Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two most important were iron-oxide coated plastic tape ( first produced in Germany in 1934 ) ( 22 ) and ultrasonic alternating-current bias ( patented by Carlson and Carpenter in the USA in 1921 ) . |
| 2 | So as not to have to watch the empty road for the postman on the day that the results were due each girl went separately deep into the fields but they were n't able to stay alone for long ; and each time they came back to the road it was still empty . |
| 3 | The results were due next week . |
| 4 | I paint so thinly , as though my work were unlit stained glass that requires a flood of light from beyond and behind to illuminate and enliven it , and there is no beyond and behind . |
| 5 | Characteristics of the three patient groups are shown in table I. The causes of renal failure in the ARF group were acute tubular necrosis in 15 ( 75% ) patients , haemolytic-uraemic syndrome in 2 ( 10% ) , rapidly progressive nephritis in 2 ( 10% ) , and renal-vein thrombosis in 1 patient . |
| 6 | Others were dissatisfied rusticated youth and unemployed urban workers with Red Guard backgrounds . |
| 7 | It was noted at that time that there were low level information technology utilisation in the departments , consequently the cost of implementation would be a major factor when considering the design of either system . |
| 8 | For example , if the sample DNA were total human DNA from a blood sample , and therefore contained 3 × 10 base pairs , amplification of any 300 base pair segment could be specifically achieved . |
| 9 | A SHIPWRECKED family were alive last night thanks to a ‘ chance in a million ’ rescue . |
| 10 | As expected , there were strong regional voting patterns , although these appeared a little less rigid than in the 1988 election . |
| 11 | From here anaspids , lampreys and perhaps some thelodonts developed a downturned asymmetrical tail ( hypocercal ) , and in the first two there were definite endoskeletal fin rays with , in at least lampreys , associated musculature . |
| 12 | Our hopes were high this morning after the Red Cross said he was in good spirits . |
| 13 | The Secretary of State said that if the majority of Members elected from Scotland were Scottish National party Members , the Government would regard that as a vote for independence and accept it . |
| 14 | Only Beerbaum , a member of the winning German team at the Seoul Olympics on Almox Classic Touch , his Horse of the Year Show Grand Prix winner , and Holland 's Piet Raymakers with Optiebeurs Ratina were clear first time . |
| 15 | They were continual concrete evidence of the sleight of hand which had conjured me from one world to another . |
| 16 | Among those who turned to other occupations were Roman Catholic career policemen whose families had been associated with the RUC and its predecessor , the RIC , for two and three generations . |
| 17 | That commodities such as simple sardine or anchovy butter which we had hitherto regarded as sandwich fillings , egg dishes which belonged to the breakfast table , the bed-sitting room or the night club , and little hot dishes which were ordinary English family supper savouries were valuable resources which could be quite differently deployed and offered as party dishes were ideas which had occurred to few people in pre-Boulestin days : |
| 18 | But they did not realise that they were making errors ; the subjects were convinced that hypnosis had actually helped them to remember the poem accurately . |
| 19 | While commentators have dismissed her as a serious contender , those who worked intimately with the Prince and watched Mountbatten 's machinations at first-hand were convinced that marriage between Prince Charles and Amanda Knatchbull was a virtual certainty . |
| 20 | Things had been moving so slowly in recent months that some Conservative MPs , like Robert Adley , the railway buff who chairs the Tories ' backbench transport committee , were convinced that privatisation was about to be dropped altogether . |
| 21 | If we were convinced that conversion would be in the Ayoreo 's interests , it nonetheless should be entered into willingly . |
| 22 | Stimson and US secretary of state Cordell Hull were convinced that world peace and prosperity were two sides of the same coin , with " unhampered trade " as a major means to those ends . |
| 23 | Not all were convinced that empire was the right policy . |
| 24 | In addition , some were convinced that family allowances would result in lower wages , although the danger of that happening was thought to be considerably less if they were financed by the state and not by employers ' contributions . |
| 25 | The decision was not costly for India — Marsh was bowled shortly afterwards — but most onlookers were convinced that Boon , when 1 , must have been lbw to Kapil Dev . |
| 26 | Some were convinced one way , others were equally sure of the opposite . |
| 27 | His senior aides were convinced last night he will succeed . |
| 28 | They were nervous all day and could n't concentrate on their schoolwork ; not even when Mr Litmus spilt a chemical on the floor and it started to fizzle , turning an incredible glowing blue , then splattered against the wall . |
| 29 | I turned it and inserted the blade end , felt its planes and spaces with my tongue 's tip ; the edges were perfect Lawrentian craftsmanship . |
| 30 | All of them , but especially the independent working-class organizations , were unlike commercial insurance companies in holding popular , convivial meetings , often in pubs ( although some societies were temperance organizations and met in places uncontaminated by drink ) and in their sense of comradeship and obligation among members . |