Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember , Bowyer 's and Southgate 's boots were wet and so leather would swell a little . |
| 2 | According to the Aasociation of North Western House Builders , recent interest rate reductions were welcome but further action was needed to prevent additional house repossessions to encourage house moves and create employment in the construction industry . |
| 3 | It was n't his fault that she had discovered her feelings were more than just desire . |
| 4 | But this would be to little avail if the ground were waterlogged or so acid as to prevent the normal action of soil life . |
| 5 | Dalgliesh had a respect for Morgan as a man and a detective but was grateful that either duty , tact or a mixture of both had taken him away . |
| 6 | Most of it was helpful and extremely kind . ’ |
| 7 | LIKE the Royal Academy of Arts , Denis Serjeant , its Surveyor , was brilliant and mildly maverick . |
| 8 | This was unexpected as previously ozone losses had tended to follow a two-year cycle , with shallower holes evident in even-numbered years . |
| 9 | The judge had to ensure that the trial was fair and thus evidence should only be excluded if necessary to ensure that fairness , that is if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect . |
| 10 | It was nationalist and virulently anticommunist . |
| 11 | In order to get the best results from the new seeds , technology in the form of machinery , chemical products and fertilisers , was necessary and therefore capital was required to purchase these . |
| 12 | But he added that the county 's tourism and leisure industries would grow in importance because the local economic base was wider than simply manufacturing . |