Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The general preference was that if the message or the information was ambiguous , it was preferable to use oral forms of communication . |
| 2 | Shortly before he was due to take mock exams , he was at a geography lesson which was interrupted by a teacher calling for his services in a football match . |
| 3 | The firms argued that this was because they bought quantities of salt from each other ( usually small ) , and it was usual to notify important buyers in advance of price changes . |
| 4 | As commander-in-chief — he would not co-operate with Spanish generals on any other terms — Wellington was loth to regard native troops as an instrument that could be used with safety in battle . |
| 5 | As the Algerian media reported extreme insecurity among the inhabitants of some southern towns , and some newspapers speculated about hidden French or Libyan involvement in the situation , the government claimed that it was unnecessary to send military reinforcements to the region . |
| 6 | In the gloaming it was possible to glimpse passing lights identical to those of a carriage in a moving train , altogether it was an eerie happening — crossing a long-abandoned railway in the Vale of Nightshade ! |
| 7 | However , because the New Range project is very recent in history , it was possible to interview key participants who were able to elaborate on the minutiae of the planning process . |
| 8 | As a result , it was possible to draw certain conclusions : |
| 9 | It was possible to classify rectal sensations into a group with no sensation , a group with intermittent need for defecation , and a group with continued need for defecation throughout the distension period . |
| 10 | Except that in the capital city of Palestine , a city covered with soldiers , it was possible to have Arab riots in which six Jews were slain and no soldiers around to prevent it . |
| 11 | He believed that it was possible to apply scientific principles to each task which would replace the old rule-of-thumb method of working . |
| 12 | However , having had the benefit of the pilot study , it was possible to identify specific areas that restrict my practice and so limit my effectiveness : |
| 13 | They were confident that it was possible to make general statements about improvements across a year group , despite individual differences . |
| 14 | Although electrical excitability in the nervous system had been demonstrated before the beginning of the nineteenth century , it was not until the late nineteenth century that it was shown that the brain was spontaneously electrically active Jeannerod 1985 ) , and it was only in the 1930s , after the invention of the valve amplifier , that it was possible to make meaningful records of this activity . |
| 15 | By placing a tethered owl under a tree , the branches of which had been covered with sticky lime , it was possible to trap small birds as they gathered to mob the bird of prey . |
| 16 | It was possible to establish plausible relationships between what is known about normal language acquisition , especially learning to read , and what is known about developmental disorders of language , especially developmental dyslexia . |
| 17 | The largest indigenous groupings occurred further south still , in the wooded steppe and the immense grasslands , where it was possible to herd large numbers of domestic animals , as well as engaging in hunting and primitive forms of agriculture . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , both Weber and the interactionists did think it was possible to produce causal explanations of human behaviour so long as an understanding of meanings formed part of those explanations . |
| 19 | The abandonment of the 1956–62 IRA military campaign was highly ambiguous and from outward appearances it was possible to interpret republican actions as either preparation for a renewed onslaught or as a delicate operation to keep the movement together while its direction was fundamentally changed . |
| 20 | The style of discussion — Zuwaya rhetoric — was generally subdued and relaxed , governed by two apparent rules : first , it was shameful to display personal interests openly ; and , secondly , it was impolite to disagree with guests or hosts . |
| 21 | Verses 2–3 : it was normal to employ professional embalmers — but perhaps Joseph wanted to avoid religious entanglements . |
| 22 | CTSP officials said that until the Tuareg issue was resolved it was unrealistic to conduct electoral operations in the north of the country , which was subject to rebel raids and from which thousands of people had fled . |
| 23 | In other words , Lyons , a man who preferred and prefers to make his bargaining points through the media , was prepared to disrupt vital supplies , inflicting untold damage to the economy , without having had any direct discussion with us as to our plans or policies . |
| 24 | On Feb. 4 , Iranian President Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani told a press conference in Tehran that he had sent " an idea " for peace to Saddam Hussein , that he was awaiting a reply , and that he was prepared to hold direct talks with Iraqi and US leaders in an effort to end the war . |
| 25 | She was not even able to read : though the family possessed an extensive library , Dona Marguerita had it kept locked and the key lodged with Padre Jorge , who was prepared to issue devotional books only , and that grudgingly . |
| 26 | And the Minister was prepared to predict great things for the candidate should he win . |
| 27 | The supreme importance of communications , in every sense , put a premium upon the man who was prepared to handle great sheaves of paper , the man at the desk , the bureaucrat . |
| 28 | He was prepared to concede non-essential points of terminology , such as referring to ‘ priests ’ as ‘ presbyters ’ ; his hope was ‘ to see controversies end with concord and love on all sides , . |
| 29 | He was entering a study with local authorities on the cost of implementing the measures and was prepared to make appropriate increases in the rate support grant . |
| 30 | United States Secretary of State James Baker indicated on Oct. 23 that the USA was prepared to begin bilateral discussions with Vietnam as a preliminary to the normalization of relations . |