22 | These republics had many of the Soviet Union 's most modern industries and its most successful farms , and living standards were the highest in the USSR . |
| 23 | The average income in Allegheny West , for example , in 1980 was 35 per cent of the city average ( and this represented a decline on 1970 ) , yet house prices at sale were the highest in the city in 1983–84 . |
| 24 | We two were the youngest in the family and had lovely times together . |
| 25 | Save The Children benefited from that event and the publicity , because we were the quickest off the mark in responding to the Star Cafe 's request to help with their anniversary event . |
| 26 | Burtons were the biggest with a card portfolio of £580 million and profits in 1989 of £40 million . |
| 27 | Its allegations were the latest in a series of accusations of collaboration with the secret police which had surfaced since the revolution and had led to a number of resignations and arrests of politicians and officials [ see pp. 37382 ; 37464 ; 37542 ; 38018 ] . |
| 28 | Well I 'd collect the things together that were the same for a start I think . |
| 29 | This question is needed because even if signs were the same around the world , the grammar of sign languages in different countries might be different . |
| 30 | The Franks were the last of the invaders of Gaul , although ultimately they were the most successful . |