Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ? |
| 2 | I do n't believe that this city of ours was preordained , or was entirely a function of the recent past . |
| 3 | Did you do it in the cabin or was there a bed made up in the back ? |
| 4 | Did Could everybody afford to have their own horse and gig or or was there a bus that came in or ? |
| 5 | This is normally accompanied by the equally widespread concentration on the factual content or the basic manipulative skills in the material and the associated neglect of the higher-level objectives that were probably the author 's main motivation in developing it in the first place . |
| 6 | There was little rapport between them , and they fended off Sir Alastair 's gentle prodding with denials that were more the style of the Buckingham Palace press office . |
| 7 | The rise of science coincided with the spread of new values which emphasized independence of individual thought in ways that were essentially a challenge to the power of the churches , their priests and ministers . |
| 8 | This tour offers you a unique opportunity to gain an insight into the cultural and geographical aspects typical of Thailand : ruins of ancient towns and imposing temples that were once the glory of the country , exotic plants and wild jungle still unspoilt by the progress of time , rustic life with its simple and friendly people , rolling hills and roaring waterfalls , boat trips down the rapids and train rides , primitive hilltribes in their colourful costumes with a tradition and culture all their own . |
| 9 | All around the oval churchyard can be found the sunken tracks that were once the village streets and paths and raised above them are the grassy mounds that cover the foundations of houses and cottages long since gone . |
| 10 | More and more people are turning to this type of therapy and are discovering in it many of the consolations and insights that were once the preserve of religion . |
| 11 | Coopers & Lybrand now audits the whole of the Royal Insurance global network , including the US interests that were once the domain of KPMG . |
| 12 | Tonight , two acres of land that were once an orchard but have now been transformed into a series of separate cottage gardens . |
| 13 | Maybe she was quite intelligent ; but she was no more so than were quite a number of the poor she already knew . |
| 14 | There was no correlation between disturbed gastric clearance , impaired gall bladder contraction , and prolonged colonic transit time in the patients with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy nor was there a correlation between any disturbed motor function and age or duration of diabetes . |
| 15 | There was certainly not the constant locking , unlocking and clanging of doors nor was there the feeling of oppression that is so often felt when moving around most prisons . |
| 16 | He made a rough shape that was neither a cube nor a sphere , but a wet and hollow lump . |
| 17 | Even so , she had meekly done as they wished and taken on a responsibility that was clearly a bit of a burden . |
| 18 | Each corner contained a runner of sorts , which increased the rope drag , so that by the time I peeped round into the main central corner that was clearly the key to the route , the drag was very serious . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'd already stretched my credit to the maximum when the bank gave me a cheque guarantee card that was also a credit card . |
| 20 | She looked down with a fear that was also a pleasure at his stained , scarred hand . |
| 21 | And now here was a pleasure that was also an irritant . |
| 22 | This consisted of one box with a battery connected to the thin electric cable that was also the ferret 's line . |
| 23 | A ruddiness in his face had given way to a pallor that was unmistakably the work of the cells . |
| 24 | The depth of Nizan 's commitment to the Soviet Union was similarly visible a few months later when he described the great steps made by the mass of the Soviet people in terms of cultural development : When you have seen young workers in Moscow or Tashkent … speaking passionately of Gogol or Gorky , you realise that the Soviet people have gained admission to the high culture that was previously a privilege of the bourgeoisie … |
| 25 | tying them up but when they went out to the end of the estuary that was just a case of get there first to get the job ? |
| 26 | She resented having to run out to the telephone , in the middle of this useful busyness , wasting time over something that was just a routine . |
| 27 | ‘ No , no , there 's no difficulty at all , ’ the other man said in a voice that was just a shade too affable . |
| 28 | Welfare benefits currently form a higher proportion of many individuals ' income that was formerly the case , because of the rise in unemployment to levels unheard of since the 1930s , and because of the increase in the number of old people who are dependent upon state pensions . |
| 29 | Grown-ups have things to do , you know , an' they ca n't always explain them … well — ' She put her arm around the narrow shoulders and pulled the child into her side , and when again the arm came around her waist and the head was pressed between her breasts there arose in her that pain that was both an ache and a pleasure : a pleasure that had no future that she could see ; a pleasure that she had been deprived of all during her womanhood . |
| 30 | That it had made contact was evident , for Sister Mary let out a cry , a weird sound that was rather a yell not a scream . |