Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [art] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After nearly a decade down under he was overdue an entirely Australian subject — the Board of Control having disappointed him by refusing to let him write their official history : ‘ This is the one major cricket book still to be written in Australia . |
| 2 | It was hailed as the longest ride , but Duke was convinced a still longer ride was possible . |
| 3 | The domestic market was long a relatively protected market and , for many companies until the 1980S , the principal market — the European Community and the French-speaking world beyond , notwithstanding . |
| 4 | He was brilliant the very first time he ran . |
| 5 | There was evident a very strong determination on the part of Prof. Barker to remove all obstacles likely to prevent agreement being reached and , in the course of a subsequent conversation with Elvin , he said that he had recently come to the conclusion that it was of primary importance that the WEA should have the full assistance of the Extra-Mural Board in all its work throughout the whole of this District . |
| 6 | They were , fortunately , not identical , though why I should be pleased they were unidentical I do n't know , as identical twins are conceived of the same coupling ; unidentical very often of two separate couplings , and so far as I was concerned the less sexual congress Hugo and his Stephanie had the better . |