Example sentences of "[was/were] in [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This contrasted with Britain where most of the part-time farmers were in rural employment and could obtain time away fairly easily . |
| 2 | The Danzig authorities immediately began to drag out the renewal of the Accord and , hoping perhaps to stop the visit altogether , told the British that all procedures were in temporary suspension and that this would prevent the Poles from greeting the British in the agreed manner . |
| 3 | The same close-quarters examination confirmed that the underside in general , and the exhaust system in particular , were in good order but the front tyres were only marginally legal and needed replacing . |
| 4 | His affairs and will were in good order but there were odd points that he wanted to check . |
| 5 | The tapestries were in good repair and intact , so too were the pictures and the collection of Bow . |
| 6 | Up to 500 were in the largest establishment , Kings Bush Prison in London , but most were in small town and provincial lock-ups in which only a handful of prisoners were kept . |
| 7 | At a meeting at Essex County Hospital he outlined priorities for care , such as cases where patients were in immediate danger or disabled people were involved and the council had a statutory obligation to act . |
| 8 | In Cochinchina , as in Tonkin , French , Vietminh , and nationalist forces were in close proximity and as long as Vietnam 's political future was in doubt clashes were almost inevitable . |
| 9 | For Lanfranc , all the signs of life which he saw around him when he arrived at Canterbury were in one way or another manifestations of deviation from the norms of contemporary learning and religious observance , and his main aim in all his activities , whether at Bec or at Canterbury , was to strengthen the central normality of any church for which he was responsible . |
| 10 | Of the three ladies who were attending to her , two were in middle age and the third in her early thirties . |
| 11 | The menu for the main banquet was printed in black , with intricate gold filigrees , on vellum pages and bound in a little book whose covers were in blue silk and gold . |
| 12 | The fences on either side of the track were in poor repair and in April 1965 children were seen on the line . |
| 13 | Many of the victims were in poor health and , in some cases , had been incarcerated by the police on the assumption that they were drunk when in fact they were suffering from diseases which were life-threatening when treatment was withheld . |
| 14 | Many were in mint condition and judging by the list sent in , a pretty comprehensive collection it is too , ranging from World War Two aircraft of the fighting powers to post-war helicopters and such giants as Convair 's B–36 . |
| 15 | But the inspectors found that in its second year , up to the summer of 1991 , the only significant improvements were in primary science and ‘ some aspects of English . ’ |
| 16 | Yeah all the Irish people were in that hall and welcomed us because we were from Ireland , New Zealand , over in New Zealand |
| 17 | She can still tell the police you were in that shooting and once they get you , you can forget you ever had any friends or were ever in the Army . |
| 18 | ‘ They both belong to the National Front and they both were in that tarring and feathering riot down Deptford High Street . |
| 19 | All food was scarce , milk , eggs and butter were in short supply and expensive . |
| 20 | Teachers were in short supply and those who did volunteer were naturally steeped in the Scottish tradition of education . |
| 21 | In the great majority of cases this teaching would be communicated orally , for Gospels were in short supply and many converts were illiterate . |
| 22 | They stated that basic equipment and medicines were in short supply and that antibiotics and analgesics were particularly scarce . |
| 23 | Basic foodstuffs were in short supply and the local vodka and wine ( not to mention imported liquor ) that used to be readily available before the revolution in Tehran and a number of other centres were prohibited and could be found only on the black market . |
| 24 | The fortifications of Portsmouth , they had discovered , were in excellent shape but inadequately manned , by a single militia battalion and some ‘ invalid ’ companies . |
| 25 | ‘ The Colpoy 's Commission of 1805 reported that the woods about Keswick were in excellent order and managed with great care and attention . ’ ' |
| 26 | The whole of the party were in excellent health and had well tried each others stamina in walking up mountains etc. etc. but having so many interesting objects in view they had allowed no difficulty or danger to impede their progress . |
| 27 | One normally expects to see all the best opera , ballet and musical talent on this tour , but our group had arrived at the tail-end of a meeting of Comecon heads of state , the National Gymnastics Championships were in full swing and quite unexpectedly , a British delegation led by Sir Geoffrey Howe had arrived for peace talks . |
| 28 | The sixties were in full swing and we all lived , whether we like it or not , in a permissive society . |
| 29 | Blue Steel Mk II and Blue Streak were in full development and their cancellation was unthinkable . |
| 30 | Things looked more hopeful now that the Poles were in full retreat and an end to the war was in sight . |