Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [was/were] [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shattered homes were ablaze and trees torched by flaming aviation fuel . |
| 2 | More fundamentally , this was a period when British political parties were fragmented and governments correspondingly unstable . |
| 3 | However , she also found that differences between students of different disciplines were greater than differences between the sexes . |
| 4 | No foreign warehouses were necessary and orders were invoiced in the appropriate foreign currency . |
| 5 | The least popular strategies were miscellaneous and order effects . |
| 6 | At the beginning of one of his books I discovered these words , which to me in my lowly condition were more than words : ‘ I am made unlike anyone I have ever met ; I will even venture to say that I am like no one in the whole world . ’ |
| 7 | The talks were boycotted by Syria and Lebanon who stated that the multilateral sessions were worthless until progress had been made in the bilateral sessions . |
| 8 | Other highly-regarded Scottish companies were Scottish & Newcastle , second highest rated in the brewing sector , United Biscuits , Low & Bonar , and General Accident which all beat the Scottish average . |
| 9 | His reasoning was that the productivity of free workers was greater than slave labour if the labourers were offered sufficient inducement through piece-work and high rates for day labour ; the cost of getting the same amount of work done by slaves was greater than the cost of the higher rates offered as an inducement . |
| 10 | Throughout the period policy makers and social investigators were anxious that husbands should fulfil their obligation to maintain dependent wives and children . |
| 11 | The empty pot was heavy and Asik found it very difficult to walk without carrying anything , but the pot made it almost impossible for him to move at any speed . |
| 12 | No other endocrine abnormalities were present and calcium concentrations returned to normal after surgery . |
| 13 | At dinner , the hastily prepared steak was tough and Boyd complained about it . |
| 14 | Flynn , of course , meant that the English government was uncaring and malignant — out to break Ireland and keep her as an inexhaustible well of cheap labour and a fertile nursery for the British army . |
| 15 | The room beyond the heavy iron-studded door was larger than Grainne had expected . |
| 16 | But the female pop psyche was split ; its dark underbelly exited in the black R&B and jazz singers of the time , for whom commercial success was rare and sexuality was n't such a taboo ; it was OK for them to wear come-hither clothes , drink hard liquor and sing about bad men . |
| 17 | Her body looked like dark mahogany , and the lights and shades created by the dim bulbs were silver and sludge-green . |
| 18 | Parents and social services were outraged that abuse victims might come into contact with Stout again if he returned to the city . |
| 19 | The once gleaming whitewash was dark and smoke-blackened ; in places the plaster had fallen away to reveal the messy rubble-walling beneath . |
| 20 | Curiously , a similar picture was evident when oligonucleotide III was used . |
| 21 | Adenauer 's popularity in this early period was low and Erhard 's policies seemed slow to work . |
| 22 | And when they did get out , the response from the all-important fleets was lukewarm and enthusiasm from private buyers greatly tempered by the general sales collapse of December and January . |
| 23 | The early morning was cool and birds still chattered in the long grasses along the line . |
| 24 | A series of hard fought campaigns brought Russian withdrawal , but the Japanese victories were costly and Japan 's resources to continue the war were fast being exhausted . |
| 25 | The arrangement allowed Modigliani materials , food , and a model but the status of hired hand was humiliating and Modigliani hated it . |
| 26 | In Moscow , where the average factory was smaller and factory workers were outnumbered by artisans in small workshops , social polarization was less extreme and labour protest less fierce . |
| 27 | Fourth place went to Robert Holden from New Zealand who first appeared on the leaderboard on lap two , the consistent Duffus was fifth and Terry Rymer making his debut at the North West sixth . |
| 28 | This result was interpreted in terms of meaningfulness ' by Matsumiya , Tagliasco , Lombroso and Goodglass ( 1972 ) who showed in a separate study that inter-hemispheric asymmetry was greatest when subjects had to understand each stimulus word , and minimal when they could ignore the semantic content . |
| 29 | The intense tropical heat was debilitating and Eva was n't as wise as she should have been about her health . |
| 30 | Back in the theatre the entire stage was silent after Busacher had slammed out of the auditorium doors . |