Example sentences of "result [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1939 , as in the 1920s , any imports that could conceivably be replaced by nationally produced goods had to be reduced to a minimum or stopped altogether , even if the result were a reduction in quality . |
| 2 | The result was a triumph . |
| 3 | The result was a triumph for Keynesian economics : a vigorous and expanding universe , filled with material objects . |
| 4 | The result was a vessel which was surprisingly fast and manoeuvrable for its size — few were more than twenty drem in length — but they were not designed for an extended sea journey , that was certain . |
| 5 | The result was a warrior rising in 1922 , when the members of the Laitetti manyatta refused to disperse . |
| 6 | As no rugby country has won at Parc des Princes since England did so in 1982 ( remember Colin Smart and the after-shave ? ) , this result was a revolution of sorts — which was fitting as the match and its prolonged preliminaries were designed to mark the bicentenary of the French Revolution . |
| 7 | The result was a kind of competition with each trying to outdo the other . ’ |
| 8 | The result was a kind of minimum wage financed by the ratepayer . |
| 9 | The end result was a kind of Gothic Wendy house . |
| 10 | If done correctly , the end result was a pile of sharp , thin bricks exactly thirty-five centimetres across . |
| 11 | The result was a home market swamped with onions , and a halving of prices . |
| 12 | The result was a level of corruption which became proverbial . |
| 13 | The result was a fine of £120 . |
| 14 | The result was a support base in the C C P which was dangerously narrowed and production decreased . |
| 15 | The result was a blow for the Liberal Democrats , who polled nearly 1,000 votes less than in the 1987 election . |
| 16 | The result was a profit ( ignoring transaction costs ) of 2125 - 1150 = £975 , with an initial margin of only £100 . |
| 17 | The result was a compromise . |
| 18 | The result was A history of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom ( 1895 ) , suffused with foolish remarks by uninformed priests , but hardly a model of discrimination . |
| 19 | One result was a raid on the Rolling Stones , which , by June , had left Mick Jagger facing three months in jail , Keith Richards a year , and their- and Miles 's — acquaintance , art gallery proprietor Robert Frazer , six months in jail . |
| 20 | The camps were Sabra and Chatila and the result was a massacre : Christian Lebanese militiamen let into the area by the Israelis slaughtered at least 400 men , women and children . |
| 21 | The result was a whiplash neck that required him to wear a brace between performances and did not heal completely for three years . |
| 22 | The result was a surprise Conservative defeat and a victory for the Liberal Democrat candidate , David Bellotti . |
| 23 | The end result was a colour transparency capable of recording , with a good deal of accuracy , the changing world of the new century . |
| 24 | The end result was a colour transparency capable of recording , with a good deal of accuracy , the changing world of the new century . |
| 25 | The first result was a dream that very night . |
| 26 | The result was a painting of " flying cyclamens " , one of the earliest to be sold at her own first exhibition a year later . |
| 27 | The result was a system in which the government never changed hands , but instead was carried out by those who could be trusted to look after the affairs of state . |
| 28 | The result was a modification of the Rome Treaty which acknowledges the need to achieve social and economic cohesion . |
| 29 | The result was a fall in the numbers receiving out-door relief . |
| 30 | The result was a victory for Herwald and commonsense , $15,000 for charities and the loss of a potential $500,000 in legal fees for lawyers who might otherwise have been called upon the resolve a dispute over who had the right to use the slogan ‘ Plane Smart ’ . |