Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wallace and Speed were the scorers … shame Town ca n't appeal and ask for a replay … |
| 2 | On one side were the Goldsmiths ' Company 's arms , in gold , four yards in diameter , with the legend " Free Grammar School , Stockport " ; on the other the arms again , with " Founded and Endowed by Sir Edmond Shaa , Knight , 1487 ; Re-endowed by the Worshipful the Goldsmiths ' Company , 1832 " in gold letters . |
| 3 | On the opposite side were the men who had marched up from Levenmouth . |
| 4 | In front of them to one side were the CEGB representatives , led by Lord Silsoe with streamlined efficiency . |
| 5 | On the catastrophists ' side were the Tories arid the Church ( the episcopalian Church of England , of course ) . |
| 6 | On the north side were the training huts , one for chemical and bacteriological agents , one for firearms and explosives and one for ideological instruction . |
| 7 | On the other side were the proponents of a new " music of the future " ( Zukunftsmusik ) , represented by Berlioz , Liszt , and above all , Wagner , whose restless chromatic explorations , culminating at this period in Tristan und Isolde ( finished in 1859 ) and the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen ( 1854–74 ) , most radically undermined traditional diatonic stability . |
| 8 | Inside the ark were the tablets of the law — the supreme verbal statement of God 's holiness ( 26:16 ) ; at one and the same time the reason why God dwelt alone ( for none can match his holiness ) , and why by means of blood a sinner might enter his presence ( for the blood speaks of life laid down in payment for sin ) . |
| 9 | The two main issues in the Miyagi contest were the state of the country 's economy , and the current spate of scandals surrounding the Miyazawa government . |
| 10 | As is invariably the case in such matters , the only people to profit from the entire episode were the lawyers . |
| 11 | Spires of crimson and carmine and blood were the rocks , changing colour even as she watched the new day burn off their sugar-frost coating . |
| 12 | In the following car were the Sheikha , her daughter , Hussa and Selma who were to accompany us to London . |
| 13 | Sociology and anthropology were the application of these principles to understanding how people behave . |
| 14 | The most interesting results of the study were the relationships observed between risk ratings and P(A) within these sets of items . |
| 15 | Particularly successful aspects of the talk were the invitation to contributions from the floor , which led to several interesting points being made , and the mix of old photographs from the heyday of steam with modern ones mostly taken by himself . |
| 16 | Also living in this terrace were the Kellow , Bundy and Cool families . |
| 17 | JOY and disappointment were the order of the day in the Cossack Victoria League this week . |
| 18 | Rather more important in the long term were the changes which could be initiated by such widespread forest clearance . |
| 19 | He went on to describe how Jean-Claude had starved himself , how much weight he had lost and in what condition were the nerves he wore on his sleeve . |
| 20 | Treason and murder were the charges but what was his treachery and whom had he allegedly murdered ? |
| 21 | When riot and murder were the peasants ' only means of self-preservation , he argued , " murder becomes an act of altruism " . |
| 22 | Of particular interest to the reviewer were the sections of the book depicting the various foreign air arms that flew Mosquitos and the post-war civilian operators of the type , the latter illustrating numerous air racing and speed record attempts made with the Wooden Wonder . |
| 23 | In all major areas ( secondary school selection , the applications of financial grants to specific activities , school building , staffing levels … ) the local authority made decisions and the teaching force were the agents through which policy was implemented . |
| 24 | Two visiting ministers at the opening ceremony were the Reverend Wesley Guard and the Reverend R Fletcher . |
| 25 | Writing when he did , and as he did , to justify an actual rebellion , it is perhaps not strange that he was thinking primarily of politics rather than of law , that the ‘ rights ’ he had in mind were the rights of man rather than the rights of the citizen , or that the sanction for these rights should be extralegal action rather than any constitutional check . |
| 26 | But as the Air New Zealand 747–400 that brought me back home took off from Auckland International what came into my mind were the lines at the head of this article . |
| 27 | The oppressors he had in mind were the French . |
| 28 | Inscribed on the centre piece were the names of the Duke of Northumberland , the largest colliery owner , and 36 owners and officials from 26 collieries in Durham and Northumberland . |
| 29 | The other parties in the coalition were the Frente Republicana Guatemalteca ( FRG — Guatemalan Republican Front ) ; the Partido por el Adelantamiento Nacional ( PAN — National Advancement Party , Alvaro Arzú Irigoyen l. ) ; and the Partido Socialista Democrático ( PSD — Social Democratic Party , Mario Solórzano s. -g . ) . |
| 30 | The three components of the coalition were the PNV with nine Cabinet seats , the Basque Socialist party ( Partido Socialista de Euskadi allied with the PSOE and known as PSE-PSOE ) with five seats , and the Basque Left ( Euskadiko Ezkerra-EE ) with one seat . |