Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [adj] and [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The equipment in those days was primitive and a visit to any dental practitioner was an ordeal . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The queue for tickets was long and the ticket seller was lazy . |
| 9 | ‘ I found that delivering babies was exciting and a bit scary , but I noticed that the environment was not comfortable for women . |
| 10 | The balance of the instruments was ideal and the orchestra accompanied with their usual panache under the direction of Alfred Walter . |
| 11 | 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 ] . |
| 12 | 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 . |