Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was , however , as we have seen , one of the great issues of the seventeenth century whether the Crown or Parliament was to hold the dominant sway under the English constitution , and it was in this context that Parliaments of England declared themselves to be ‘ sovereign ’ . |
| 2 | Tanzanians were brought up with their own musical , dance and oral traditions but at school or college were taught the language , culture and even the history of the colonial power . |
| 3 | At least Pathfinder is still going strong and Writers & Readers was making a comeback . |
| 4 | If less reliable prostheses or techniques were used the cost at 10 years would be over three times as much . |
| 5 | If Florian or Nicky were to draw the obvious conclusion from the fact that she and Luke were returning to her apartment together , becoming aware of the affair Luke had wanted to keep secret , now when it was ironically no longer an affair — |
| 6 | If , in accordance with the view I have just expressed , such a person or firm were given the right to apply immediately the notice was served for it to be rescinded , this remedy might well be of no effect if a press notice was issued at the time of service of the intervention notice , as was done in this case . |
| 7 | Anointing the shoulders or arms was to symbolize the emperor 's protective and defensive role . |
| 8 | A plot or land was reckoned the normal basis of the feudal contract , and this notion was never lost sight of , however common the domestic knight and the vassal who held a money fief might become ( see pp. 184–5 ) . |
| 9 | Rebleeding , or if absent , discharge , or death were considered the end points of the study . |
| 10 | I was taken into hospital with high blood pressure the day after doing my last two pictures for the British Hairdressing Awards and Isha was born the following day . |
| 11 | If the combined effect of these rather complex changes in the distribution of social labour between sectors and strata was to reduce the size of the ‘ traditional ’ industrial working class , it was also to render the ‘ traditional ’ British conception of the middle class more problematic . |
| 12 | The red army fought in the courts and Swindon were given a second chance in the 2nd division . |
| 13 | I was half — way to dad 's room before I remembered that he and mum were spending the night at Gran 's . |
| 14 | Careful planning and the use of modern aids such as two way radios , and radar were making the job of the modern smuggler easier , and working to the disadvantage of the law enforcing teams . |
| 15 | that is , it 's just that Mr who really did n't know anything from his and needle and thread was stirring the shit ! |
| 16 | Three stone lighter and a virtual insomniac , she has campaigned tirelessly for their release and her efforts were rewarded last week when Michelle and Lisa were granted the right to appeal against their conviction for the murder of Alison O'Shaughnessy . |
| 17 | Annie and Chuck were having a huge row . |
| 18 | Indeed , if Portsmouth and Sunderland were to defy the odds and emerge victorious from today 's matches against Liverpool and Norwich , it would be the first time in the 120-year history of the tournament that two teams from the Second Division contested the final . |
| 19 | On top of a cavity in the stone in which had been placed contemporary records and coins was placed a plate with the inscription : |
| 20 | By 1824 she had lost all her American empire except for Cuba and Puerto Rico , while in metropolitan Spain the struggle waged in the thirties between constitutionalists and traditionalists was to reduce the core of the monarchy to bankruptcy and near anarchy . |
| 21 | The fatty ingredients fuelled the flames and damage was put a more than £1m . |
| 22 | Cos she thought that me and Kelly were cleaning the rabbit |
| 23 | Jack and Alison were having a hasty conversation on the landing . |
| 24 | The communists had taken power in December 1947 , when the monarchy was abolished and Romania was proclaimed a People 's Republic . |
| 25 | Enjoying their European success , Laura and Bernard were spending an increasing amount of time in France , which they had always loved . |
| 26 | United stuck on three … but Bury went for more … and got them … numbers four and five could be classed as freaks or flukes Daws and Rigby were given the the goals … but forget football this was more like pinball … |
| 27 | Unfortunately , these concerns led to a campaign of vilification in the press and Crowley was called the ‘ wickedest man in the world ’ ( 1923 ) on account of his endeavour to express his ideas at Cefalu , Sicily ( 1920–3 ) . |
| 28 | When the natives had to pay yasak in furs and Russians were killing the dwindling stocks , or when , as in Chukotka , both sides were very short of provisions and the Russians , desperate for food , stole reindeer in large numbers , hostilities were more or less inevitable . |
| 29 | All kinds of people came to see plays and Will was making a lot of new friends . |
| 30 | The ad-man opposite had been casting meaningful glances at her all evening , and the likeliest explanation seemed to be that she and Roger were doing a number together and I 'd inadvertently got caught in the crossfire . |