Example sentences of "the [num] [was/were] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ In fact , I think my whole career at the end of the 60s was probably a guilt trip of some sort . |
2 | The 1890s were also a period in which deaf art flourished . |
3 | The seventies were certainly a period of great change in attitudes within the Customs & Excise in general , and on the cutters in particular we saw great improvements in many ways with the acquisition of better technical equipment such as highly sophisticated radio communication , and the development of international relations . |
4 | Thus the considerable increase in recorded burglary during the 1970s was largely a recording phenomenon . |
5 | Although her views are still regarded as highly eccentric outside reactionary conservative and fascist circles , it is interesting to note that some historians now argue that secret societies like the IRA and the Mafia have indeed played a significant role in world events , and that the Illuminati conspiracy in the 1780s was truly a model for future revolutionary organization . |
6 | It has to be remembered that Britain of the 1920s was not a land of milk and honey . |
7 | The 1930s were also a time for experimental long-playing records . |
8 | While geographical proximity , cultural affinities and the need to justify Japanese rule encouraged the pursuit of a policy aimed at integrating the interests of ruler and ruled , equality between the two was never a possibility . |