Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In three of the patients , the duodenal biopsies were normal and in the others there was a chronic and acute inflammatory cell infiltrate and evidence of gastric metaplasia . |
| 2 | The pattern of law was provided by an ideal realm of geometrical shapes which were eternal and in a perfect state of absolute rest , like the real world of Parmenides . |
| 3 | His fingers were bloody and in his eyes there was such despair that I could not stand it and went out into the filthy courtyard ’ . |
| 4 | According to Thomas Cronin : As Cronin and others suggest , Ford was constantly rebuffed and disappointed by Congress ; his positive achievements in both foreign and domestic policy were few and in any history of presidential congressional relations he is likely to be best remembered for the most extensive use of the negative power of the veto in modern times . |
| 5 | He had a gift for friendship , and a wide range of acquaintances , but his close friends were few and in his later years were drawn from a small circle who shared his interest in the lives and books of medieval scholars . |
| 6 | The Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland ( Wheatley 1969 ) followed the same broad analysis of the ills of the system as their English counterparts , but their prescriptions were different and in some ways more radical . |
| 7 | Eleven theses , for which declaration forms were present and in order , recorded no consultations . |
| 8 | The objectives were laudable and in some ways romantic . |
| 9 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 10 | They were unhappy and in a hurry to get clear of the trees ; they started if a mouse stirred , and when an owl hooted they seized their swords . ’ |
| 11 | He explained the detailed attention which was paid to the background of a child appearing before the Panel and pointed out that it was often revealed that the children concerned came from large families , which were poor and in which there was an absence of adult male guidance . |
| 12 | The public assistance officer , Mr. W. G. Daniels , reported that the displaced casuals had been accommodated in lodging houses in Bedford ; these were inadequate and in October 1940 , the committee applied to the Ministry of Health for release of the casual wards for their ‘ proper purpose ’ . |
| 13 | During 1978 it became apparent that the existing methods of storing and handling personnel information were inadequate and in need of urgent review . |
| 14 | At one point you know , there was no point buying wheat from the United States , alright , because although they had a comparative advantage in production , the costs of transportation were prohibitive and in essence we can produce it cheaper over here than the er , the import cost of foreign produced wheat . |
| 15 | They were alone and in darkness . |
| 16 | My Lord , My Lords , to what extent is the teaching of religion in primary schools confined to the religion of the er , er to which the child has been accustomed , has been brought up , erm and er would it not be better if , if it were confined in that way and if the teaching of other religions were postponed until the child were older and in the secondary schools ? |
| 17 | If one was found unlocked , you were responsible and in trouble . |
| 18 | I felt that there were two possible areas of theoretical physics that were fundamental and in which I might do research . |
| 19 | The two remaining stations were small and in Belfast . |
| 20 | The buildings were mean and in the streets , littered with rubbish , people jostled against us . |
| 21 | It was developed originally to promulgate priestly or legislative initiatives , and since these were collective and in some sense impersonal productions , what the writer meant was to all intents and purposes recoverable from what he wrote down . |
| 22 | Of those women who were single and in their late twenties in 1921 , 50 per cent remained unmarried a decade later : this figure is particularly striking when compared with that for men , of whom only 30 per cent failed to marry . |
| 23 | Those left standing looked around sheepishly , as though , like Adam and Eve , they suddenly found they were naked and in the open . |
| 24 | His predilection for order , as well as his susceptibility to disorder , were immense and in the jarring , crushing equilibrium between the two his life and work were formed . |
| 25 | The plaintiff and his family were homeless and in priority need of accommodation . |
| 26 | In 1910 there were 5,954 engagements of Chinese seamen on British foreign-going ships at British ports ; in 1912 there were 7,450 and in 1913 9,286 . |
| 27 | Unlike the skin-heads and punks of a later generation , or the teddy boys who preceded this era , many ‘ flower children ’ were non-violent and in their communitas even exhibited something of a constructive element . |
| 28 | From an early age , his mother and father showed him the illustrated books on the subject which they had brought back from London , and described at length the wonders of the ballets they had seen danced there by the Diaghilev company , ‘ when they were young and in love ’ , as John put it later . |
| 29 | Furthermore 80% of all deaths in the inducible group were instantaneous and in 63% ventricular tachycardia was documented . |
| 30 | ‘ When he came he was weak and in pain . |