Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The statement and the response were simply a formula , but Rostov still experienced a feeling of satisfaction . |
| 2 | The contrast between the ages of the winners was remarkable enough , but the award was soon the centre of a public scandal as the French press accused the Academy of incompetence and the younger man of plagiarism . |
| 3 | Erm the rise was also the cue to check on erm pension increase and I felt you should 've asked a little bit more about the life cover , most companies do have arrangements for quite large sums of money to be paid out to dependants , this will have an impact on life cover planning in the future . |
| 4 | But an important reason for the long , unbroken stretch of work in the field was undoubtedly the amount of time and trouble that was necessary to yoke and unyoke a team of eight , or even four , oxen . |
| 5 | It was the photographic equivalent of sawing a lady in half , except the photographer was also the lady . |
| 6 | The chairman was invariably a lawyer , though there was no formal requirement to this effect , appointed by the Secretary of State from a panel drawn up by the Lord Chancellor . |
| 7 | The result of the election was also a triumph . |
| 8 | The decision was clearly a surprise to him , for in the current issue of the LTA 's own magazine , photographs of both Jeremy and Jo are , as British team members , featured in a large article on the Olympic Games , which now becomes meaningless . |
| 9 | The decision was clearly a response to events at the Sept. 7-18 congress of the Congolese Trade Union Confederation , a specialized organ of the PCT , when delegates challenged the government to speed up the democratization process ( already agreed in principle by the PCT in July — see p. 37602 ) . |
| 10 | The decision was also a symbol of independence . |
| 11 | The Hungarian Secretary of State in the Ministry of Trade , Imre Dunai , said on Jan. 19 that the decision was partly a response to an IMF-imposed condition which required Hungary to balance its rouble settlements in order to qualify for further credit . |
| 12 | In fact , the opposite was nearer the case . |
| 13 | In Germany , France and Japan the opposite was broadly the case . |
| 14 | The experience was more the rule than the exception ; so too , as winter sufferings gave way to a torrid summer , was this spectacle : |
| 15 | ‘ This part of the kitchen was originally a coal shed and it was a very dark and dingy area , ’ Pauline explains , ‘ so we knocked down the adjoining wall and opened up the staircase that comes down into the corner of the kitchen . |
| 16 | The bombing of the yacht was definitely the work of the IRA . |
| 17 | It is probable that the hook was initially a weapon , a spin-off from techniques of spearing , and gradually replaced the more primitive ‘ gorges ’ that relied on wedging rather than penetration . |
| 18 | Any suggestion to the contrary was simply an excuse for the locals to feel self-important and settle a few scores with their neighbours . |
| 19 | In fact , in so far as religion was involved , the contrary was probably the case , as the ideas of the Reformation affected the nobles and the town dwellers more than the peasants . |
| 20 | Sadly , the building was now a bank . |
| 21 | Most adults said the story was just a story , but most children believed it , and they used to go in gangs to the cemetery , especially on a Saturday night , and peer through the railings , trying to spot Mrs Sugar coming out . |
| 22 | Most adults said the story was just a story , but most children believed it , and they used to go in gangs to the cemetery , especially on a Saturday night , and peer through the railings , trying to sport Mrs Sugar coming out . |
| 23 | It has been suggested that the story was originally a parable aimed at the Pharisees , which is , in Mark , out of context . |
| 24 | Japan 's incorporation into the American sphere of influence , her military weakness , her lack of diplomatic room for manoeuvre and her concentration on domestic rebuilding for some twenty years after the war meant that major changes or developments in Japan 's relations with the West were infrequently the result of positive action on the part of Japan . |
| 25 | While the Mausoleum is on the east of the peristyle , on the west were originally a number of temples of which the Temple of Jupiter is the only one to have survived . |
| 26 | The crusade was certainly a failure . ’ |
| 27 | If it can be proved that the pillion passenger knew the driver was only a learner the passenger would most likely commit the offence of aiding and abetting the learner to carry an unlicensed passenger . |
| 28 | Hence , his excuse for coming to the cottage was also a fake . |
| 29 | But only in the name of the cottage was there a memory of the past . |
| 30 | But the lesson had not been learned , and when Benn fought Eubank as a champion 18 months later , he believed the fight was merely a stepping stone towards big-money outings in America . |