Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Common good was paramount while individualism and self-interest were of lesser importance . |
| 2 | Although lipase secretion was not significantly lower in the post-acute pancreatitis patients , when mean enzyme secretion was expressed as a percentage of the control mean lipase secretion was lower than trypsin . |
| 3 | Although Kraemer and Roberts ( 1984 ) were able to demonstrate an apparent loss of latent inhibition over a long retention interval using chocolate milk as the CS , no effect was apparent when saccharin was used . |
| 4 | Unlike the kings of Israel who had aspired to the title of ‘ Son of Yahweh , Jesus displayed utter trust in his heavenly Father though the outlook was black as night ; utter obedience to his Father , even though it would take him to a cross ; and utter readiness to suffer — in bloody sweat there and then , and the blood , sweat and hell of crucifixion thereafter . |
| 5 | To many of them it seemed abhorrent to suggest that the Mosaic law was other than final . |
| 6 | She had three reasons for haste : she was trying to track down Crystal Daly 's ex-lover , Georgie ; the diary desk was unmanned as Holly had gone to interview Donaldson and Rosie had a lunch date ; and Eliot wanted to talk to Rain . |
| 7 | Sand was cleaner than water , the desert dead cleaner than the drowned dishevelled things which I had seen thrown up on shores . |
| 8 | I had a look at a chair like it , later , and the wood was hard as chunki-crete . ’ |
| 9 | The defence is appealing against a ruling by the colony 's Supreme Court that a tape recording made by Scottish police at a Perthshire hotel of an alleged confession was admissible as evidence by the Crown . |
| 10 | Fokine 's advice to those wishing to create the romantic style of dance was much as fur demi-caractère when he said : ‘ The choreographer should base his design on classical technique from the feet to the waist , but above that the dancer 's head , body and arms must be free to express the moods , emotions and actions of the character in the story or theme to be communicated . ’ |
| 11 | Cynicism glittered in the brightness of his light blue eyes as relief restored the colour to her cheeks , but her reprieve was short-lived as cynicism gave way to shrewdness . |
| 12 | The wine was warm as tea and the cheese had liquefied : we poured it on to our barley bread . |
| 13 | Salvage excavations are those carried out on sites where destruction has already begun , often because the site was unknown before construction work started . |
| 14 | Poll Tax was fairer than Council Tax ? — Convener to answer this one but see what facts and figures can be found to back up his argument . |
| 15 | Curiously , a similar picture was evident when oligonucleotide III was used . |
| 16 | Black was predominant because black was what people preferred , but the so-called ancient cattle of Wales included every conceivable colour : very bright orange-red , yellow dun ( dominant to black ) in Montgomery , blue around Llanfair Caereiniou ( blues were said to be better milkers than black , possibly because of some Shorthorn blood in the past ) , a recessive mousy colour popular in the Lleyn peninsula , white with coloured points , solid colours and pies and brindles , belts and linebacks . |
| 17 | The ball was slippery as soap . |
| 18 | The Chancellor said the strategy for sustained growth rested on three principles : that growth comes from the private sector , not Whitehall ; that a continuing commitment to low inflation was vital if competitiveness were to be maintained ; that the only way to increase the country 's long-term growth rate was by improving the supply performance of the economy . |
| 19 | But no latent inhibition was evident when conditioning was assessed in context B. |
| 20 | The set-up was fine when life expectancy was barely thirty years , but with modern advances in medtech ensuring that all solvent citizens can enjoy a full and active life well into their 100s , one set of milk teeth and one set of adult teeth just is n't enough . |
| 21 | The aircraft departed from Bristol Airport for a non-scheduled flight to Base and there was no evidence that the flight was other than routine until the aircraft reached the Base/Mulhouse terminal area . |
| 22 | The woman was shocked when QC William Crawford put his hands on her waist and pecked her on both cheeks . |
| 23 | His art emerges as the product of the extreme poverty of his early years when sex was cheaper than food and where the circus stood in for the corrida . |
| 24 | But Karajan 's will was superhuman where music is concerned and he always had in his hand a trump card : a capacity for inner detachment that left him free of bitterness or rancour for all that has been written and said about him over the years . |
| 25 | The door was solid as rock . |
| 26 | Clouds still heaped in the west , but over the crossroads at Quatre Bras , and above a stream just north of Fleurus , the sky was clear as glass . |
| 27 | The yard was bright as day for a few seconds , then night crept back in around the flames . |
| 28 | The evening air was soft as silk , cicadas sang in the trees and a few birds , black against the sunset , flew home to roost . |
| 29 | Though the refusal of one of the parties to a dispute to make an oath was admissible as evidence in British courts , these other ways of trying cases were generally ignored or disapproved of by the colonial authorities . |
| 30 | Thus the difference between a contract of guarantee and one of indemnity was vital until section 2 of the Minors ' Contracts Act 1987 changed the law . |