Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The consequences of the declining importance of grants after the mid-1970s were obviously the opposite of the consequences of their former growth . |
| 2 | The social structure arising from the interactions between the birds was thus an expression of individual adaptedness and formed an important societal component of the environment in which individuals were seeking to survive and procreate descendants . |
| 3 | ‘ The whole incident with the tablets was just a nightmare so we have decided to put it behind us and continue our lives , ’ said Mrs Johnson . |
| 4 | President Eisenhower took the view that what happened in the states was really a matter for each state to decide . |
| 5 | ‘ The shops were rather a home from home , not the most efficient of places , ’ says Major Bourne-Arton . |
| 6 | The shortages were partly the result of reduced capacity at two main refineries which helped process the 1,700,000 barrels of crude oil produced per day . |
| 7 | The shortages were primarily a consequence of a blockade by Azerbaijan — itself a result of the dispute over Nagorny-Karabakh — which had forced the closure of pipelines bringing Turkmen gas to Armenia via Azerbaijan . |
| 8 | The shortages were primarily a consequence of an Azerbaijani blockade — itself a result of the territorial dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh . |
| 9 | Lin McLean , a Strathclyde University student counsellor and AUT activist , said she had not had anyone come to her with problems over a tutor-student relationships in eight years , and that the guidelines were only a guide to help union members in a delicate area of their work . |
| 10 | Among the authors were also the Deputy Interior and Defence Ministers , Gen. Gromov and Varennikov , leading some commentators to see in it the veiled threat of a military coup . |
| 11 | The books were exactly the mixture as before , but the quantity of ingredients seemed to have doubled ( ‘ Dickens and Scott seem to breed year by year Kingsley and Thackeray always appear ’ to quote from ‘ Irrelevant Thoughts Which Intrude in the Night , soliloquy written by Nan Munn , one of the 15 ‘ sorters ’ ) . |
| 12 | The words were less a request than an order . |
| 13 | Many of the words were almost a line long and all looked the same . |
| 14 | Charles hoped that George 's assumption was right , that Michael Banks 's difficulty in retaining the lines was just the product of laziness . |
| 15 | Whereas its basically ( and intentionally ) puerile story was a throwback to the serials of the 1930s and '40s , the effects were already a springboard to the 1980s , leading to the creation of ILM ( Lucas 's special effects company ) and its proliferating offshoots . |
| 16 | But the Psalms were also the basis of private spirituality in the ninth century : Dhuoda recommended daily readings to her son . |
| 17 | The protests were also an attempt to pressurize the government into bringing an end to the violence by reducing the powers of Chief Gatsha Buthelezi , leader the conservative , Natal-based Inkatha movement which competed with the ANC for the loyalty of black South africans . |
| 18 | Even though producing the tapes was primarily the responsibility of the computer staff , the machine operators insisted on correcting faults in the programming with the editing equipment . |
| 19 | The changes were more a reflection of her anti-establishment outlook and determination to shake up the civil service hierarchy . |
| 20 | Some would fill half a room , and the themes were normally an interpretation of the nativity in military terms . |
| 21 | The riots were unquestionably a blow to the government 's law and order policies and to the Conservative 's claim to be the party of law and order . |
| 22 | Planting the flowers was also a way of softening his feelings of sadness and guilt at her death . |
| 23 | Here the Bacaudae were unquestionably a factor . |
| 24 | ‘ Not that it was much use , I 'm afraid ; I met so many people the faces were just a blur . ’ |
| 25 | The respondents avoid this difficulty by submitting that requiring and delivering the wrappers was merely a condition which gave a qualification to buy and was not part of the consideration for sale . |
| 26 | Indeed , it is not an exaggeration ( or a slur ) to say that the students were sometimes a jump ahead of their tutors , not for the first time in the history of education ! |
| 27 | The others were just a thing of the moment . |
| 28 | Natives put upon the scent found military accoutrements and other articles thrown out of the same chest , so that the drawings were clearly the object of the theft . |
| 29 | The powers-that-be were obviously a shade disenchanted with Lt. Vologsky . |
| 30 | The races were now a holiday occasion covering several days and very well attended . |