Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Researchers could n't be sure radon was such a danger until they 'd built up a complete picture . |
| 2 | Excision biopsy was carried out and before the result was available the patient deteriorated rapidly and died . |
| 3 | Florrie did not eat anything herself — a cup of tea was all the breakfast she ever wanted — and as soon as she had finished , she put on her coat and hat and left the house . |
| 4 | To put the price into perspective Mr Vernon added that although the 18-knot Arun class building programme was complete the price would now be somewhere around £800,000 . |
| 5 | And the car was such a mess nobody would have been looking for a sawn brake cable . ’ |
| 6 | If the crime was accidental the family of the deceased may collect ‘ blood money ’ . |
| 7 | At the time the UK feed industry was concerned the situation should not escalate , but , in fact , it has had little impact on trade . |
| 8 | Although this sovereign was half the weight and half the diameter of the original one , such was the international respect it enjoyed that people could travel through Europe confident that the coins would be welcomed wherever they went . |
| 9 | Although this sovereign was half the weight and half the diameter of the original one , such was the international respect it enjoyed that people could travel through Europe confident that the coins would be welcomed wherever they went . |
| 10 | Although this sovereign was half the weight and half the diameter of the original one , such was the international respect it enjoyed that people could travel through Europe confident that the coins would be welcomed wherever they went . |
| 11 | Chris believes the Bay Horse was first a pub in the 1560s and was also a coaching inn . |
| 12 | I was in love before I left England and the hope of marriage was such a spur that with help from the two Williams , I was able to pass with distinction not only two , but three exams . |
| 13 | ‘ It would n't matter if you were at home and lunch was half an hour late . |
| 14 | His proposal was such a departure from traditional Antarctic programmes that three years elapsed before support was provided and field preparations completed . |
| 15 | The side window was open a couple of inches , and Lucy closed it . |
| 16 | When the compensation was exact the absorption of the photons by the thin layer of 57 Fe was maximized and the counting rate on the photomultiplier behind it was minimized . |
| 17 | Because the jury heard evidence that the judge himself had regarded as impressive to the effect that the confession was unreliable the verdict was unsafe and unsatisfactory . |
| 18 | ‘ This is a country , my dear gentle brother , my dear monkey who sees no evil , hears no evil , speaks no evil , a country of cowardice and brigands , and no one in between , except , and the hero was such an exception he had to be … . ’ |
| 19 | Apart from the swine , and a few small fields where corn was grown , and half a dozen apple trees , and the pigeons and the rabbits , the money the travellers spent at the Inn was all the wealth of Ridgery Butts . |
| 20 | And yet the end of the Second World War was such a celebration of the defeat of the fascist enemy that there was a failure to grasp the fact that the universal Enemy had merely been rehearsing for Armageddon . |
| 21 | The plaintiffs argued that the auditors had to use a basis of valuation which was capable of producing a figure which represented the fair selling value of the shares , and that if that basis were challenged , the court could decide whether the basis was such a basis . |
| 22 | The persons solicited in this way reacted with annoyance , perhaps indicating that they supposed that they were being solicited for the purposes of prostitution ( the magistrates having found as a fact that ‘ it would be impossible for anyone so touted or solicited without enquiry to appreciate the purpose of the solicitation , and that a solicitation for this purpose in the circumstances of time and place was such an affront that it might provoke a breach of the peace . ’ ) |
| 23 | 4 Entry The right for the Tenant and all persons expressly or by implication authorised by the Tenant to enter upon other parts of the Centre and ( if any ) the Adjoining Property to carry out works to the Premises where such works would otherwise not be possible , or may be possible but rendered more expensive than they would otherwise be if this right was available The problem of access over a neighbour 's land has been greatly alleviated by the passage of the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992 which sets out a procedure whereby a person may obtain a court order permitting access to a neighbour 's property in order to carry out works to protect , repair or maintain their property in circumstances where the neighbour refuses consent to such access . |
| 24 | His officers were aghast , pointing out that the minimum turning circle was half a mile and did their best to dissuade him . |
| 25 | Gosse was silent a moment , then he looked up at Rosten . |
| 26 | His clumsy attempt to distract her attention was all the warning she needed . |
| 27 | Afterwards I have to go to the Headmaster and explain to him that running off with the papermate was all a joke and could I help it if people had no sense of humour … ? |
| 28 | The Linear Regression Coefficient was 0.84 The detection limit of the expression of AII receptor gene was 15 µg of total RNA by CE . |
| 29 | ‘ I think this room was better the way it was before . |
| 30 | I mean if the room was full a projector and slide show and everything and then usually everybody falls to sleep |