Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Benefits were low because only a minute proportion of copulations result in a reared cub in the next generation ( Journal of Zoology , vol 177 , p 463 ) . |
| 2 | They were afraid because elsewhere a group of armed cossacks had besieged the ship , threatening to kill anyone who disembarked . |
| 3 | Many were convinced that only a proletarian revolution could remove discrimination . |
| 4 | For a moment Ruth wondered if he were real or just a ghost . |
| 5 | On the other hand , if the scores of the standardisation sample were such that only a very small proportion — say , 5 per cent — scored 40 or less , then a child with this score may be identified as being in need of further , more detailed assessment . |
| 6 | Solly 's years in the wilderness were more than just a dearth of high-profile wins . |
| 7 | I think they were more than just a marauding band of outlaws . ’ |
| 8 | Her movements as she set the inverted cups upright on their saucers and manipulated milk jug , teapot and hot water jug were precise and just a little fussy . |
| 9 | The discussions at the end of each lecture were animated and sometimes a little heated , for Hindu students , Muslims and Buddhists were a little critical at having to attend any Christian lecture and were very emphatic that they much preferred their own religion to that of Christianity . |
| 10 | It was possible that even a reject like him could be of use in such a godforsaken spot . |
| 11 | Underlining this was not only a sense of what was proper but also a sense of what was politically and socially wise . |
| 12 | By 1896 La Chapelle was receiving more than a million tonnes , but by now the bulk of it was French and only a small proportion Belgian , testimony to the industrialization that had taken place in the wake of the railways . |
| 13 | It was interesting that quite a number saw their being easily located at their place of work as a benefit . |
| 14 | From March 1918 it was clear that only a crushing military victory by one or other side would bring ‘ peace ’ . |
| 15 | The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities . |
| 16 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 17 | The Speech Institute group was similar and perhaps a rival to the band directed by Miss Elsie Fogarty , who had done the choruses in Murder in the Cathedral , and I believe that one of them had asked me what were the chances of taking part in its successor . |
| 18 | The performance of the EEC during the Uruguay round of GATT discussions was instructive and probably a foretaste of what is to come . |
| 19 | Still , on-the-move shifting was simple and even a small gearing drop helps . |
| 20 | It was adventurous and yet a bit modest and down-to-earth . |
| 21 | It was unlikely that even a common language could create a common national spirit to unite Spanish-speaking people divided by the salt , estranging sea , but as long as empires based on the principles of allegiance to a monarch were the dominant form of political organization they were very well adapted to face the problems of expanding and then of ruling new subjects . |
| 22 | The competition was fierce and only a few could obtain the valuable passports , visas and tickets to leave the confines of China . |
| 23 | He was eighteen but still a lad , awkward , like his arms and legs were longer than he could cope with . |
| 24 | When she was young and maybe a little wilful , Elizabeth had made what she deemed to be the right decision , and she had suffered because of it . |