Example sentences of "[was/were] [Wh det] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That part of Parma , around Borgo delle Colonne , was apparently well known for its brothels , and I often used to see heavily made-up women in tight skirts and high-heeled shoes decorated with silver stars parading up and down ; I assume now that they were what the Parmigiani used to refer to as putane , whores . |
| 2 | GREEN SHOOTS of recovery were what the Chancellor said he could see last year , but the rest of us are still waiting for them . |
| 3 | With high land values and the lowest UK unemployment , almost 50 per cent of the very small holdings were what the survey classed as ‘ amenity farming ’ , in which land and buildings are acquired with ‘ a desirable residence and the agricultural activities carried out largely for pleasure ’ . |
| 4 | There were what the head called ‘ social concerns ’ behind his transfer . |
| 5 | When we asked staff to look closely at these figures , it turned out that about half in each case , 5% ( June ) and 45 ( November ) , were what the staff would classify as ‘ real truants ’ . |
| 6 | The most obvious is that he felt it himself : to him his fictions were what the Silmarils were to Fëanor or their ships to the Teleri , ‘ the work of our hearts , whose like we shall not make again' . |
| 7 | Until these larger sets can be made in production quantities , electronics companies will probably push miniature sets as if they were what the consumer wanted all along . |
| 8 | That was what the choir outside was for . |
| 9 | For some members of staff , study skills was what the ESSE/L Project was really all about . |
| 10 | That was what the jury had decided . |
| 11 | But that was what the SAS was all about . |
| 12 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
| 13 | This was what the carrying out of the policy might involve for those soldiers of the British Army who would be directly responsible for the repatriation operations . |
| 14 | We do n't believe that was what the public intended when they donated to the Trust . ’ |
| 15 | What he brought to the Card Trio was what the singers also brought , which is dramatic tension ; and yet its subtlety is such that it does not draw attention to itself , but simply contributes to the dramatic fabric of the whole . |
| 16 | To the accusation that Performance Plus was encouraging staff to chase customers for payment , Bob observed that he thought that was what the BBC was doing with people who hadn ‘ t bought a TV licence . |
| 17 | They have cut the price , er of meals charged to the children , they 've er made some adjustments o c , to the menus offered , which was what the parents wanted , and as a result they 've actually increased the take-up of school meals by something like sixty percent . |
| 18 | Getting in first with the patent application was what the university authorities regarded as the top priority . |
| 19 | This took the approach that mother and baby health and welfare was what the women wanted , seeing the woman 's main role in society was as a breeder . |
| 20 | Though pond fidelity was what the researchers were primarily interested in , the marking and measuring of individuals in Dorset did provide an unexpected bonus : the largest toads ever recorded in the UK , a male 85mm long , and a giant female 113mm long , almost 15 per cent larger than the previous record . |
| 21 | The second difficult decision to be made was what the subscription should be . |
| 22 | That , at any rate , was what the headmaster thought , watching him keenly from his sitting-room , sipping a cup of atrocious coffee . |
| 23 | He was sure that the Liberal idea was what the country needed . |
| 24 | It is absolutely clear that the Leader of the House has either no authority or insufficient courage to say whether that promise was categorical or whether it was what the country believes it to have been — evidence of a Prime Minister panicked into making a promise that he has no intention of keeping . |
| 25 | Of particular importance today , it was agreed , was what the Church 's attitude should be to non Mass-going parents seeking baptism for their child . |
| 26 | He was content with the money he earned , which was what the agents asked . ’ |
| 27 | DO IT DO IT DO IT — that was what the dream had said . |
| 28 | That was what the man came to see her about . |
| 29 | That was what the chevauchée was intended to achieve . |
| 30 | And I as I understand the County Council 's justification , it is that this was what the Secretary of State changed it to in nineteen eighty seven . |