Example sentences of "[was/were] there [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why were there no financial records for 1887 and 1888 ? |
| 2 | There would be no epistemic appearances were there no such beings . |
| 3 | Not only were there no great causes left , as Look Back in Anger would have it . |
| 4 | Why were there no hot compresses on his limbs ? |
| 5 | Was there a good crowd ? ’ |
| 6 | Was there a good selection of up-to-date magazines for style inspiration ? |
| 7 | Was there a good buzz in the air ? |
| 8 | Was there a good buzz in the air ? |
| 9 | Was there a good crowd for that one ? |
| 10 | Was it her imagination , or was there a faint hardening to his voice ? |
| 11 | Was there a real need to create the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members ? |
| 12 | To my knowledge , no one living in Killyleagh objected to the golf course , nor was there a concerted campaign by villagers . |
| 13 | Was there a supreme God , or was He powerless , subject to the machinations of a higher force in this universe ? |
| 14 | And if species did not owe their origins to God , was there a Divine Creator at all ? |
| 15 | Was there a middle course she could take ? |
| 16 | what , no doubt but it slightly avoids the answer , was there a specific review about updating service charges after the Telegraph article ? |
| 17 | was there a major change in government policy , why was , why did consumer behaviour change at this period , right , if we do n't have any erm er justification for changing behaviour it probably means that our original model is mis-specified we 've got the wrong variables explaining erm the variable of interest on dependent variable . |
| 18 | Was there a major breakthrough when this confession did come to light ? |
| 19 | ‘ Was I imagining things , or was there a definite hint of electricity in the air between you and the dashing doctor ? ’ |
| 20 | Indeed , not only was there a tremendous rapport between the members of the company , there was also a recognizable repartee between them , led by Ken , which was so fast that unless he actually knew the language , a stranger was in foreign territory . |
| 21 | Or was there a wider , opportunistic yet deeply felt and unreflective vision of ‘ American leadership of the Free World ’ , a vision intoxicating in its sweep but one which could not possibly be presented as compatible with the UN terms ostensibly legitimating the entire operation . |
| 22 | Was there a huge hound living on the moor ? |
| 23 | Was there a natural organic synthesis ? |
| 24 | ‘ Was there a particular reason that caused you to look me up after all this time , James ? ’ |
| 25 | Nor was there a satisfactory body of analysis on matters of this kind : too many of the scholars concerned had preferred to write works that were ‘ reminiscent at times of complimentary toasts ’ rather than engage in the difficult task of examining the complex nature of nationality relations in real life . |
| 26 | Was there a sudden appearance of a new species , or were there cases of gradual succession ? |
| 27 | One major problem remains : if , as seems clear was the case , the main period of depopulation in the mid fifteenth century preceded public hostility to enclosures , why was there a sudden growth of the latter from the second decade of the sixteenth century onwards ? |
| 28 | What was the social life like , was there a social club ? |
| 29 | There is certainly a case for subsidy on the social railway , but I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree with the judgment of the previous Labour Government , who said that there was no case for subsidising inter-urban services , nor was there a social case for subsidy with regard to inter-city services . |
| 30 | Only at Nairobi , where the station created the city , was there a handsome building with a deep , shady , wooden valance along the platform side and a fine tapering clock-tower in the middle . |