Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.

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1 They were private developers ' schemes , yet the Town and Country Planning Association — which tends the flame of Ebenezer Howard 's garden city ideals — endorsed them .
2 Their huts were 12 hours ' journey from the nearest main road , and the occasional and always unexpected arrival of the maximo lider was a cause for rejoicing and an indication that somebody , somewhere actually cared for them and took an interest in their otherwise isolated and neglected lives .
3 The text states : ’ An EC spokesman admitted there were conceptual problems ' in compiling the statistics , but it was the nearest they could get to being comparable . ’
4 Previously there were many beginners ' boards available but most were supplied with a massive 6.5m 2 sail which stretched and distorted to make it unmanageable in more than a few knots of wind .
5 There were four nurses ' rooms each of which was to contain one bedstead , a flock bed , pillow and bolster and two blankets , two pairs of sheets and two pillow-cases ; the porter 's room was similarly furnished .
6 In the revealing words of one antislavery minister , he and his fellow Unitarians were theological negroes ' .
7 The scorers of Scotland schoolboy 's under-15 team 's goals in the win over England at Wembley on Saturday were both Rangers ' signings and Brown 's most promising players at Scotland Youth level are signed to the Ibrox club as well .
8 It states that Aksum was eight days ' journey inland from Adulis , a port on the Red Sea established by Greek traders sent by the Ptolemys to bring back elephants to be trained for war .
9 Meanwhile , in the Nottingham Post there was clear readers ' support for the classical designs of Demetri Porphyrios , which looked like school buildings for St Trinian 's .
10 The maximum penalty for mutiny in the Philippines is a life sentence , but in five previous coup attempts the most severe punishment for leaders was 12 years ' hard labour .
11 The judgement from on high was six days ' heavy rain .
12 ‘ When I told Martin that I was 10 weeks ' pregnant with my second child , he enjoyed telling people how clever I was because I 'd arranged it between the interims and the final results ! ’
13 Last month was National Savings ' best month in recent history — the gross inflow of £975m beat the previous record month of August 1984 by £15m .
14 She was the sister of William , who was a year older , and Christopher , who was three years ' younger [ qq.v . ] .
15 The implication of it relating strictly to tariff involves an assumption that the tariff advised was 17 years ' detention as punishment for retribution and deterrence .
16 Hugh was 62 years ' old and had been with Douglas Reyburn for 28 years .
17 It was good boys ' stuff — the hero always scoring the winning goal , hit or try .
18 On 4 July 1992 when she was 34 weeks ' pregnant she was admitted to hospital following a road traffic accident .
19 The price of ten shillings for a flight was two days ' pay for my father , so our pleasure was to watch and munch on salmon and cucumber sandwiches , never ever thinking that we might at some time aspire to those heights .
20 Until 1985 the maximum penalty for indecent assault on a female was two years ' imprisonment , compared with ten years for indecent assault on a male — a legacy of the horror with which homosexuality was viewed , and of the undervaluing of female sexual and physical autonomy — but the maximum penalty for both forms of indecent assault is now ten years .
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22 But by that time she had married a car-worker from Cowley , was four months ' pregnant , and was eventually to become the mother of four lovely children — three girls and one boy .
23 The paper was four days ' old .
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