Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were private developers ' schemes , yet the Town and Country Planning Association — which tends the flame of Ebenezer Howard 's garden city ideals — endorsed them . |
| 2 | The text states : ’ An EC spokesman admitted there were conceptual problems ' in compiling the statistics , but it was the nearest they could get to being comparable . ’ |
| 3 | In the revealing words of one antislavery minister , he and his fellow Unitarians were theological negroes ' . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , in the Nottingham Post there was clear readers ' support for the classical designs of Demetri Porphyrios , which looked like school buildings for St Trinian 's . |
| 5 | Last month was National Savings ' best month in recent history — the gross inflow of £975m beat the previous record month of August 1984 by £15m . |
| 6 | It was good boys ' stuff — the hero always scoring the winning goal , hit or try . |