Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although communists were a nuisance it was fascist anti-semitism which caused the real headache ; if this were outlawed then the problem would be removed . |
| 2 | At a school in Kent pupils beginning Key Stage 2 were taken on an exploratory tour of a certain street . |
| 3 | As much as 85 per cent of cars had a radio , and over half were used whenever the car was driven . |
| 4 | Renewed accusations had been made against Jones on Friday 10 March by James Brophy , the Utah vice president for research , who made allegations of piracy to Prof. John Lamb of Brigham Young University , and this was followed up the next week by Pons making general accusations against Jones to Dr Gajewski at the DOE . |
| 5 | This was confirmed only a few days ago when yet another visit to the garage became necessary , this time through no fault of the Metro 's . |
| 6 | When all were examined together a trend of increasing risk with lower social class was also found ( test for trend x=5.72 , p=0.02 ) . |
| 7 | 1,1,1 was brought in the Montreal Protocol negotiations later than tetra , but here , too , the UK government wants an early phaseout — by 1 January 1996 if possible . |
| 8 | NO. 1 was sent away a little later . |
| 9 | Conventional Hollywood thinking in the late 1930s was summed up a few years later by Raymond Moley when he was discussing the general ethics of the Production Code . |
| 10 | The privilege of holding a market or fair was extended down the social hierarchy as the Middle Ages progressed , and the royal records are full of references to grants of markets and fairs as the economy developed . |
| 11 | One of the four was murdered so the KGB sent a hit squad to Beirut who kidnapped a relative of those holding the three remaining hostages , castrated and killed him . |
| 12 | Each was dramatic and each was followed only a short time later by a key Congressional vote . ’ |
| 13 | No , that was picked out the history book |
| 14 | The second dramatisation to have a major impact in the 1980s was shown only a few days after ‘ Walter ’ . |