Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [art] " 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 | In this period barriers to trade were high and thus the multinational structure of operationally-independent companies was a necessity . |
| 3 | The dangers were clear and ultimately no one benefited , least of all the students . |
| 4 | They were afraid because elsewhere a group of armed cossacks had besieged the ship , threatening to kill anyone who disembarked . |
| 5 | Many of her gentleman clients were foreign and even the odd Arab prince had come to her office . |
| 6 | Three subsequent balloon dilations were unsuccessful and finally the patient was referred to our institution . |
| 7 | Many were convinced that only a proletarian revolution could remove discrimination . |
| 8 | For a moment Ruth wondered if he were real or just a ghost . |
| 9 | On the whole the roads were good and also the Inns — the latter however are extravagantly high in their charges . |
| 10 | The decision also followed appeals for a postponement from many within the 12-party Unity Assembly , Haiti 's opposition coalition , who were concerned that neither the safety of voters nor the fairness of the poll could be guaranteed because of the prevailing climate of violence and lawlessness within the country . |
| 11 | Environmental concern mushroomed during the 1960s and was stimulated by warnings about the impact of human activity and by debates about the extent to which earth resources were finite and therefore the basis for a pessimistic or optimistic future for spaceship earth . |
| 12 | Originally the horns were lyre-shaped and traditionally the animals were horn-tethered . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | However , the skills required to build such systems were rare and also the required combinations of software and computer hardware were expensive . |
| 15 | ‘ There was n't a ha'porth of prejudice in him — except that the Welsh were marvellous and especially the Welsh-speaking Welsh and most particularly those from Pontrhydyfen and most of all the Jenkins family . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing . |
| 18 | Oh well the role of the police , well of course they were opposed to the strikers but there were n't er quite so many police you see and and the strike movement was strong and so the the the they did n't have a great deal of affect . |
| 19 | It was possible that even a reject like him could be of use in such a godforsaken spot . |
| 20 | Underlining this was not only a sense of what was proper but also a sense of what was politically and socially wise . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It was interesting that quite a number saw their being easily located at their place of work as a benefit . |
| 23 | By the early sixties … it was clear that neither the efforts made in the first post-war decade nor the developments outlined in Mr Butler 's White Paper were reducing — or were likely to reduce — the volume of crime or the numbers of persistent offenders . |
| 24 | But for years the garden , with its extraordinary follies and temples , had been decaying , and it was clear that soon no more than a few heaps of stone would be left . |
| 25 | They stood to attention , but it was clear that both the administrator and his deputy were unsure of the proper response . |
| 26 | From March 1918 it was clear that only a crushing military victory by one or other side would bring ‘ peace ’ . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Shipbuilding was in crisis , and it was clear that only the fittest could survive . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Shearman recalled that , at first , discussion with Hickson was unpromising but eventually the appointment of Pateman to the post , vacant from 1928 , was confirmed . |