Example sentences of "were [adj] [conj] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this period barriers to trade were high and thus the multinational structure of operationally-independent companies was a necessity . |
| 2 | Many of her gentleman clients were foreign and even the odd Arab prince had come to her office . |
| 3 | Many were convinced that only a proletarian revolution could remove discrimination . |
| 4 | However , the skills required to build such systems were rare and also the required combinations of software and computer hardware were expensive . |
| 5 | ‘ There was n't a ha'porth of prejudice in him — except that the Welsh were marvellous and especially the Welsh-speaking Welsh and most particularly those from Pontrhydyfen and most of all the Jenkins family . |