Example sentences of "[was/were] [det] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like every other funeral I have attended , laughs were few and the weather was bloody awful . |
| 2 | Unfortunately the way in which the issues were formulated and the phrasing of the questions were such that no credence can be given to the findings of the survey or to the general conclusion of the Royal Commission that ‘ there was no evidence from this enquiry of productive effort being inhibited by the income tax structure within its present limits . ’ |
| 3 | He added : ‘ The chancellor must come to explain why the secret arrangements were such that the public were never to know that this payment had been made . ’ |
| 4 | I would be deeply suspicious if the level of consistency were such that the figure were absolutely the same in every area because that would suggest to me that no discretion was going into the process . |
| 5 | This implication was not lost on some members of the Eastern District , notably several in Essex where the views of leading WEA activists were such that the District eventually decided to do without a tutor-organiser for the county altogether . |
| 6 | it was held that the circumstances were such that the conclusion had to be that the passenger was ‘ a person using the vehicle ’ for the purpose of clause 6(1) ( c ) of the mib agreement of 1972 and was not therefore entitled to compensation from the bureau . |
| 7 | In days of yore the structure and ownership of British publishing were such that the succession seldom caused problems . |
| 8 | But in any case , Schopenhauer 's terms of reference were such that the poet-composer could never properly comply with them , for the simple reason that they reduced the role of the word in a musical context to nothing more than a necessary evil . |
| 9 | If the pressure of demand were such that the unemployment rate was , the gap between TRW and FRW would provoke inflationary wage demands which would , if granted , push up prices . |
| 10 | They were less than a quarter of a kilometre from the castle . |
| 11 | Methysergide , R-zacopride , and SC53116 significantly inhibited the increased transit induced by 5HT ; indeed , the geometric centres of isotope with ia 5HT and these agents given ip were less than the value observed with ia saline alone ( Table I ) . |
| 12 | Of the total sample of around 95,000 trees , 23.5 per cent were more than a quarter defoliated in 1992 , and were thus classified as damaged , compared with 22.2 per cent in 1991 . |
| 13 | Stockbroker Barrie Tyler of Cardiff-based Bell , Lawrie White yesterday said Mr Sherwood 's comments were more than a warning shot . |
| 14 | The first Christians also knew that divine resources were more than a match for the dark powers . |
| 15 | In any case , the repressive methods employed by the Armed Police , the Civil Guard and the legal system itself were more than a match for unarmed industrial workers . |
| 16 | Jung , unlike Freud , believed that the symbols , or archetypes contained in dreams and hallucinations were more than the manifestation of sexual hang-ups . |
| 17 | Jung , unlike Freud , believed that the symbols , or archetypes contained in dreams and hallucinations were more than the manifestation of sexual hang-ups . |
| 18 | Although there were few States where the Republicans were as deeply entrenched as the Democrats were in their southern strongholds , there were several where the need for large welfare state payments to win votes for a marginal government was low . |
| 19 | For another , there was little or no chance that the National government , working with a very large Conservative majority , would be in danger of political defeat even on the matter of ‘ appeasement ’ . |
| 20 | They repeatedly stated that the situation was ‘ hopeless ’ in that there was little or no chance of employment at the end of training . |
| 21 | There was little or no talking within the group as most were engrossed with making the boxes stick . |
| 22 | The detailed examination of the organisation of these references confirmed the view that there was little or no commonality between the systems used , and within each system , reference fields were utilised for any combination of alphanumeric codes that suited the purpose of the prime users . |
| 23 | They found that ‘ there was little or no accumulation of long-stay patients ’ during the period . |
| 24 | On March 8 Labour Minister Norbert Blüm announced the government 's intention to extend by six months ( to end-1991 ) its " short-time " policy , whereby employees for whom there was little or no work nevertheless received 70 per cent of their salary rather than be made redundant . |
| 25 | There was little or no evidence of ‘ home comforts ’ in the cells , the walls of which were plain concrete , with cot-type beds and what really amounted to a hole in the wall to house each occupant 's personal effects . |
| 26 | The LBS report was uncompromising ; it showed that even with full trains , there was little or no money at the bottom end of the market , whereas with first-class and full-dining trains , there was considerable profit potential . |
| 27 | To name a child with an English word was thought particularly propitious , though there was little or no consideration given to what the word actually meant . |
| 28 | A cheque for £400 had been received from the Radcliffe Trustees , Mr Park had collected £389 of the £521 from ratepayers , but on 18 December 1896 , it was reported that a further debit of £21 6s 6d had been received from the Locomotive Department , increasing the total to £2,935 10s 7d , and none of the ratepayers who owed the uncollected £132 were property owners , so there was little or no hope of collecting it ; that was written off . |
| 29 | If hysterectomy does change bowel function it seems likely from our data that the primary problem is in the act of defecation rather than in colonic function , as there was little or no change in stool form yet half the subjects felt they were prone to constipation and a quarter strained with every recorded defecation . |
| 30 | Amitha : I was appointed in September 1984 under the Race Relations Act and there was little or no idea why they wanted an ‘ Asian ’ worker . |