Example sentences of "were [adj] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benefits were low because only a minute proportion of copulations result in a reared cub in the next generation ( Journal of Zoology , vol 177 , p 463 ) . |
| 2 | They were afraid because elsewhere a group of armed cossacks had besieged the ship , threatening to kill anyone who disembarked . |
| 3 | Three subsequent balloon dilations were unsuccessful and finally the patient was referred to our institution . |
| 4 | For a moment Ruth wondered if he were real or just a ghost . |
| 5 | The decision also followed appeals for a postponement from many within the 12-party Unity Assembly , Haiti 's opposition coalition , who were concerned that neither the safety of voters nor the fairness of the poll could be guaranteed because of the prevailing climate of violence and lawlessness within the country . |
| 6 | Environmental concern mushroomed during the 1960s and was stimulated by warnings about the impact of human activity and by debates about the extent to which earth resources were finite and therefore the basis for a pessimistic or optimistic future for spaceship earth . |
| 7 | Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing . |