Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [conj] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Cliff was transferred back to Watford in early May 1965 our supporters were much displeased but today Cliff is remembered at Selhurst Park with enormous pleasure by those who were privileged to see him play , and he was , without question , one of the most inspiring players ever to have appeared in the Palace colours . |
| 2 | They were so accurate that frequently bees were ready and waiting when the experimenters arrived to refill the sugar solution . |
| 3 | Many were so appalling that even Himmler had been known to walk out of the showings , sick to the stomach . |
| 4 | With help … ’ and her whispered words were so quiet that only Creggan and Kraal heard them . |
| 5 | On other appliances , terms were less generous and usually subject , like those of other retailers , to government credit restrictions . |
| 6 | In business studies there were generally six or so applicants for each place . |
| 7 | It seemed that people were often worse than even Jane thought they could be . |
| 8 | Interflora florists can send flowers worldwide so the team at the Royal were quite unperturbed that about 10% of showgoers are international visitors . |
| 9 | She was intensely loyal and endlessly kind to those ( women ) she knew well and respected . |
| 10 | The deal was so simple that even Reagan could understand it . |
| 11 | The market for engines in Cornwall was so important that eventually Boulton & Watt employed a very able engineer called William Murdock who was permanently based in Cornwall supervising the erection of their engines . |
| 12 | The turn of the conversation was so unexpected that even Mr Cottle tuned in to hear the outcome . |
| 13 | The idea of the fat old cattle dealer emerging as a romantic possibility was so preposterous that even Moran smiled . |
| 14 | Mosley 's own experience of the First World War was less traumatic than either Chesterton 's or Williamson 's . |
| 15 | He was only 100 or so feet above the sea and we closed on him rapidly . |
| 16 | and her friends moved on to Stonham Aspel Primary School , they missed the fact that there was only 20 or so pupils and now at their new school there was around a hundred and twenty or so . |
| 17 | No thought of any homework , and it was patently obvious that only Imran Khan and Javed Mianded seemed to be recognisable down there . |
| 18 | Firstly , building was always expensive and so periods of activity may well represent periods of prosperity . |
| 19 | I mean it 's about sort of you know in it 's about increasing the erm where we are within our own particular sphere and it 's far too much I mean people it 's interesting that I mean for the , it seems to me an and once again correction but it seems to me the last five years the empowerment thing was really strong and now managers are moving away from it and saying it 's jargon as a means of diluting it . |
| 20 | When Safdarjung arrived from Persia , Aurangzeb was still Emperor and Delhi was still the richest , most magnificent and most populous city between Istanbul and Edo ( Tokyo ) ; with its two million inhabitants it was far larger than either London or Paris . |
| 21 | And , and that would derive from cases where landlord exploitation was particularly severe and therefore peasants were saying no rent reduction , interest rate reduction is not enough , we want to go further than that now . |
| 22 | While card was cheap and readily available in the 195Os , transparent cellulose film was relatively expensive and therefore designs were economical in its use . |
| 23 | The quick service was quite fantastic and even chairs were provided tor customers . |
| 24 | Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop . |