Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [was/were] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boy seriously injured in the blast , 12-year-old Timothy Parry , remained in critical condition and was due to have another brain scan today . |
| 2 | Gross examined over one dozen research projects on corporate career mobility and was able to discern some ‘ distinctive features ’ of those who attain ‘ top positions ’ . |
| 3 | The programme of trials and different phasings for entry into local management meant that some schools were well to the fore and were able to demonstrate both the advantages and drawbacks of early thinking on the part of central and local government . |
| 4 | Hundreds of candidates were chasing every vacancy in higher education and were ready to take any place offered . |
| 5 | I saw the last few minutes of the game when I got back from the pub last night and was amazed to hear some commentator say ‘ Manchester United have n't lost at home in the European Cup for 37 years ’ . |
| 6 | Long had quit his job because of the incident and was unlikely to get another . |
| 7 | Outpatient representatives understood better the daily issues of residential care and were able to convey these to their colleagues . |
| 8 | She looked back over that stormy summer and was surprised to see each scene , even the ones that had seemed rather painful at the time , shining with an almost holy silver light . |
| 9 | Although the system had been modified in many villages so that the strips fell together instead of being widely separated , everybody , including squatters , had access to the common land and was able to earn some sort of a living from it , and this could be supplemented seasonally by labouring or harvesting for a bigger landowner . |
| 10 | This would occur if the winner of the initial contract benefited from learning-by-doing during its execution and was able to appropriate those benefits , enabling him to compete advantageously when terms are renegotiated . |