Example sentences of "the [noun] [was/were] [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response was ungracious but Dalgliesh thought he detected relief . |
| 2 | The man with the guitar was dark and smooth-faced , with longish hair , a sensitive mouth . |
| 3 | The government had to show that job substitution was not taking place , that real jobs were actually being created and that the money was additional if people were to believe that they were sincere . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the authoritarian structure of Imperial Germany , censorship , and the natural self-discipline of the Germans were such that disenchantment remained largely confined to the upper echelons . |
| 5 | As early as June 1917 , the Germans were aware that Haig intended to strike in Flanders , probably from near Ypres , for imprudent , almost public debate by Allied politicians had made this evident . |
| 6 | The decision was unanimous after Paul Kenny withdrew his nomination . |
| 7 | The scales were dry and silver , and fell like little clouds of snow when she had to scratch the skin because the cream from her doctor would not stop the itching . |
| 8 | The Lions were thankful that Hastings landed his fourth penalty . |
| 9 | The times were such that Christianity , whose founder taught brotherly love and forbearance , was quite incapable of applying these precepts within its own jurisdiction . |
| 10 | Nevertheless the experience was tremendous and Geoff Wappett , the Bradford coach , was high in his praise for the organisation of the tournament and the benefit that his young wide received from it . |
| 11 | On 1 December 1991 , the purchase was complete and NCM Credit Insurance Limited ( NCM ) was born . |
| 12 | The roads were bad and hotels poor ; in a Kentmere caravanserai in 1820 according to the Lonsdale Magazine , there is a good description of a mixture of farmhouse and public house , serving as hotel : ‘ The floor was bespread with tubs , pans , chairs , tables , piggins , dishes , tins and the other equipage of a farmer 's kitchen . |
| 13 | The skin was bad and boils would still stalk the neck and shoulders . |
| 14 | The leaders of the industry were shocked when Lord Chief Justice Goddard sentenced him to six months imprisonment . |
| 15 | All the feeding stuff and there were a pile of feeding stuff then for the hens were all and cattle were fed and all the feeding stuff had to be imported . |
| 16 | Some of the entries were illegible and others were written across the ruled lines and ran into each other , and they were all in scrawly handwriting , which she found very difficult to decipher . |
| 17 | The light was bad but Peter deciphered the first few lines of the left-hand page . |
| 18 | It all ended in something like farce , with Capel and Russell unsure whether to press on or come off , but there were still 31 to get and the light was wretched when Gooch called them in . |
| 19 | Therefore on the facts of the case the indictment was bad and Widdowson 's conviction had to be quashed . |
| 20 | The eyes were open and Ewan could see that , no matter how objective he tried to be , something lived in this body , something which he would soon extinguish with his own , vibrant , developed persona . |
| 21 | The street looked very different from its Sunday image ; the shops were open and delivery vans effectively blocked the way for all but the most resolute pedestrians . |
| 22 | The implication was clear to anyone who understood English well : the president was anxious that Zambians should not make Britons in Zambia take the blame for the policy of the Heath government . |
| 23 | The wind was strong and darkness coming nearer by the second . |
| 24 | Unfortunately the result was disappointing and years later , in about 1955 , he took the trouble to have a second operation to improve its appearance . |
| 25 | The result was Dark and Mr Spence , the son of a Middlesbrough teacher , never looked back . |
| 26 | Where the defendant is aware of the contents , however , as he generally will be with prosecutions under this section , the prosecutor must show that the defendant was aware that others might find his words to be threatening , abusive of insulting . |
| 27 | Behind him , the wheel was motionless and Simon , breathing heavily , had already begun to hunt him down . |
| 28 | Last year too the spring was late and Jakali and her husband lost so many cows that they consulted the god . |
| 29 | This was judged by patient history and counting residual tablets ( the placebo and ursodeoxycholic acid were given double blind ) when the prescriptions were renewed and compliance in taking the prescribed tablets were excellent . |
| 30 | Corbett just sat staring at the wet walls : the cell was narrow and fetid , a grating high in the wall gave a little air and light . |