Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gordon Kirk 's chapter ( 1.1 ) points to the variable controls over the curriculum from the centre that marked earlier historical periods ; the post-war tradition that curriculum matters were largely the subject of professional decision-making and the gradual reassertion of central influence and control over the curriculum since the mid-1970s . |
| 2 | The approach adopted by the Board and its parent bodies was both a response to the Crick recommendations and acceptable to the appropriate institutes for exemption and to the employers . |
| 3 | Carrington learned Dutch under a young lecturer from Manchester who was brilliant , and his radio and cipher training was handled by men whose accents were extremely low , while their skill levels were precisely the opposite . |
| 4 | The adoption of floating exchange rates was thus a consequence of the collapse of the adjustable peg rather than the result of a collectively planned decision . |
| 5 | Constant supervision of seedling trees was also a problem . |
| 6 | Their middle and top of the range boots were obviously a cross between a ski boot and a walking boot , designed to give a better fit , stability , and support , and some models even had a built in gaiter . |
| 7 | Of course , the NRPO reports were simply the tip of an iceberg of documentation generated by the New Range project . |
| 8 | Luz being the Spanish for ‘ light ’ , you might think this was a place famous for its luminosity , but Saint-Jean 's Luz has a grimmer origin , in the Basque word meaning ‘ marsh ’ , because the estuary of the river Nivelle on which the town stands was once a swamp . |
| 9 | In an era when numerous refuelling stops were still a necessity , any additional traffic that could be obtained was an advantage . |
| 10 | Special sound effects were still a problem though . |
| 11 | Contractor recordable and lost time accident rates were also a fraction of the industry average . |
| 12 | He had learned to play during the 1940s when record players were still a rarity on the domestic front and so his exposure to jazz came mainly from the radio . |
| 13 | But if not initiated by the Communist Party it was at least orchestrated by them although , as Scott notes , the destruction of land and tax records was virtually a peasant tradition in colonial Vietnam . |
| 14 | Equipment and supervisory staff were expensive , he said , and leisure facilities were often the fist victims of cost-saving cutbacks . |
| 15 | When they did , a change in parity values was often the end result . |
| 16 | The signet rings were probably the prerogative of the rich , as they were often made of gold or silver . |
| 17 | The art students were mostly a bunch of individualistic , head-in-the-sand poseurs . |
| 18 | Dexy 's Midnight Runners were perhaps the prototype for the new soul militancy of the eighties . |
| 19 | And which is natural because you know , the very early motor cars were only a sort of toy for the rich as it were and er when it came to you see er grocer 's vans or , or er laundry vans made out of old pr private cars . |
| 20 | The morning celebrations were only the start of an eventful day for Napier University . |
| 21 | The Cajun Kings were just the job , as was John . |
| 22 | The early railway stations were often a pleasure to contemplate — imposing sometimes , and sometimes faintly romantic , like the first Crewe Station . |
| 23 | Hip replacements were once a rarity : now they can be carried out easily and the call for them has escalated . |
| 24 | Real wage rises were thus a product of the competitive process whereby more efficient firms drove out weaker rivals to obtain both labour and markets , which less efficient producers would otherwise have hung on to . |
| 25 | The wage explosions were certainly a product of overaccumulation in a general sense : more or less full , and rapidly expanding , employment during much of the long boom was a necessary backdrop . |
| 26 | Australian Rugby League games were also a success when they were screened live on Mondays . |
| 27 | One of the minus factors was clearly the risk of being caught and the associated penalty . |
| 28 | Perhaps a bag of golf clubs was also a requirement . |
| 29 | We think it would be a sad day if local plans and structure plans were purely a restatement er of P P G three . |
| 30 | Consistency with corporate IT objectives was also a factor ; Pearl has a policy of migrating applications to IBM 's DB2 relational database . |