Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In performing so well , BRC beat by 16 seconds Dublin University who have won at Erne and Galweay Heads and were the second Irish crew at Laganside Head . |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia is the only country in our chart where reserves have fallen , from $12 billion to $1 billion ; in 1983 its reserves , at $17 billion , were the second biggest in the world . |
| 3 | These were the first large-scale arrests of government opponents since a program of political reforms started in 1989 . |
| 4 | ‘ The flights were flagrant violations of the no-fly zone but they were the first armed attacks recorded by the UN since shortly after the no-fly zone was instituted ’ last October , the State Department spokesman , Richard Boucher , said . |
| 5 | It is known that Israeli doctors were the first outside medical experts to reach the scene . |
| 6 | I hope that the new format , while tackling the criticisms of ‘ awkward size ’ and ‘ too extravagant , ’ will be as favourably received in all other respects as were the first five issues . |
| 7 | They were the first correct entries out of the hat to the question : How many weeks was Mull of Kintyre at No 1 in the UK charts ? |
| 8 | ‘ Oh no , darling , you did n't think you were the first clever little bitch to have the idea ? |
| 9 | ‘ So , the Luger 's a German gun — and who were the first major users of chemical weapons on this planet ? |
| 10 | The jobless figures were the first economic indicators to come out during the campaign , there are many more before election day . |
| 11 | Because the movies were the first real mass entertainment the showmen realized that the sky was the limit and that there was no possible reason for timidity and restraint . |
| 12 | One group of male workers merits special attention : the cotton spinners , who were the first real group of factory workers . |
| 13 | They were the first such images she had seen — the Grimauds , like many Nîmois , were staunchly Protestant . |
| 14 | B. Hunslett claims the Service Crew were the first élitist group to travel the country with the casual look , and that they brought it to the attention of the general public . |
| 15 | Here , then , were the first tangible fruits of his aspirations towards " wholeness " . |
| 16 | Al Gore summed up the changing world when he said that he and Clinton were the first two leaders of their country to be born after 1945 . |
| 17 | Originally , the lymphocyte function associated LFA-3 ( CD58 ) glycoprotein was identified as the CD2 ligand ; these were the first two molecules shown to be involved in heterophilic adhesion and their interaction is likely to be a paradigm for adhesion interactions within the IgSF . |
| 18 | A systematic search for the pair of NTPs that led to the formation of stable initiated complexes ( to be shown and discussed below ) indicated that only the simultaneous presence of GTP and UTP could give rise to stable complexes , indicating that these were the first two NTPs incorporated at both promoters . |
| 19 | They felt they were the first two up in the whole world , like Adam and Eve . |
| 20 | Being on breakfast duty , Alice and Emily were the first two pupils down to breakfast . |
| 21 | the FA Cup may be over for Hereford , but we hope for better things from Swindon and Oxford : Here 's a reminder of the draw for the Third round — they were the first two out of the bag — both at home too . |
| 22 | Although Harriot drew the first map of the Moon as seen through the telescope , or glass , Galileo 's series of observations were the first serious scientific investigation of the Moon 's surface . |
| 23 | More ominous still were the first serious cracks in the Church 's spiritual hegemony . |
| 24 | — these were the first decent UG plates to appear in the hobby , and I have always stuck to them , having no cause to complain after 15 years of use . |
| 25 | This neglect of Braque is strange , since his were the first Cubist paintings , and since , as opposed to Picasso , he actually showed Cubist works in a public Salon . |
| 26 | In 1905/06 Reggie Schwartz , Bert Vogler and Aubrey Faylkner — wrist-spinners — all were the first three bowlers used by South African skipper , Percy Sherwell , against England . |
| 27 | These were the first three of five rules pronounced by the Fowler brothers , and with these three Quiller-Couch agrees . |
| 28 | Among the letters were the first three massive instalments from Prince detailing all the business transactions to date , a letter from Mrs Mitchell , and one for Eliza from Mrs Coxen . |
| 29 | You were the first blind person to be employed in the County Council ? |
| 30 | The first brigade of the US 82nd Airborne Division , numbering some 4,000 men , was dispatched within hours of the announcement , as were the first F-15 fighter bombers and AWACS radar aircraft . |