Example sentences of "the [noun] [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cry ‘ Who what , when and where ? ’ went out and the response was immediate and most comprehensive . |
| 2 | The handwriting was small and upright . |
| 3 | Anselm was not unchanged by his new office , but the change was slow and never deep . |
| 4 | The support was considerable and very gratifying , Others present were Cllr. and Mrs St John Penney , Mayor and Mayoress of Bishop 's Castle , Mrs Margaret Griffiths , Town Clerk , Cllr. and Mrs J. MacCormick , Cllr. and Mrs T. Summerfield , Chairman of Craven Arms Town Council , Mr D. Preshous , Principal of the Community College and Mrs Preshous , author of ‘ Bishop 's Castle Well Remembered ’ . |
| 5 | The CGT was far and away the most powerful union federation . |
| 6 | The judge had to ensure that the trial was fair and thus evidence should only be excluded if necessary to ensure that fairness , that is if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect . |
| 7 | He was familiar with his own record of defying the court and it has never been suggested on his behalf that the sentence was other than fully justified . |
| 8 | The afternoon was hot and still ; timeless . |
| 9 | The afternoon was hot and still . |
| 10 | The afternoon was hot and still , the sun 's heat lying over the Monte Samana complex like a physical blanket , making even the liveliest of children sleepy . |
| 11 | Happy days and the money was small but still , do n't worry . |
| 12 | The smell was lovely and afterwards my hair felt soft and easy to brush . |
| 13 | The dangers were clear and ultimately no one benefited , least of all the students . |
| 14 | It was an easy task , the grave was shallow and soon they had scraped the dirt off the still-white coffin lid . |
| 15 | The birds were silent and still . |
| 16 | And as far as Sabre is concerned , the contract was fair and clearly stated . |
| 17 | From the material that has come to light during our own century , it is clear that the Essenes were looser and more diffuse in their organisation , less centralised and less uniform than the Sadducees and the Pharisees . |
| 18 | The flagstones were slippery and so hollowed out by three centuries of passing feet that along some of the walkways the puddles had coalesced into shallow canals . |
| 19 | Last night the apartment was available and now today it was n't . |
| 20 | The times were few and far between when she could look at him and not be reminded of his many faults and shortcomings . |
| 21 | The kitchen was bright and newly furnished with the best of domestic equipment . |
| 22 | As generally happens , the traditionalists were frightened and therefore unsympathetic to the new course , while the radicals found that the new broom was not sweeping clean enough , leading to a cry for more vigorous strokes . |
| 23 | The yacht was stiff and well balanced as the breeze freshened . |
| 24 | On the whole the roads were good and also the Inns — the latter however are extravagantly high in their charges . |
| 25 | The roads were busier and more hectic than he remembered , but he still jumped confidently on a tram that had ‘ City ’ printed across the front . |
| 26 | The route was tremendous and very spectacular , crossing the Lake District , the Pennines , the Cleveland Hills , and the North Yorkshire Moors , in fact it links three national parks . |
| 27 | The appeal of the crusade was manifold and thoroughly mixed . |
| 28 | The cottage was warm and surprisingly tidy , considering the size of the family , but Sarah saw little of her surroundings . |
| 29 | The skin was discoloured and quite swollen , but the burning sensation had eased and his whole hand no longer throbbed with the same intense pain . |
| 30 | It was an establishment that placed more emphasis on public speaking than on a knowledge of the classics , and the course was shorter and more intensive than anything comparable in Holland . |