Example sentences of "[ex0] [was/were] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investiture was the symbolic part of a struggle behind which there were fundamentally different views about the whole ordering of society and about who was the divinely appointed agent for that purpose . |
| 2 | There were eventually two plans . |
| 3 | However , there were again interesting differences between sectors . |
| 4 | WORRYINGLY , there were again FEWER maths candidate — 2.6 per cent less . |
| 5 | There were however some differences between British and Sri Lankan definitions of crime . |
| 6 | There were however some dicta supporting a wider review power . |
| 7 | Sir Nicholas Goodison , the group chairman , tried to soften the blow of continuing bad debt provisions by telling shareholders that there were finally some signs of economic recovery after three years thanks to the fall in interest rates and the value of sterling . |
| 8 | Although nothing became of this beyond an agreement that there were widely different views on the matter , that same year the Government of Australia proposed that the so called cull grenade should be banned . |
| 9 | Perhaps because it was conveniently placed on the edge of the Old City closest to the modern , developed parts where the more well-to-do lived , there were surprisingly wealthy people in its congregation . |
| 10 | But there were surprisingly few non-Communists capable of writing popular works within the broad limits of the Club 's aims . |
| 11 | So , all things considered , there were surprisingly few casualties . |
| 12 | Marsh notes that some 90 per cent of all rights issues during this period were underwritten and that apart from the principal underwriter ( usually the organizing merchant bank ) there were invariably 100–200 sub-underwriters . |
| 13 | While there were clearly political motives involved , there seems no reason to doubt his sincerity . |
| 14 | There were clearly many factors for this success . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , back in the Ordovician , following on the stable episode , there were clearly major plate collisions , with the formation of oceanic trenches , Benioff zones and volcanic island arcs . |
| 16 | By 1987 there were clearly long-term problems emerging for the balance of payments . |
| 17 | There were clearly various possibilities which the Chinese had n't thought of . |
| 18 | Although people are tight lipped about the reasons for the collapse of negotiations , there were clearly bureaucratic difficulties with so many conservation organisations being involved , along with government departments , SNH and even , according to reports , Prince Charles . |
| 19 | Also , there were clearly large gaps in the analysis as an ‘ assessment ’ of the total ‘ cost of quality ’ in relation to all order-winning criteria . |
| 20 | Though there were clearly classical influences on Agatha Christie 's work — most obviously in the collection The Labours of Hercules — they are not within the province of this study , particularly since the subject has been expertly covered by other scholars . |
| 21 | One morning there were over 2,000 tadpoles in my pond ( I was bailing them out temporarily because the liner had a leak , so I was counting them too ! ) . |
| 22 | There were over 200 assignees . |
| 23 | According to one observer , there were over 200 mourners ; Gubyenko made a touching speech , but no-one shed any obvious tears . |
| 24 | A spokesman pointed out that there were over 200 stations in Germany monitoring nitrogen oxides . |
| 25 | That both kinds of Camphill therapeutic communities , schools and villages , increased in number in several countries both in and after König 's lifetime — by 1987 there were over seventy centres in eighteen countries — is testimony to their success in answering a need , albeit continuously in pioneering mode and therefore not without mistakes ; testimony also to the founder 's vision , dynamic personality , and restless energy . |
| 26 | In Europe , in 1981 , there were over 500 databases and databanks available from over 50 hosts . |
| 27 | there were over 500 finishers … some were shattered … all were splattered with mud … and the challenge man against horse will run and ride again next year |
| 28 | There were over sixty people in the back of the lorry . |
| 29 | In November 1988 there were over 3,000 places in twenty ‘ direct access ’ hostels in London run by the Department of Social Security , the Salvation Army , local authorities and private proprietors . |
| 30 | In a letter to the Independent , a representative of the Irish Freedom Movement alleged that , at the annual anti-internment march in London on 6 August 1988 , there were over thirty arrests , with the charges ranging from threatening behaviour to affray and some accused being ‘ granted bail only on condition that they did not attend political meetings or marches ’ . |