Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike their children , Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu were not the subject of much trivial gossip . |
| 2 | He reminded himself again that he was dealing with premeditated murder and the Glynns were not the sort to resort deliberately to force except in dire circumstances . |
| 3 | Rank and ABPC were still the powers in the land but , when it came |
| 4 | Did n't you say that those youths who got their friend drunk the other Saturday were not the kind of visitors you liked here ? ’ |
| 5 | Officials in Moscow claimed that communist party buildings in Lithuania were rightfully the property of the Soviet Communist Party ( CPSU ) since the CPL 's declaration of independence in December 1989 [ see pp. 37128-29 ] . |
| 6 | Any suggestion that the Falkland Islands were similarly the subject of a ‘ holy ’ war would never have been mooted , let alone taken seriously . |
| 7 | The South East , the South West , East Anglia and the East Midlands were again the regions showing increases less than the national average for unemployment as a percentage of the working population . |
| 8 | WOULD-BE MP No rent had been paid since July last year but arrears up to the end of November were already the subject of a previous court order and Mr Finnegan had arranged for his wife 's small income to be made available to cover those . |
| 9 | SSSIs notified by NCC were also the subject of retained prior approval arrangements as for National Parks but , with the advent of the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act , all SSSIs notified under its Section 28 are subject to 3 month consultation over any activities specified on a list of Damaging Operations notified with each SSSI . |
| 10 | The three main rivers through Funchal were often the cause of serious flooding . |
| 11 | He went to the US because ‘ Goldsmith decided that if you wanted to be a capitalist the UK and France were not the places to be ’ . |
| 12 | What infuriated not just the British and Americans , but also France 's five EEC partners was the manner in which , without consultation , de Gaulle announced a fait accompli " as though France were somehow the custodian of the Community 's purity " . |
| 13 | The old Chelsea were definitely the showbiz club , where the parties were more important than performances and image was everything , much more vital than results . |
| 14 | The Chagga of Kilimanjaro were perhaps the group most fiercely opposed to the increased use of Swahili , but when they elected their paramount chief in the early 1950s they were unable to agree on which of the Chagga dialects to adopt as their common language , and they , too , adopted Swahili . |
| 15 | It will be recalled that Newcastle and Sheffield were also the universities which produced most uncited theses , and fewest highly-cited theses . |
| 16 | The summer visitors to Trebetherick were generally the families of retired headmasters of minor public schools , of ex Indian Civil servants or of Harley Street doctors . |
| 17 | WHILE The Stones appealed to the students , and the Beatles to the girls and their mums , The Who were always the lads ' band . |
| 18 | But 240–200 B.C. were exactly the years in which Greek epics , tragedy , comedy and historiography became part of the Roman way of life . |