Example sentences of "[vb past] [was/were] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those whom Collor retained were the three ministers with responsibility for military portfolios and the Economy Minister Marcílio Marques Moreira , who was identified with the IMF-approved economic austerity programme . |
| 2 | In the upper panels , the 32 P-end-labelled fragments used were the 47 bp Mam I- Sfa NI fragment for the wt- , -65 , -68 , -72 and -73 mutant promoters and the 52 bp Mam I- Sau 3A fragment for the -75 mutant promoter . |
| 3 | His hall was built on a north-to-south axis , so that the wind blew through it constantly , keeping the air fresh ; but the odours of the spices and scented oils he used were the only ones a visitor might smell . |
| 4 | More than twenty four hours after the incident , firemen are still making the building safe , but they 've denied suggestions that the chemicals involved were a serious potential hazard.Julie Dolphin reports . |
| 5 | The major unions involved were the General Confederation of Greek Workers ( GSEE ) and the Federation of Civil Servants ' Unions ( Adedy ) . |
| 6 | It appears that the principle species involved were the Thaidid Thais haemastoma and the Muricids Bolinus brandaris , B. cornutus and Phyllonotus trunculus . |
| 7 | What transpired was a superb display in the line-outs and the driving rucks , where Garryowen 's Waikato lock , Brent Anderson , gave a typical display , well backed by no.8 Ben Cronin and Robert Costello at lock , but particularly by an astoundingly good all round performance by the 20-year-old hooker , Keith Wood . |
| 8 | The solution proposed was a two-tier system by which government appointed peers would have the right to vote , hereditary peers being allowed to speak but not vote while the delaying powers on legislation would be cut to six months . |
| 9 | The other fun competition that I entered was the same idea but it is played in the dark you use a special ball which is slightly transparent there is a hole in the middle of the ball which a lightstick goes through . |
| 10 | One of thems one of the er the gateways I just mentioned was the Open Server for Kix and the mainframe integration . |
| 11 | ‘ The woman involved was a married woman with a family and she and Philip had lived together for a couple of months but she decided to go back to her husband in September . ’ |
| 12 | The figure involved was a paltry £12.25 millions . |
| 13 | The money involved was a considerable sum , but in those days Dunedin was New Zealand 's commercial capital and many big businesses were represented on the Otago CA . |
| 14 | The c-Jun DNA binding site used was a 27 bp double stranded oligonucleotide containing the ‘ fat specific element ’ ( FSE ; refs 24 and 25 ) . |
| 15 | The tube used was a multifenestrated sump tube with a second channel for infusing phenol red into the proximal stomach and a third lumen for equilibration of intragastic and atmospheric pressure . |
| 16 | The type of ball used was the Scottish League 's Mitre Delta . |
| 17 | It was applied by Baulig to Brittany ( 1935 ) and seemed to work quite well as the basic map used was the old French 1:80 000 hachured map which had plenty of spot heights often on flattish summits or spurs . |
| 18 | If the injury sustained was an inherent risk of the procedure , then the doctrine will be inapplicable . |
| 19 | She went through his pockets but all she found was a spare clip for the FN FAL . |
| 20 | These files are indexed by the use of BDAM ( Basic Direct Access Method ) and in a typical database of just over 2 Gbytes , which they found was the average size of those they examined , the number of characters in the files comprising the database was as follows : |
| 21 | But all Mrs Ullman found was the intimidating bulk of three police constables . |
| 22 | The greatest danger we found was the distinct possibility of repetitive overeating . |
| 23 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 24 | There was no novus actus interveniens as what occurred was a likely result of the original breach of duty by the defendants . |
| 25 | The article in the Financial Times to which the hon. Gentleman referred was a good article . |
| 26 | Increasingly , skilled counterfeiting has led to some high street stores selling goods they believed were the real thing , only to find they 'd been had . |
| 27 | But the tone and guest list at this party was very different ; here it seemed were the elusive Delhi jeunesse dorée . |
| 28 | The problems experienced by United Motors at its Dublin plant , which the Englishman advised were the major factors which would influence future investment decisions in Ireland , simply melted away into insignificance under their mellifluous tongues . |
| 29 | After the break , United were a different team . |
| 30 | The closet to Ireland we came were a few students in college , and even they seemed to have interest in politics . " |