Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three subsequent balloon dilations were unsuccessful and finally the patient was referred to our institution . |
| 2 | The decision also followed appeals for a postponement from many within the 12-party Unity Assembly , Haiti 's opposition coalition , who were concerned that neither the safety of voters nor the fairness of the poll could be guaranteed because of the prevailing climate of violence and lawlessness within the country . |
| 3 | Environmental concern mushroomed during the 1960s and was stimulated by warnings about the impact of human activity and by debates about the extent to which earth resources were finite and therefore the basis for a pessimistic or optimistic future for spaceship earth . |
| 4 | Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing . |
| 5 | They stood to attention , but it was clear that both the administrator and his deputy were unsure of the proper response . |
| 6 | Shearman recalled that , at first , discussion with Hickson was unpromising but eventually the appointment of Pateman to the post , vacant from 1928 , was confirmed . |
| 7 | The King , however , made it clear that neither mother nor son was welcome and so the journey to England had to be resumed . |
| 8 | Law and morality were not yet clearly distinguished , nor could one even say that the whole of law or justice was to be found in any one court ; the Ecclesiastical Courts , and Local Courts of many different kinds , administered a justice which was not the justice of the Common Law Courts ; so the thought was natural that even the King 's justice was not exhausted in the power conferred on his courts . |
| 9 | It was argued that since any payment above the standard rent would be illegal and indeed a criminal offence under section 17 of that Act , the lease itself was unlawful and accordingly the agreement for commission fixed upon the amount of the rent stipulated in it was also illegal and irrecoverable . |
| 10 | The West saw revolution coming through military struggle , misunderstanding that the appeal of Communism was sociological and thus the struggle was political . |
| 11 | The success was phenomenal and soon the company opened factories in other parts of the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | The term ‘ an efficient farm ’ has defied description from many authorities but from this survey it appeared that it was not a farm or a system or an enterprise that was efficient but rather the man who ran it . |
| 13 | It was true that both the house and the grounds had the curious quality of seeming larger than they were . |
| 14 | The time was approximately 12.30am and all was quiet when suddenly the door handle rattled . |