Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were enigmatic and the expression cool — perfectly composed . |
| 2 | Points raised included the question of training for headteachers and governing bodies , the end of redeployment opportunities if schools were overstaffed and the need to increase levels of staff involvement in decision-making in schools . |
| 3 | Both addresses were fictitious and the letters sent back were Smith 's forgeries . |
| 4 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld an industrial tribunal 's decision that dismissals were unfair where the employees concerned were dismissed for breach of a new management policy of which they were unaware ( see Royal Mail Glasgow v Fleming and Another [ 1992 ] 459 IRLIB 10 ) . |
| 5 | However , a government statement issued at the end of a meeting with the Unified Movements and Fronts of Azawad on May 20 declared that both parties were convinced that the attack was the work of " unscrupulous and lawless " people . |
| 6 | They were blameless of seasonal road accidents : they were closed in with themselves , more than usual , since no shops were open and no employment was possible , except to " enjoy oneself " and wash up more plates than usual , as Frederica frequently pointed out . |
| 7 | ‘ The lads were tremendous and the club was run for the players . |
| 8 | The bacon burgers were awful and the coffee was at 1000 degrees C , but that months copy of VIZ helped to pass the time . |
| 9 | One of the reasons for using a recognition task was that it seemed less likely than the first study which used a recall test to be biased by the fact that subjects were aware that the study was concerned with risk . |
| 10 | Subjects were eligible when the period between the last test result negative for HIV and the first test result positive for HIV-1 was no longer than six months . |
| 11 | His liquid eyes were sorrowful and the ends of his moustache drooped . |
| 12 | The grey eyes were serious and the mouth and chin set in a stern line . |
| 13 | He moved away , ostensibly to examine a corner of the abbey , but she saw his eyes were colder than the stones of which it was built . |
| 14 | Her eyes were red-rimmed but the set of her mouth was as severe as that of a judge . |
| 15 | Their eyes were smaller than the males ' , sunk deep below forehead ridges of vine . |
| 16 | Roger 's eyes were darker than the Airedale 's , but their expression was very much the same . |
| 17 | The body was a skeleton wrapped in a winding sheet of clothes , but the eyes were bright and the smile was glad . |
| 18 | The risks were high and the casualties many . |
| 19 | Hymnody might be used more if the production of most recordings were better and the words could be heard more clearly . |
| 20 | The villages or townships were artificial and the atmosphere mildly frenetic at times . |
| 21 | His ears were sharp as a jackal 's and he could spot the tracks of a hippo from an extraordinary distance . |
| 22 | Back at Liberal Democrat headquarters in Cowley Street , Westminster , party strategists were delighted that the campaign has passed without a significant hitch . |
| 23 | The entrance to the drive , for instance , was marked by stone piers surmounted by pineapples , but the piers were stunted and the pineapples crudely carved : had anyone really been fooled ? |
| 24 | Even where books were appropriate and the student keen , a lack of funds could often limit purchase . |
| 25 | A pool of people who could read and keep ledgers was essential if the world of commerce were to expand . |
| 26 | Before we went on air , the number of people disagreeing that RBS had high rates of interest for savings was higher than the number agreeing . |
| 27 | For example in Office Angels Ltd. v Rainer-Thomas ( 1991 ) , it was held that a covenant precluding an ex-employee from opening an employment agency anywhere in an area only within 1,000 metres radius of the previous employer 's agency for a period of only 6 months was unreasonable as the area included most of the City of London . |
| 28 | An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck southern California on June 28 , killing at least one person and injuring several others ; casualties were light because the epicentre of the 15-second tremor was deep beneath the San Gabriel Mountains , 65 km north of Los Angeles . |
| 29 | The parents were delighted that the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others . |
| 30 | For example , Pamela was surprised that her parents were concerned when a boy she had just met at a discotheque brought her home in the early hours of the morning . |