Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expression in his eyes was tender and kind . |
| 2 | The combination of vertical and group ties was such that individuals tended to be viewed by others not as individuals , but as group members , and a network of reciprocal obligations and feelings between group members was the key to the maintenance of social order . |
| 3 | Bucket-rearing of calves was popular and women were particularly good at this task . |
| 4 | It was a revelation after the pain of trotting and Nails was cross when Nutty brought it to an end . |
| 5 | The abnormal thinness of the egg shells of many hawks and eagles was evident when ornithologists compared them with carefully dated specimens collected before DDT was invented . |
| 6 | His reasoning was that the productivity of free workers was greater than slave labour if the labourers were offered sufficient inducement through piece-work and high rates for day labour ; the cost of getting the same amount of work done by slaves was greater than the cost of the higher rates offered as an inducement . |
| 7 | Attendance at AGMs was small and directors were returned unopposed . |
| 8 | For drug responders , the incidence of sudden death at 1 and 5 years was 5 and 29% , respectively , and for non-responders 19 and 48% , respectively . |
| 9 | The extent of the firing of buildings was such that observers thought the whole city was ablaze . |
| 10 | And when they did get out , the response from the all-important fleets was lukewarm and enthusiasm from private buyers greatly tempered by the general sales collapse of December and January . |
| 11 | I read in one of the other papers that GG also said ( what many on this list have said before ) Cunt'anas was great when things were going well but would let you down when they were not . |
| 12 | The man giving orders was short and fat . |
| 13 | The opportunity to introduce a legal agreements was available when Millers ' appeal to the Court of Session prevented the Secretary of State 's decision to grant outline consent to the Maybury Park development from taking effect and Wimpey submitted outline application no 1463/90 . |
| 14 | None of these points was new but Enthoven 's solution , drawn from recent American reforms , was — introduce competition and an internal market . |
| 15 | But such paradoxes were unlikely to convince businessmen brought up on the economic theory of the ‘ wage-fund ’ , which they believed to be a scientific demonstration that raising wages was impossible and trade unions were therefore doomed to failure . |
| 16 | pulling them fly sheets was good cos Maureen was yanking 'em right off really hard , how many pegs got broke ? loads were n't there ? |
| 17 | With er apprentices was seven and thruppence or seven and six or something like that . |
| 18 | Lifestyles remained simple but identification with the masses was impossible if kids had to get a decent education . |
| 19 | Women taking atenolol appeared to be at lower risk of lung cancer , but the number of deaths was small and confidence intervals wide . |
| 20 | In six the electroencephalogram between events was normal but recordings during events showed epileptic activity preceding the onset of prolonged apnoeic pauses or irregular breathing patterns , with falls in Sao 2 . |