Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and [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 | Stressing that his views were personal and not society policy , Mr Adair gave as examples of tinkering with the criminal system attempts to have the not proven verdict abolished , to introduce an offensive weapons charge and to examine the number of crimes committed by people already on bail . |
| 3 | But marine biologist and shark specialist Richard Fitzpatrick , of Oceanworld marine park , Sydney , said the two attacks were coincidental and not part of an emerging trend . |
| 4 | Most of it was helpful and extremely kind . ’ |
| 5 | There is no doubt that dishonest or surreptitious acquisition of information is usually overwhelming evidence that information was confidential and not part of the defendant 's skill and knowledge . |
| 6 | LIKE the Royal Academy of Arts , Denis Serjeant , its Surveyor , was brilliant and mildly maverick . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was nationalist and virulently anticommunist . |
| 9 | 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 . |