Example sentences of "were [art] [adj] [noun] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Applegarth , who was a radically minded Liberal , was at the centre of all the political and industrial issues of the 1860s : the vigorous support for the north in the American civil war ; the agitation for the repeal of the Master and Servant Acts ; the political aims of the Reform League ; and after union affairs his main concerns were the co-operative movement and a national system of education for working people . |
| 2 | In front of that were a low sofa and a coffee table . |
| 3 | Hibiscus , frangipani , bougainvillaea and the glorious colours of the flame tree were a visual feast and a challenge for the camera which I felt unable to cope with at first . |
| 4 | If I were a head teacher or a chair of governors now , I would use quite blatantly the annual meeting and the annual report as ways of sounding the loudest and brightest clarion calls about my school 's performance and achievements … |
| 5 | T. D. People were scared of you — did n't matter whether you were a big man or a small man . |
| 6 | Perhaps his aspect was a function of those involutes of memory of which I have spoken ; and his combination of these attributes , the brutish apparel of the Malay , the features of a bibulous beadle and his predilection for opium were no mere chance but a deep expression of my own pain ? |
| 7 | There were no suspicious circumstances and a postmortem was due to be carried out later . |
| 8 | Among at least 12 people killed in other incidents in Junín and Lima were an Australian nun and a Canadian pastor , killed by Sendero Luminoso guerrillas in separate incidents in the week May 20-25 . |