Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun pl] [was/were] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Military organisation was also well advanced , in spite of the fact that only primitive weapons were in evidence . |
| 2 | Keith takes this further : ‘ We were a little limited when we were recording the guitars , limited by the size of the room and the fact that some of the gear was n't working properly , so obstructive forces were at work and this is where compromise comes in ; you 're spending all this time when you know it could be a lot better . ’ |
| 3 | The gates at less frequent intervals were of iron , heavily padlocked with rusty barbed wire entanglements evilly woven into the top bar . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , most of these were stolen while the battalion was camped on Salisbury Plain , so subsequent issues were in brass . |
| 5 | The Nassau agreement , however , did not silence those influential Americans who continued to believe that British policy and thus Anglo-American relations were in need of serious reappraisal . |
| 6 | Berisha told reporters that he had informed Genscher that Albania 's most urgent needs were for aid for agriculture and for help in solving transport problems . |
| 7 | This would not be concluded once general managers were in place but involved long-term and profound cultural change , a view which managers themselves endorsed ( Strong and Robinson 1990 ) . |
| 8 | But by 1613 even more desperate measures were in contemplation . |
| 9 | Early Christian churches were of brick and concrete , some in stone , and were plain on the exterior . |
| 10 | Slightly different factors were at work in the Essex village of Terling , dependent on the London market . |
| 11 | According to Mr Gerald Kaufman Lord Bridge was able to complete his inquiry in five days , after which he was able to report that allegations of improperly authorized interceptions were without foundation . |
| 12 | It has also revealed the terrible nostalgia for an era when the rules of democracy were suspended , and instead military rules were in command . |
| 13 | It is often pointed out that higher education was centrally seen in this way in the nineteenth century , but that very different models were on offer . |
| 14 | Membership of a specific group was often the product of a boss — follower relationship with one of its leading members , and thus very large groups were in danger of becoming no more than a coalition of personal factions . |
| 15 | This is partly because of their ephemeral nature and partly because disclosure would often reveal either that very sensitive subjects were under consideration or that we had something in train about which we were not ready to make an announcement . |