Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well , yes sh yes well , this , well this was only the highlights unless the last two or three , no the last two or three parts have been live . |
| 2 | This was obviously the pigeons ' favourite delicacy : at the sight of the tin can , the pigeons leapt in the air and fluttered above us waiting to dive down on the first grains ; others landed flirtatiously on Fardine 's arms and shoulders . |
| 3 | It was the fact that this was essentially a planters ' system which ensured that the stations were built of a standard and elegance which a plantocracy could use with comfort . |
| 4 | This was virtually the Conservatives in disguise with Baldwin , rather than the prime minister , Macdonald , its chief architect . |
| 5 | This was originally a boys ’ grammar school . |
| 6 | With the exception of money , this was precisely the criteria used by NI to give us a view of Peru . |
| 7 | Another was obviously the Schutzkorps , because the Definition Order [ reproduced opposite ] immediately goes on to rule that : " Russian Schutzkorps ( incl Rumanians in this fmn ) will not be treated as Soviet Nationals until further orders . " |
| 8 | It is interesting that these were exactly the issues that Mezey was concerned with at the same time , though for the whole of the region rather than one area . |
| 9 | These were also the pressures behind the limited progress made between the superpowers : it is the world-wide mobilisation against nuclear testing that ensured the conclusion and adherence to the limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963 . |
| 10 | The filing-cabinets ran in all directions , and these were only the cards and the photographs . |
| 11 | These were precisely the areas covered by Banstead . |
| 12 | In the 1980s , search won many new customers ; but these were precisely the companies who had been most reluctant to call on headhunters , and most cautious in using them . |
| 13 | These were obviously the pages that she wanted . |
| 14 | ‘ Good , because those were exactly the orders for both of us this morning . |
| 15 | on doctor 's orders as much as anything else , he restricted his evening engagements to the Tuesday and Thursday of each week ( those were now the evenings when his housekeeper was " off , ) . |
| 16 | Er those were only the setups o as a result of breaking something else down and putting this bearing on . |
| 17 | IF the Swiss were once the masters of miniaturisation , they have surely been overtaken by the Japanese . |
| 18 | But to be fair that was just the gourmets . |
| 19 | Yeah that that was just the ideas it had . |
| 20 | Now that was certainly the views of the President of the Board of Trade before er he er returned to the cabinet er at another time and I 'm not sure if he 's departed from these views but I think they 're worthy of some weight . |
| 21 | One of the gruesome factors about this particular stitch in the Arran is that every family had its own pattern and the reason for that was often the menfolk were lost at sea and the only way they could identify them was through the pattern . |
| 22 | The privatisation of British Steel and Rover during 1988 were probably the privatisations which gave government ministers the most satisfaction , particularly in the aftermath of the disappointments of the BP flotation . |