Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [adv] [was/were] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 My hon. Friend said that the county council 's not looking after the elderly properly was a reflection of the will of Labour councillors .
2 A rock jutted out which others had grabbed as they swung down , but as I tried to do the same there was no edge below for my feet and I whimpered pathetically dangling on the end of the rope .
3 The 1930s particularly was an era of cheap money .
4 Currie — Along with the two above were the backbone of Armfield 's team .
5 What lay behind the urban strategy of the 1980s therefore was the discipline of the frontier , that most American of archetypes .
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