Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , in modern Normandy and Brittany , Roman remains were scanty and a new Romanesque style evolved . |
| 2 | He was a yuppie decades before the word was invented , and his stated objects in life were self-promotion and a settled life . |
| 3 | Mainz was a see where Staufen interests were strong and a majority of the princes elected Lupold , bishop of Worms , a strong adherent of Philip , and a man of few scruples . |
| 4 | But the scales down Fenna 's tail grew gradually smaller and smaller , the darker shades of his back and the paler shades of his underside blending together , and at the very tip , small as a child 's thumb , they were minute and a shade that , when she tried to match it to paint sample cards was usually called eau de nil . |
| 5 | Most of the latter were Scottish but a few were mercenaries from Denmark , Ireland , and as far afield even as Genoa . |
| 6 | Domestic air flights were suspended on the receipt of bomb threats , four buses were fire-bombed and a small explosive device was set off in front of the CGT headquarters in Buenos Aires . |
| 7 | When the news was fully appreciated the delegates according to The BDN , " were uncontrollable and a sea of hands raced through the air in deaf applause . " |
| 8 | The British were dismayed but a further memorandum from the Americans in January 1943 was virtually a declaration of dissociation . |
| 9 | His toes were warm and a good colour , and there was no sign of swelling above or below the plaster . |
| 10 | While the reduction in price rises is very welcome — taking us back to where we were three and a half years ago — does my right hon. Friend recognise the irony that , as a result , current interest rates — the price of money — are , in real terms , at an all-time high ? |
| 11 | There was , of course , similar deprivation among Protestants in Derry but their numbers were fewer and a smaller proportion of the total Protestant population suffered such conditions . |
| 12 | Reports of atrocities by both sides were widespread and a report by the human rights group Amnesty International published in July 1990 ( which was angrily rejected by Narakobi ) was highly critical of the behaviour of the security forces . |
| 13 | Some who heard him were impressed and a few were frightened . |
| 14 | ‘ Some of us were poor and a few of us , myself included , absolutely abysmal , ’ he conceded . |
| 15 | The structures of the Pentateuch were good but a stable and wealthy economic society could only flourish to the extent that Israel was obedient to the whole of the law and its commandment . |
| 16 | Arriving in tltis self-proclaimed cultural centre of Australia , we had 30 minutes ' stopover while the big Australian National Railway diesels were uncoupled and a new pair attached for the journey to New South Wales . |
| 17 | ‘ The wards were full and a very enthusiastic doctor said that , for the first time , he could use his training to help his patients because he had immediate access to vaccines and medication , ’ reports Robins . |
| 18 | The berries were poisonous and a notice to this effect was attached to the bush . |
| 19 | Seven healthy adult volunteers ( six men , aged 21–43 years ) underwent gastric intubation studies At 07:30 , after an overnight fast , approximately 300 ml of water were drunk and a sample of all urine passed subsequently was saved . |
| 20 | No spare parts were available but a small bus-load of Indian servants from our diocesan girls ’ school in Rangoon picked me up and took me on with them . |
| 21 | On any day towards the end of the campaign , those who had been very interested in politics just before the campaign opened were one and a half times as likely to read a paper , and twice as likely to watch both BBC-TV and ITV news , as those with no interest in politics ( Chapter 3 ) . |
| 22 | There were one and a half million new listeners brought to Radio 4 by the News Network . |
| 23 | Many questions were asked on these papers by the Panel , and the other thing that I thought was very revealing , is one point that I 've been hammering away at , is the fact that they actually produced these figures for U K car registrations over the last 10 years , 10 years ago there were one and a half million , last year there were nearly 2 and a half million . |
| 24 | As was noted earlier , over two-thirds of the study group were single and a large proportion of these were still living in the parental home . |
| 25 | His eyes were unreadable but a small pulse at the edge of his lips was preparing for a dismissive smile . |
| 26 | Discussions in the Conferences , particularly that on Political Union , were difficult and a series of uneasy compromises in particular fields was struck at Maastricht , some of which have won few supporters . |
| 27 | The entire cast were delightful but a special mention for Mark Jax as the faithful Bob Cratchit and Glen Kinch as the cheery cockney Tupper . |
| 28 | The advance of the qualities was dramatic — sales in 1988 were two and a half times those of 1945 , with five quality dailies instead of two . |
| 29 | We were two and a half hours over guidebook time : so much for the armchair boasts of perfect stamina ! |
| 30 | At one time there were two and a half thousand Iranians in town . |