Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is almost certainly true to say that there never was any significant period when god worship and religion were as modern man would wish them to be , but instead , that they have always been corrupted , to some extent , to support greed and excess . |
| 2 | The cosmids were picked in batches of about 50 from the set of unhit clones ( ie by sampling without replacement ) , and so to ensure that the cosmids in each batch were from different regions on the genome ( and hence to maximize efficiency ) the unhit clones were reordered against the ordered YAC probes . |
| 3 | The home side were at full stretch and with little possession were unable to threaten the RUC line . |
| 4 | It may be that this was done only where there was a public interest , but we have already seen that in the two areas in which trusts involved purely private interests , restitution of property and manumission , the remedies of cognitio were in any case adequate to secure specific performance . |
| 5 | Accusations of republican and Communist domination of NICRA and attempts to link the civil rights movement to subversion and violence were to some extent understandable responses by Unionists to the events in Derry . |
| 6 | This provided not only an overview of the stated intentions of Major Project schools but also some kind of check that the six schools chosen as the focus for our study were in these terms not atypical . |
| 7 | We worked under considerable difficulties as the five main sections of the Department were in different buildings , and integration and direction were not easy . |
| 8 | Lynn Binstock 's direction ( the original version was by John Cox ) was unprovocative , almost workmanlike , and the production one in which the music and the characterisation were of paramount importance — I certainly discovered fresh beauties and subtleties in the score , which was carefully conducted and nicely paced by a youthful Justin Brown . |
| 9 | We at the Bastille have been particularly blessed by his presence during the first concert of our season , in which his active participation and guidance were of invaluable help , especially for the recording of the Turangalîla-symphonie . |
| 10 | What developed was a massacre rather than any battle , as disciplined and prepared thousands bore down upon a scattered , unready and largely leaderless crowd , which could have had no idea that any enemy were on this side of the river . |
| 11 | ‘ The 10 days ’ delay and the heavy casualties this small force and the RAF who supported them had inflicted on the enemy were of inestimable value at this critical stage of the battle . ’ |
| 12 | His two goals before half-time were of similar construction . |
| 13 | The proposals in the accord were for general improvements in the judicial system , alterations to the electoral system to prevent fraud , decentralization for a participative democracy , and the modernization of state institutions . |
| 14 | The 1976 English House Condition Survey found that some 28 per cent of all unfit dwellings in England but only 23 per cent of total stock were in rural areas , defined to include settlements of up to 1,000 dwellings . |
| 15 | The stations and stock were in immaculate condition , and all the staff we met were welcoming and more than polite . |
| 16 | As late as 1926 90.9 per cent of all inhabitants in the guberniia were in rural locations , one of the highest percentages for European Russia . |
| 17 | The wheel was in commercial use until 1926 , and since the 19605 has been in operation as a tourist attraction , maintained by the Manx Government . |
| 18 | The wheel was in active service from 1960 , after a long journey by train from Argyll to Dorset . |
| 19 | But both Woodruffe and Hodson denied strongly that the Association was in any sense a secret society , that it sought to discipline members in breach of rules , to dictate terms to shipowners or to enforce a closed shop . |
| 20 | My thinking was in some way parallel to that of the generative semantics school , but at the same time I developed my own ideas independently of them . |
| 21 | Indeed , not only was there a tremendous rapport between the members of the company , there was also a recognizable repartee between them , led by Ken , which was so fast that unless he actually knew the language , a stranger was in foreign territory . |
| 22 | So in Banbury and in Newport local Unionists were assured that the deal was for one election only . |
| 23 | Llanthony Warehouse was for many years a showroom and store for Western Trading Co . |
| 24 | Rowse was at that time in London , or I might ( I said ) have asked him to tea and taken some soundings . |
| 25 | Across the Atlantic the riots had continued , and , even as the Red Army moved into Prague , Mayor Daley 's police force was in pitched battle with demonstrators outside the Democratic Party 's convention . |
| 26 | The outer ring was of blue iris , slightly above those in tiers were huge white carnations amongst scattered gypsophilus . |
| 27 | The interior decoration and furnishing of the King 's bedroom was of weathered sycamore , with brass-finished copper metalwork , and copper and silver electric light fittings . |
| 28 | Filmer 's bedroom was in that car . |
| 29 | They were that Filmer 's bedroom was in that car . |
| 30 | This recommendation was in apparent contradiction to an interview given by Saddam Hussein broadcast on French television on July 9 , in which he stated that he hoped that the first free and democratic presidential elections in the country 's history would take place later in the year and that he would stand for re-election alongside other candidates . |