Example sentences of "[vb past] [was/were] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main cultures which Spengler analysed were the Apollinian ( Classical ) , Magian ( Eastern ) and Faustian ( Western ) . |
| 2 | Among those whom Collor retained were the three ministers with responsibility for military portfolios and the Economy Minister Marcílio Marques Moreira , who was identified with the IMF-approved economic austerity programme . |
| 3 | The machines used were an older one , the LICOR LI3100 Area Meter ( LICOR Inc. , Lincoln , Nebraska , U.S.A. ) and a later machine which became available during the project , the Delta-T Area Meter System with high resolution camera ( Delta-T Devices Ltd. , Burwell , Cambridge ) . |
| 4 | In the upper panels , the 32 P-end-labelled fragments used were the 47 bp Mam I- Sfa NI fragment for the wt- , -65 , -68 , -72 and -73 mutant promoters and the 52 bp Mam I- Sau 3A fragment for the -75 mutant promoter . |
| 5 | His hall was built on a north-to-south axis , so that the wind blew through it constantly , keeping the air fresh ; but the odours of the spices and scented oils he used were the only ones a visitor might smell . |
| 6 | The instructions for the risk rating and the scale used were the same as those used for Study 2 . |
| 7 | The selection criteria used were the same for all patients — namely , each patient was individually assessed with respect to general fitness for function of the anal sphincter . |
| 8 | More than twenty four hours after the incident , firemen are still making the building safe , but they 've denied suggestions that the chemicals involved were a serious potential hazard.Julie Dolphin reports . |
| 9 | The major unions involved were the General Confederation of Greek Workers ( GSEE ) and the Federation of Civil Servants ' Unions ( Adedy ) . |
| 10 | It appears that the principle species involved were the Thaidid Thais haemastoma and the Muricids Bolinus brandaris , B. cornutus and Phyllonotus trunculus . |
| 11 | In his case words and the mental images that they created were the only available means of communication with his people . |
| 12 | What transpired was a superb display in the line-outs and the driving rucks , where Garryowen 's Waikato lock , Brent Anderson , gave a typical display , well backed by no.8 Ben Cronin and Robert Costello at lock , but particularly by an astoundingly good all round performance by the 20-year-old hooker , Keith Wood . |
| 13 | The solution proposed was a two-tier system by which government appointed peers would have the right to vote , hereditary peers being allowed to speak but not vote while the delaying powers on legislation would be cut to six months . |
| 14 | After the Queen 's Speech at the opening of the new session of the Stormont parliament , it criticised the failure of the Government to give any commitment on a universal franchise and the Special Powers Act , but the only action it proposed was a low-key educational programme . |
| 15 | The lesson which the NUAW leadership drew was a simple one : strikes lead only to the demoralization of the membership and the speedy self-destruction of the union . |
| 16 | The other fun competition that I entered was the same idea but it is played in the dark you use a special ball which is slightly transparent there is a hole in the middle of the ball which a lightstick goes through . |
| 17 | One of the motives mentioned was the actual and expected levels of interest rates . |
| 18 | One of thems one of the er the gateways I just mentioned was the Open Server for Kix and the mainframe integration . |
| 19 | ‘ The woman involved was a married woman with a family and she and Philip had lived together for a couple of months but she decided to go back to her husband in September . ’ |
| 20 | The figure involved was a paltry £12.25 millions . |
| 21 | The money involved was a considerable sum , but in those days Dunedin was New Zealand 's commercial capital and many big businesses were represented on the Otago CA . |
| 22 | In the case of the 1971 Etna eruption , the magma involved was the same basaltic one throughout , yet its behaviour was quite different in its de-gassed condition in the second phase from its original state in the first , when the eruption was mildly explosive . |
| 23 | The c-Jun DNA binding site used was a 27 bp double stranded oligonucleotide containing the ‘ fat specific element ’ ( FSE ; refs 24 and 25 ) . |
| 24 | The tube used was a multifenestrated sump tube with a second channel for infusing phenol red into the proximal stomach and a third lumen for equilibration of intragastic and atmospheric pressure . |
| 25 | The material that I used was a lovely heavy cream bridal fabric , chosen because it was the closest equivalent I could find to the bride 's dress — surprisingly enough , she would n't let me chop a hole in the real thing ! |
| 26 | It was he who pronounced in open court that a husband was entitled to beat his wife so long as the rod he used was no thicker than his thumb . |
| 27 | The type of ball used was the Scottish League 's Mitre Delta . |
| 28 | It was applied by Baulig to Brittany ( 1935 ) and seemed to work quite well as the basic map used was the old French 1:80 000 hachured map which had plenty of spot heights often on flattish summits or spurs . |
| 29 | If the injury sustained was an inherent risk of the procedure , then the doctrine will be inapplicable . |
| 30 | She went through his pockets but all she found was a spare clip for the FN FAL . |