Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was unprepared for a full spread on the back page , where normally soccer was king — even in the middle of summer . |
| 2 | Where once price was all , now predators are not so well thought of . |
| 3 | Where once ice-cream was seen as suitable scoff to keep the under-tens quiet , the rise of premium products has cast a completely new light on adult indulgence . |
| 4 | They agreed with our four focus areas , and agreed that our strategy of offering our employees and their skills , rather than just money was the right one . |
| 5 | Further changes to the interior of parish churches resulted from the new emphasis upon the importance of the sermon , although here implementation was only gradual . |
| 6 | Although initially research was often focused upon a single pollen site , the subsequent research was able to proceed towards the regional assessment of past vegetation not only in Britain but also in overseas areas such as the tropical rain forest ( Flenley , 1979 ) . |
| 7 | Someone filled and lit a chillim and everyone gathered round to smoke it , exchanging , now and then , laconic comments about the boar 's escape , musing about what had happened and how different everything could have been if only luck was with them . |
| 8 | What I am suggesting is you knew there was an armed man in the flat , you were worried he was under the bed and if only concern was to get that bed up and over to check he was n't there , you did n't bother to wait to get Julie off it . |
| 9 | Tests revealed it contained formic acid , which a doctor from Newcastle University said could be lethal to a child if only teaspoonful was swallowed . |
| 10 | If only desire were a plum-stone. all dried and hard , but it is soft and juicy and luscious . |
| 11 | She wondered if perhaps Time was behaving properly and that Johnny had visited the cottage , prowling through the rooms , as she found herself doing often enough , but had been unable to reach her . |
| 12 | Moshe Gerstenhaber , chairman of Kall-Kwik Printing , has been using this as a promotional feature : ‘ If ever evidence was needed to prove the merits of franchising , the present difficult trading conditions have to be an example . ’ |
| 13 | But if ever proof was needed that cricket in the Republic has cut across old racial divisions , it arrived as Wessels powerfully pulled Javagal Srinath for his 17th four to reach three figures . |
| 14 | If ever ambiguity was king , then it is now . |
| 15 | I knew the squadron was ordered out that night and he would be amongst them , and if ever death was in the face of a man , it was in his that afternoon . |
| 16 | One , firstly , if equal distribution was to be achieved peasant mobilization and increase produc erm if equally distribution was to achieve its goals of peasant mobilization and increased production , there had to be enough land available to bring most peasants up to an independent pe peasant status without encroaching upon the existing er middle peasants . |
| 17 | I , I do n't believe that to be the case because further information was provided to the er legal representatives of the prospective purchase indicating very clearly that the brochures were an estimate , or the costs in the brochures were an estimate or the cost in the brochures were an estimate and therefore it would be subject to adjustment |
| 18 | The endoscopical differential diagnosis comprised lymphoreticular malignancy , such as α chain disease or a non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma , while clinically sarcoidosis was considered because of the previous medical history . |
| 19 | Chamberlain paid a tribute to Baldwin , which while predictably pedestrian was a great deal less embarrassing than Harcourt 's reading from ‘ a well-thumbed manuscript ’ at the famous ‘ blubbering Cabinet ’ which said farewell to Gladstone in 1894 Baldwin then paid another tribute to MacDonald ( still there as Lord President of the Council ) for whom it was also the end . |
| 20 | In this study , when only histamine was given to nude mice , increased vascular permeability mediated by intercation with histamine 1 receptor may have led to an enhancement of xenograft growth due to increased diffusion of nutrents etc , in addition to direct proliferative effects by a histamine 2 receptor . |
| 21 | 1 November ( All Saints ' Day ) is Pão-por-Deus ( ‘ Bread for God ’ ) when traditionally bread was given to the poor in the city to obtain a blessing on the souls of the departed . |
| 22 | It was well to begin 1942 with a triumph for Dr Laurent , for now tribulation was really beginning . |
| 23 | This on-the-job training might be supplemented ( though here agreement was less widespread ) by study of past negotiations and of the achievements of successful diplomats and statesmen : the best way of doing this was by analysing the despatches and memoranda these had written . |