Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition since the rats on the low fibre diet were heavier at the end of the study , although food intake measurements at 12 weeks showed no difference between the two groups , it is possible that the differences in morbidity were due a variation in calorie intake since caloric restriction is known to prolong life in rodents . |
| 2 | Hereford were due a break as well and sure enough , they got it against Gillingham at Edgar Street . |
| 3 | Three weeks later on 25 March 1985 , the price of the old shares was 198p and the rights to buy the new shares were trading at 5p ( the apparent shortfall of 3p being caused by the fact that the old shares were due a dividend while the new ones were not ) . |
| 4 | When all reintroductions and challenges were complete the maintenance diet was reviewed in detail to ensure that it was nutritionally adequate . |
| 5 | Glamorgan , needing 427 to win after starting the day on a 16 for three , were grateful the weather permitted only 17.1 overs . |
| 6 | To me they were each the source of all-things-bright-and-beautiful , and therefore identical . |
| 7 | Though the Dragon Princes were few the destruction they could wreak was unmatched then as it is now and few dared the wrath of Caledor . |
| 8 | Although there are regional differences , social and marital roles have become less clearly defined and structured than they were half a century ago . |
| 9 | ‘ It were half a bottle of Evian , 12 grapes , a piece of cheese and a small tomato . |
| 10 | It was given to delay the police operation to find the bomb and officers were half a mile away looking for the bomb at the Stock Exchange . ’ |
| 11 | They were half a mile away , but on Sharpe 's side of the river and barring his approach to Charleroi . |
| 12 | Next morning , there was no wind and we were half a mile from the eastern coast of the island . |
| 13 | The usual church design had aisles which were half the nave width and there was an intermediate column between each pier . |
| 14 | In the Stadtpark just behind the swimming pool , the cars parked under the chestnut trees were half an inch deep in confetti-like blossom . |
| 15 | If we 're no further on than we were half an hour ago . |
| 16 | We stood there with nothing in our bags we went for my fruit and veg and er , sto there , met this couple who we know we had a right good talk to them about , it were half an hour were n't we ? |
| 17 | Half of these had not realised that they were pregnant , and others had not wanted to confirm their fears , or did n't see a need to go earlier , or were afraid the doctor might tell their parents . |
| 18 | And they were popular a lot of people bought them |
| 19 | But I I 'd said to Angela there were some a while back but I 'd not sh shown them her . |
| 20 | And then of course the there were some a lot of them mass produced then there was the mass producer come in then . |
| 21 | Clearly there could be little point in interviewing Stratton then and there ; and already a solicitous ( if censorious ) Shirley Brown on one side , and a business-like ( if unsmiling ) Howard Brown on the other , were guiding the prodigal son to the guest-lift . |
| 22 | We were convinced the single would go storming into the Top 20 … it was the best we could do with that photo session … ‘ |
| 23 | The Wallaby team hierarchy were convinced the tour would be aborted . |
| 24 | In August 1940 , this little team of propagandists was urgently soothing panicky policemen , as far apart as Kent and Cardiganshire , who were convinced the invasion had started . |
| 25 | The conventional explanation of the coalition 's commitment to provide ‘ a high and stable level of employment after the war ’ is that men in positions of power were convinced the aim could be achieved by a policy of managing effective demand , as advocated by Keynes and his supporters . |
| 26 | Ju87s were dive-bombing the aerodrome . |
| 27 | If the information were perfect the launch would take place in the 70 per cent of cases where a 10 per cent share was forecast and not in the others . |
| 28 | If the information were perfect the launch would take place in the 70 per cent of cases where a 10 per cent share was forecast and not in the others . |
| 29 | A safe place Both said they were delighted the scheme had begun two weeks ahead of schedule and promised residents and visitors a safer and more pleasant place to shop . |
| 30 | I knew the way then , for we were back-tracking the route we had taken from the airport . |