Example sentences of "[was/were] [subord] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in March 1955 at the time of Ashby 's Will Harvey Lecture , there were only five tutor-organisers employed by the Eastern District , those in Essex , Fenland , Norfolk , Northamptonshire and Suffolk : the posts in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire were vacant and there were as yet no tutor-organisers with special responsibilities over several counties . |
| 2 | In general , it illustrates the amateurish state of government at this time : there were as yet no doctors of Canon Law , no schools in which the subject was studied , no lectures , no centres of expert knowledge . |
| 3 | The delay in diagnosis was because even the possibility of coeliac disease was not considered in these cases and this prolonged patient misery and uncertainty . |
| 4 | They suggest that this was because virtually no oil tankers frequented the northern Gulf during the seven months between the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the end of the war , when Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil production was subjected to a worldwide embargo . |
| 5 | The most important factor was whether all the crops were housed in the barn or whether some or all were kept in ricks in the fields , being moved to the barn for threshing . |
| 6 | Although there was as yet no sign that the IRA was capable of mounting the sort of offensive which followed four years later , Paisley had no doubt where O'Neill 's reforming policy would lead : |
| 7 | In disputed territory plebiscites were held in which both Germans and Poles brought proceedings into disrepute by menaces , abduction , blackmail and by outright thuggery on such a massive scale that the term border warfare would be appropriate — even if there was as yet no actual border . |
| 8 | With regard to homage , it will suffice to say that there was as yet no papal decree against the homage of ecclesiastics to laymen ; and Anselm certainly thought that there was no objection in principle . |
| 9 | There was as yet no consensus on how best to overcome the Autarch 's tyranny . |
| 10 | There was as yet no separate building ( other than St. Mary 's ) and much must have depended on the enthusiasm — and ability — of the priest . |
| 11 | There was as yet no uniformity of practice among local authorities , who continued to rely on a wide variety of examining methods , though more had turned to external test agencies — organisations or examiners — than in the past . |
| 12 | It is little wonder then that they say that ‘ bibliometric analysis was as yet a very poor substitute for peer review ’ . |
| 13 | It is little wonder then that they say that ‘ bibliometric analysis was as yet a very poor substitute for peer review ’ . |
| 14 | In addition , he insists that he should listen to clerical advice , even though the new ruler was as yet a pagan , as his father had been . |
| 15 | His official title ( one used at most clubs ) was secretary-manager , and as such the administration of the club was as much a part of his job as team management . |