Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [adj] [conj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pool of people who could read and keep ledgers was essential if the world of commerce were to expand . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Asquith J stated that the defence of volenti was applicable where the plaintiff came to a situation where the danger had already been created by the defendant 's negligence . |
| 5 | The chemical alteration resulting from heating at 550°C for three days was such that the coals plotted in the metagenic zone of the van Krevelen diagram ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 6 | The equipment in those days was primitive and a visit to any dental practitioner was an ordeal . |
| 7 | Although Mondello was convicted of lesser charges , including riot , his acquittal on the murder counts was unanticipated because the evidence against him was generally considered to be stronger than that which had led to Fama 's conviction . |
| 8 | The fact that they had scarcely met for twenty years was immaterial and the bond between school fellows and fellow expatriates seemed stronger than ties of blood . |
| 9 | The input of new seedlings was small and the number eventually contributing to mature rosettes in the pasture seemed insignificant in comparison with the contribution from clonal growth . |
| 10 | Early that century the market for water-clocks was such that a guild of clockmakers is known to have existed in Cologne who by 1220 occupied a special street , the Urlogengasse , or Clockmakers Street . |
| 11 | Discussion of the plant 's problems was impossible whilst the area was a military zone . |
| 12 | In the immediate post-conciliar phase ( 1966 – 7 ) , Rome remained not far off the avant-garde of progress , but once the first round of directives was complete and the curia firmly back in control , the conservative tendency regained the upper hand in the centre while progressive tendencies were still growing stronger in many a periphery . |
| 13 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 14 | However , for practices with skewed age-sex demography the deviation from family health services authority averages was different when the Newcastle prescribing index was used instead of the prescribing unit . |
| 15 | The distinction between the recreational and the educational establishments was apparent when the Revd Daniel Elsdale opened what has been called the first proper boys ' club in the poorer area of his Kennington parish in 1872 , and the following year a ‘ Youth 's Institute ’ in the more middle-class district . |
| 16 | The difference between the two sums was substantial and the plaintiff was awarded the higher sum because the defendants would not have been able to make the brassieres at all without using the confidential information . |
| 17 | Mr Fallon said last night that the full statement issued on the subject was : ‘ The investigation has been completed and the Serjeant at Arms was satisfied that the matter had been dealt with properly . ’ |
| 18 | In their response to the Houghton Report which preceded the Act in 1972 , BASW argued that the law should not allow parental responsibilities to be removed ( under Section 2 of the 1948 Act ) unless there were good reason to suppose that the local authority 's judgment of the child 's interests was better than the parents ' . |
| 19 | Under the Kettering Scheme , the sequence of these and other similar developments was remarkable and the combination of the unflagging effort by Miss Green and the guiding influence of Miss Stocks was demonstrably successful over several years . |
| 20 | In all seven broad industry categories monitored by TI , the level of failures was higher than a year previously . |
| 21 | A barograph used to record the pressure of gas in the gasholder in Batavia enabled the times of arrival of the pressure waves from the explosions to be recorded accurately , but the blast produced by the greatest of the explosions was such that the gasholder leapt out of its well , causing the gas to escape . |
| 22 | The average age of spectators at Frankfurt Galaxy matches was 24 and the NFL obviously believes that young people here will show the same enthusiasm for American sport that they do for fast food , clothes and records . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The queue for tickets was long and the ticket seller was lazy . |
| 25 | ‘ I found that delivering babies was exciting and a bit scary , but I noticed that the environment was not comfortable for women . |
| 26 | The balance of the instruments was ideal and the orchestra accompanied with their usual panache under the direction of Alfred Walter . |
| 27 | In the early 1980s , the shift towards repair grants was apparent but a shortage of resources has led to a cutback . |
| 28 | In its longer tape and CD formats , the album has between-track dialogue and Hedges was anxious that the company understood that it was an essential part . |
| 29 | Distrust of government and of the pronouncements of politicians was endemic and the circulation of rumours fed an atmosphere of crisis and fear , reinforced by the manner in which Iliescu ended the demonstration in University Square in Bucharest on June 15-16 by calling in miners to restore order [ see pp. 37544-45 ] . |
| 30 | He had never had a dog and now that one of his daughters was married and the other a student at drama school , he saw no reason why he should ever give one house-room . |