Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed a shame to cancel the celebrations : children in the Borough were allowed free riding on Coronation Day , which they used to full advantage ! |
| 2 | Waites envisages a new , government-funded , independent organisation which would be responsible for raising standards of food hygiene by publicity and by the training of food-handlers. 60,000 cases of food poisoning were reported last year , representing a threefold rise since 1980 . |
| 3 | Prompted by a return to international competition , drug tests on two players from each Currie Cup side were introduced this season , just as they were during the World Cup . |
| 4 | If the sole intention of the Association were to secure civil rights for Ulster Catholics while accepting and loyally supporting the constitution of the Ulster state … why has it admitted to its counsels and membership , as it undoubtedly has , a number of men from an organisation pledged to the destruction of that state ? |
| 5 | If the Inland Revenue were to assess this payment , is there any other way I could cover my staff 's lunch expenses without making them liable for tax ? |
| 6 | The hapless producers of the programme were given 50 lashes and sentenced to 4-5 years in prison . |
| 7 | Nevertheless their energy and inventiveness were getting some development experts excited . |
| 8 | The Navy and Air Force were to undergo similar re-organizations . |
| 9 | THE smart navy uniform of the Alresford Quadrilateral Division of St. John Ambulance were exchanged last Saturday for clown costumes and brilliant wigs for the third annual bed-push to raise funds . |
| 10 | In no time at all , girls from three schools in the neighbourhood were punching each other and being dragged away by the police . |
| 11 | Mr. Handscomb and the other applicants for judicial review were serving discretionary life sentences . |
| 12 | Thousands of flags were waving , helium balloons were going up and air balloons were coming down , two separate bands at both ends of the huge auditorium were playing different songs and everyone was cheering and screaming their heads off . |
| 13 | A biopsy was taken 8 cm from the anal margin on the anterior rectal wall ; these were subsequently examined histologically to assess inflammatory activity , which was graded in a standard manner ( table I ) . |
| 14 | The auction was oversubscribed 4.6 times . |
| 15 | Eden 's remedy was to encourage departmental ministers to bring to Cabinet or Cabinet committee ‘ any questions which are likely to occasion public controversy or criticism or may need to be carefully explained to the Government 's supporters in Parliament ’ . |
| 16 | To earn her displeasure was to forgo all delight ; through the days Nicandra devised love tokens , as much to stimulate interest towards herself as to express her deep affection . |
| 17 | The television experiment was given greater significance , however , by the recent radical changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union ; at the time when TV Martí began transmitting the Castro regime appeared more beleaguered and vulnerable to outside subversion than at any time since the early 1960s . |
| 18 | The experiment was repeated many times , with the bats taking turns to be the starved victim . |
| 19 | This experiment was repeated several times and the average ratio of the subunits present in each band plotted ( Figure 2b ) . |
| 20 | Part of the experiment was to discover resident reactions to the measures and to relate these to the expenditure incurred , thus providing a crude measure of cost-effectiveness . |
| 21 | All four men 's evidence agreed that the assailant was wearing blue jeans and a black T-shirt with the word ‘ authentic ’ written on it in white lettering , and that he was between five foot eight and five foot ten inches tall . |
| 22 | The original Community Care Support Force was formed last year to help both health and local authorities prepare for implementation . |
| 23 | A woman whose wedding ring was stolen eight years ago has got it back . |
| 24 | Speed was required last night , and It 's Me won the £3,000 first prize by 0.98sec from Marie Edgar on Everest Sure Thing . |
| 25 | It could not therefore be said that the defendant was assuming any rights . " |
| 26 | It does not appear that the defendant was to receive any remuneration . |
| 27 | Keke was to try another year , slipping into McLaren in Lauda 's wake , because it is always worthwhile if you think you can win . |
| 28 | The closure was ordered last night after an engineer discovered one of two vertical pins holding up one of the bridge supports had developed a six inch crack . |
| 29 | The allegation was made last week by a company wanting to build drive-through fish and chip diners in the North-East . |
| 30 | Hopper , who plays bad guy Koopa , storms : ‘ The movie was re-written six times before we even started — now it 's re-written every day . ’ |