Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would be no epistemic appearances were there no such beings . |
| 2 | So how many years were you a French polisher then ? |
| 3 | In addition the closeness of the alliance and the sheer multiplicity of contacts were themselves a major cause of ill-feeling — as in a family . |
| 4 | This is a crucial stage of development from that in which — in the earlier stages substantially , in the later stages residually — artists were themselves a specific form of social organization . |
| 5 | Societies of boys were what the public schools essentially remained , with the masters forming no more than a thin crust of adult authority . |
| 6 | The economic and constitutional rights of the republics , at the same time , should be increased and defined more precisely ; but any changes of this kind must take account of the fact that each of the republics was itself a multinational state in which the interests of all national groups must be properly respected . |