Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If discipline and religion were central to the BB philosophy , so too was friendship — it was the Trojan horse in which ‘ influence ’ hid , awaiting its opportunity . |
| 2 | Her job , her leisure , her religion were devoted to being a provider of at best health and knowledge , at the least of time or food . |
| 3 | These results agree with those recently presented of tests that examined bronchial lavage fluid , in which half of patients with sarcoidosis were positive for M tuberculosis DNA . |
| 4 | Today the owners of the horse were unavailable for comment but their solicitor said that while they accepted the horse broke loose they do not accept liability and are disputing any claim the horse caused the boys ' injuries . |
| 5 | Her feelings of grief were complicated by feelings of guilt and she had not wept . |
| 6 | But at least the people of Limoges had been reminded that royal favour and displeasure were worthy of consideration . |
| 7 | I was also under no illusion that some backbenchers on our side were nervous about the policy . |
| 8 | A public appeal restored calm , and the home side were 23 for one when bad light and more rain drove the players off an hour early . |
| 9 | When I came here at first , the side were top of the First Division , but there was no apparent feeling for the game . |
| 10 | In fact , wrote John Arlott soon afterwards when the astonished south of England grapevine had recovered itself , ‘ He struck 227 runs of such quality against Hampshire 2nd XI that experienced players on the other side were amazed at his brilliance . ’ |
| 11 | His team declared on 235 for four and the home side were 202 for five at the close . |
| 12 | There is also a re-issue of The Encyclopaedia of Golf Collectibles , revealing that a matched set of irons , ‘ Harmonised Irons ’ , could be obtained from MacGregor way back in 1926 , and that golf balls coloured oriole orange and canary yellow were available from Wilson in 1928 . |
| 13 | References in three separate contexts in Ali suggest that the lowest kadiliks of which the hierarchy normally took cognizance were those at the 25 -akce level ; and these would thus seem to be equivalent to the 20-akce medreses in being the level at which a fully-trained medrese student would expect to receive his first appointment . |
| 14 | Consequently ratios of butyrate/ glutamine metabolism were higher in the descending colon ( 20.6 ( 14.3 ) ) than in the ascending colon ( 14.3 ( 9.6 ) ) ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 15 | In UC , rates of butyrate metabolism were similar in the ascending ( 92.5 ( 58.3 ) nmol/h-µg protein ) and descending ( 93.3 ( 115 ) ) colon , and these were not significantly different from controls . |
| 16 | The ratios of butyrate/ glutamine metabolism were similar in the two regions . |
| 17 | When I had started to examine pensions , many in the industry were opposed to any change in SERPS and almost everyone was opposed to personal pensions . |
| 18 | Well , he had never pretended that science and industry were good In themselves , of course … they still had to be used correctly . |
| 19 | Mr Smith , said the latest problems affecting the industry were similar to those hitting the UK coal industry , which had suffered from cheap imports from eastern Europe . |
| 20 | Both the plaintiff and defendant were free to practice either as doctors in a hospital or as medical consultants . |
| 21 | Ms Wilson said that noise , vandalism and violence were rife on the South Side and earlier closing times would restore some order to the streets . |
| 22 | The island and the volcano were renowned for their beauty . |
| 23 | Some argue that centralisation and national uniformity were fine for the era of mass production , but that the service-based economy of the future demands diversity . |
| 24 | The Prison Officers Association were hostile to the inquiry throughout . |
| 25 | Its pro-western stance brought into doubt the very legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party , and its multitude of criticisms of the Chinese civilisation were akin to attitudes of the Cultural Revolution . |
| 26 | The peak associations of business and labour were important in the economic sphere as they controlled resources that were needed by government if public policy was to be effective and capable of implementation and enforcement . |
| 27 | At Leicester , for instance , the changing benches , bath and lavatory were all in the same room . ’ |
| 28 | The participant observation techniques in this study were similar to those used in the urban community studies . |
| 29 | Most of the students investigated in this study were non-traditional in that they either possessed qualifications which met the general entrance requirements of the institution but had been gained them in non-traditional ways ( i.e. by other than full time attendance at secondary school ) , or they did not meet the requirement but had other qualifications or evidence of attainment acceptable to the institution in question . |
| 30 | Some women in the study were obsessional about cleanliness and tidiness . |