Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of Wilson 's associates was a gentleman who was later to attain a high degree of publicity and notoriety , namely Joseph Kagan . |
| 2 | The Liberal Democrats ' defence spokesman , Menzies Campbell , said later that the president 's proposals were a gimmick and ‘ smacked of being seen to do something without serious understanding of its effectiveness ’ . |
| 3 | Sir Kenneth 's rules were a bit daft in places and far too detailed to work without the risk of continual recourse to the courts . |
| 4 | Perhaps the clearest expression of Shevardnadze 's views was a speech he delivered in April 1986 on the anniversary of Lenin 's birth , some months after he had become professionally responsible for foreign affairs . |
| 5 | On June 20 , however , the 99-seat Senate , in which Walesa 's supporters were a majority , voted to accept Walesa 's amendments . |
| 6 | Dibble 's parents were a Whippet and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel . |
| 7 | Also among Evershed 's finds was a vessel with pottery bits stuck back on using an adhesive containing betulin — a major component of silver birch trees — indicating that birch bark tar was once used as glue . |
| 8 | One of my father 's grandmothers was a Scotswoman . |
| 9 | In the latter case , as in 1967 , one factor in the Authority 's calculations was a decision to alter the shape of the franchise region . |
| 10 | One of Roscoe 's ideas was a windmill plough , whose sails would actually churn up the bog . |
| 11 | In some respects , Castells 's ideas were a continuation of Marx 's and Engels 's early ideas . |
| 12 | And some of Sir Emmanuel 's guests were a bit that way , too . |
| 13 | A welcome spin-off AMONG Hartlepool 's pleasures were a pint in the Jacksons Arms and a re-acquaintance with the admirable Elsie Reed , Leadbitter 's agent since 1964 . |
| 14 | When they arrived back at Burleigh the hallway of the headmaster 's quarters was a mass of whispering groups . |
| 15 | The human Thy-1 gene used for C1300 transfections was a kind gift of Dr.E.Spanopoulou and the human β-globin construct used as cotranfection control in the HeLa transfections was as described ( 9 ) . |
| 16 | Jon Pertwee appeared as A Kid once , one of Pete Murray 's co-presenters was a boxer and , when mentor Jack Good was sacked , he went to ITV , invented Oh Boy ! and , erm , derailed the ‘ Special ’ for , erm , good . |
| 17 | Biff 's thunks were a bit different . |
| 18 | But Culture Trend 's premises were a basement off a main road . |
| 19 | Margaret Drabble 's novels were a success from the start ( this one was published in 1964 ) , so I ca n't have been the only new mother to feel she was speaking for me . |
| 20 | Tug knew that that last bit about the terrorists ' demands was a lie . |
| 21 | Food may not have become a weapon , but the failure of Soviet agriculture to meet its peoples ' demands was a wound that contributed to the collapse of Soviet power in the second half of the 1980s . |
| 22 | Trips to project exhibitions of library resources and visits to library suppliers ' showrooms were a revelation for some teachers as to the variety and sophistication of recent publications in their area of the curriculum . |