Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps his greatest contribution to the arts was his key role as a pioneer photographer and photographic instructor , establishing himself as the most accomplished artist turned photographer of his generation . |
| 2 | They played together co-operatively with a set of cars but once Tom decided that one of the cars was his favourite Sue quietly took it when he was n't looking . |
| 3 | One of those illusions was my persistent sensation that my personality was dissolving . |
| 4 | The Jimmy Young Show 's formula of tea and chat and a few questions on a postcard from Radio 2 listeners was her favourite method of reaching the general public . |
| 5 | This personal quality of books was their greatest worth . |
| 6 | Since what distinguished communities was their legal customs , anomalies could be reduced by greater legal uniformity within a whole castellany or , better still , a whole province . |
| 7 | In fact I have gone further and said a " mixed " crew was , in my view , infinitely better than , any " national " crew , one of the reasons , possibly , for the high proportion of Commonwealth crews was my established policy of spreading my selection net as widely as I could in view of the poor cooperation of the Groups ; to this end I literally plagued the various HQs in London — the Aussies at Kodak House etc . |
| 8 | Not for another two decades was his great work finished , and then only because a local artist , Bramantino , used his own cash to do it , believing the work to be a masterpiece . |
| 9 | During his last days was his Golden Wedding Anniversary , many of his BIE friends being able to be present with Tom and Sylvia at its celebration . |
| 10 | The stitching of the rent in his corduroy trousers was his own work , the runs in his pullover were his cat 's . |
| 11 | A COMMON criticism levelled by Tory propagandists at the Wilson and Callaghan Labour governments was their regular borrowing from the IMF . |
| 12 | For Watering Places was his third book on the district , following Rambles Along the Cliffs , and a guide to Whitby and Saltburn . |
| 13 | The essential feature of the community of Jerusalem Christians was their total other-worldliness , i.e. the three-key decision ( a ) between work and leisure ; ( b ) between consumption , saving and giving ; and ( c ) between accumulating and selling assets was not to be influenced by personal consumption and gain . |
| 14 | To a tenth-century man or woman ( and Karl Leyser has shown the great importance of nunneries in the aristocratic social order of tenth-century Saxony ) , as to a modern monk or nun , the raison d'être of monasteries was their communal worship , their liturgy . |
| 15 | Her father 's large library of travellers ' tales was her mental furniture . |
| 16 | Most impressive of all Scott 's qualifications was his rare combination of youth and experience . |
| 17 | What was perhaps most crucial to the success of Impressionism in financial terms was its modern stance , as closely identified with contemporary life at the turn of the century as Romanticism had been fifty years before . |
| 18 | Skirts was her last title — just that , Skirts , one word , very cute . |
| 19 | Standing at windows was his favourite situation for brooding , self-examination , consoling or condemning himself … wondering what to do next . |
| 20 | Only in the years after the Napoleonic Wars was there any threat to this pattern , and that came from a maverick member of the group . |
| 21 | The great advantage which officers of East Indiamen possessed over their counterparts in less favoured ships was their customary right to own a certain proportion of the cargo carried , and to sell that share at the end of the voyage for their own profit . |
| 22 | This is not to say that everyone could name the book ( one chief adviser described it as ‘ the shiny red book which the drama adviser insisted I read ’ ) , nor in some instances was its actual existence known although its influence could be recognized . |
| 23 | Running about and trying to organise energetic games was my total preoccupation . ’ |
| 24 | Where a court is considering whether a provision does or does not cover X the rule will not admit the parliamentary history of the provision to demonstrate that at no stage in the parliamentary proceedings was there any suggestion that the provision covered X. It remains to be seen how long judges in the United Kingdom will be able to require negative evidence from parliamentary material to establish that an admissible statement is an expression of parliamentary intention , but exclude such evidence as an aid to construction . |
| 25 | Only in the Empress 's own apartments was there any sign of normality , where Eugénie had installed herself with her personal maid , her secretary and a handful of courtiers who had come from Saint Cloud to be with her . |
| 26 | Aunt Lilian wrote pamphlets — mandated territories was her special subject — for the Fabian Society , and Aunt Kit had stood for Labour , though unsuccessfully , in the 1945 election . |
| 27 | In 1977 , when I joined the organization , it was more than apparent that the other women did not have the remotest idea about women 's liberation , felt that doing the cooking for men was their political contribution , etc . |
| 28 | Hopkins always maintained that work with men was her favourite form of campaigning . |
| 29 | What distinguished Alexander Ferguson from the rest of his fellow men was his exceptional ability as a swimmer . |
| 30 | On none of these courses was there any examination : continuous assessment was preferred . |