Example sentences of "[adj] there was [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In phase 2 there was no difference in overall standardised referral rates between fundholders and non-fundholders . |
| 2 | 2 There was the notion of the collective responsibility of the Cabinet or Government . |
| 3 | well , there was , after this there was a row of houses with a little shop on the end and her mother kept that shop , Colin |
| 4 | At the end of this there was a pause and gradually the widows spoke . |
| 5 | After this there was a pause before the soup appeared . |
| 6 | But for this there was a price to pay : when I was n't being ignored completely , I was being made fun of , especially in regard to my physical appearance which was frequently compared to that of a twelve-year-old boy . |
| 7 | Through all of this there was a shadow falling across the conversation , and it was a while before Alina could bring herself to give it a name . |
| 8 | The most frequent criticism was of the food , and over this there was a difference between old people 's homes for which 26 per cent thought the food ‘ not so good ’ and nursing homes for which it was 7 per cent . |
| 9 | Added to this there was a belief in the economies of scale of large organisations — hence the 1970 White Paper on the Reorganisation of Central Government and the 1972 Local Government Act which reduced substantially the number of local authorities creating much larger organisations . |
| 10 | At this there was a roar of mingled laughter and outrage . |
| 11 | By 9.30 there was no sign of Jo , so I suggested we headed off to Fulham . |
| 12 | Mm , mm , funny there was a lad here |
| 13 | In the 1890s there was a revival of interest in the sect , and several members of the Salvation Army joined Prince . |
| 14 | But in the 1880s and 1890s there was a sharpening of class antagonism with the rise of militant trade-unionism and the expansion of popular socialist organizations like the Social Democratic Federation and the infant Labour Party . |
| 15 | It was in the 1370s that the balance of the economy was seriously altered ; from 1372 there was a fall in basic food prices but no drop in wages , and this continued for some years , putting pressure on the profit margins which the manorial lords could secure from their estates ( 60 ) . |
| 16 | In 1985 there was a demand through area committees for the public adoption by the CAB of an anti-racist policy . |
| 17 | In 1571 there was a Law ‘ Every male person not possessed of 20 Marks rental should wear on Sundays and Holy Days when not on travell a wooden knit cap on pain of forfeiting 3s. 4d. a day . ’ |
| 18 | As it was only ten years old there was a limit to how much could be wrong with it . |
| 19 | 1.3.5 There was a need for provision which articulated with awards of other bodies eg the National Coaching Foundation . |
| 20 | On Nov. 22 there was a realignment within the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) in which the Spanish peseta and Portuguese escudo were devalued by 6 per cent against other currencies [ for currency crisis and realignments in September see pp. 39080-81 ] . |
| 21 | On 12 September 1991 there was a hearing of the care proceedings , a supervision order was made in respect of D. and he was returned to the mother . |
| 22 | In October 1991 there was a decrease of £0.08bn in the amount outstanding on credit agreements with consumers , compared with a decrease of £0.11bn in September . |
| 23 | Accordingly , on 18 December 1991 there was an application by the local authority to the family proceedings court at Corby for a care order . |
| 24 | In 1979 there was a multiplicity of 315 , mainly small , unions organising a total union membership of less than 3 million employees . |
| 25 | When Einstein 's centenary came along in 1979 there was a flurry of publishing activity . |
| 26 | Between 1971 and 1979 there was an increase in the economic activity of women aged between 55 and 59 , from 51% to 54% . |
| 27 | Promptly at quarter to six there was a knock on the outside door . |
| 28 | For nearly a century and a half after the end of the Thirty Years War in 1648 there was a tendency for the ratio of casualties to total numbers engaged in West European wars to fall and for that of prisoners to dead and wounded to rise . |
| 29 | On March 7 there was a primary in South Carolina and Democrat caucuses in Wyoming and Arizona . |
| 30 | ‘ Still enjoying your masquerade , McAllister ? ’ he offered , and although his voice was soft there was a sting in his words . |