Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her eyes were red-rimmed but the set of her mouth was as severe as that of a judge . |
| 2 | The Lakeland fells had been baked for weeks under cloudless skies ; the becks were dry and the tarns warm enough to give refreshing dips . |
| 3 | Their prospects were hopeless because the British had developed a command of the sea that was much more effective than anything seen in earlier wars . |
| 4 | His cheeks were sunken and the onset of years had given him heavy jowls . |
| 5 | Most managers disapproved of such a state of affairs and suggested that they would not permit it , but where unions were weak and the competitive pressures upon employers intense , its evidence is understandable . |
| 6 | Having argued in August that benefit extensions were unnecessary because the recession was over , the administration now backed a proposal by the Senate minority leader , Bob Dole , to extend benefits by 10 weeks . |
| 7 | At last the stiff damp straps were unbuckled and the two large clips unfastened . |
| 8 | you 're expecting a baby and were pregnant when the dentist accepted you for treatment or |
| 9 | Of the three haematopoietic cell lines , the granulocyte and megakaryocyte series were normal and the erythrocyte line was hyperplastic . |
| 10 | Local authorities were upset because the initial letters of the phrase were highlighted , spelling an obscene word . |
| 11 | Much later , when the children were asleep and the house was quiet once more , Beth lay in bed beside her husband . |
| 12 | Cyril and Florence Ormerod and their son Andrew were asleep when the fire started . |
| 13 | The dresses were open-necked and the women were continually drawing out long thin breasts to feed one of the multitude of infants crawling amongst the baggage . |
| 14 | The main reasons for the changes were economic and the increasing redundancy of certain features like hedgerows . |
| 15 | The layout of the bodies was basically similar to the other railcoaches , but the saloon windows were full-drop and the platform doors were an air-operated sliding type . |
| 16 | He decided it should be ten metres high with four-metre thick reinforced concrete walls but the workmen were sloppy and the concrete cracked . |
| 17 | The first , Carry On Sergeant in 1958 , was made for £71,000 — and Thomas claims they were aghast when the cost of the second , Carry On Nurse , went up to £75,000 . |
| 18 | It was true that those concerned with the enforcement of the law in this country were apprehensive that the abolition of the death penalty would be followed by an increase in crimes of violence ; but their predecessors had in the past opposed for the same reason the abolition of the death penalty for offences less serious than murder and their apprehensions had not in the event proved justified . |
| 19 | More than two thirds of people surveyed in Gloucestershire said they were dissatisfied that the offender involved had been cautioned . |
| 20 | These courses , designed to provide this information , were over-subscribed and the feedback from those who attended was that they wished they had been available earlier . |
| 21 | The visitors , who needed 427 to win after starting on 16 for three today , were grateful that the weather permitted only 17.1 overs . |
| 22 | The stewards were satisfied that both were accidental and the prized trophy was on its way back to Buckingham Palace on the eve of Royal Ascot . |
| 23 | On the former even views from the European Commission were conflicting but the Committee eventually concluded that in future the definition of ‘ specific handicap ’ could be a physical one constraining agriculture but also a protective designation such as SSSI notification . |
| 24 | Many other permutations were possible but the future of the house did cause worry , There was even a rumour that the local authority was to acquire it and turn it into some kind of museum . |
| 25 | Even as the day began , rumours were rife that the band had refused to play . |
| 26 | Tourists smelt of sun-screen and beer ; their clothes were garish but the worst thing was the haphazard barrier they formed to Chesarynth as she raced heavily through the dusty street . |
| 27 | The Palestinians were peeved when the Americans , spotting an impasse , tried to bridge it by coming up with a compromise . |
| 28 | The woods were extensive and the two men had been walking about the property for over an hour . |
| 29 | It was held that nevertheless the defendants were guilty because the statements in the advertisement were false when made and had been made recklessly . |
| 30 | One wonders how the scene compared with that in Domagk 's laboratory several years earlier , when the mice treated with Prontosil were alive and the controls had all died ( see Chapter 8 ) . |