Example sentences of "were [adj] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having argued in August that benefit extensions were unnecessary because the recession was over , the administration now backed a proposal by the Senate minority leader , Bob Dole , to extend benefits by 10 weeks . |
| 2 | you 're expecting a baby and were pregnant when the dentist accepted you for treatment or |
| 3 | Cyril and Florence Ormerod and their son Andrew were asleep when the fire started . |
| 4 | The first , Carry On Sergeant in 1958 , was made for £71,000 — and Thomas claims they were aghast when the cost of the second , Carry On Nurse , went up to £75,000 . |
| 5 | The ratios of liver to plasma free leucine enrichment at the end of the measurement period were lower than the value of 95% seen in muscle with the same protocol , which compares with 50% to 80% in muscle when [ C ] leucine is infused as a tracer dose . |
| 6 | Even directly below high-voltage lines levels of exposure to EMF were lower than the safety guidelines issued by the National Radiological Protection Board . |
| 7 | In all cases , the reported values of imports into Yugoslavia were lower than the export values reported by the partner countries , despite the fact that the Yugoslav values were c.i.f. and the partner country values were f.o.b . |
| 8 | But in 24 of 40 WFS countries , among women who worked , levels of infant mortality were lower when the mother was employed away from home in anon-farm occupation ( some education and skills ) than when she had not worked at all since marriage . |
| 9 | An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck southern California on June 28 , killing at least one person and injuring several others ; casualties were light because the epicentre of the 15-second tremor was deep beneath the San Gabriel Mountains , 65 km north of Los Angeles . |
| 10 | Note that the package module APCK3 and all its modules were OFFLINE when the procedure was called . |
| 11 | Walks on the beach were impossible because the Army had covered the sands with barbed wire and netting and on the couple 's first night the skating rink in front of the Grand Hotel was burned down . |
| 12 | Petipa 's orders to Tchaikovsky were sacrosanct because the composer knew that if that ‘ dictator ’ did not approve the music would have to be changed ( as it was for The Nutcracker . ) |
| 13 | Clearly , the aircraft had dived or spun into the ground on the port side ; the starboard exhaust stubs were perfect while the port stubs had been wiped off . |
| 14 | But in a judgment at Jedburgh Sheriff Court yesterday , Sheriff James Paterson accepted a plea on Neil 's behalf that the charges were incompetent because the prosecution had not served the complaint in time . |
| 15 | This meant that issues to do with the representativeness of the sample drawn and interviewed were paramount since the objective was to gain an accurate estimate from the sample of the likely population characteristics . |
| 16 | Murray was becoming increasingly flamboyant in style , which meant that his rages were fearful when the rest of the team did not get him what he wanted . |
| 17 | He opened up his shirt , and showed us his breasts and pointed out that they were bigger than the woman 's . |
| 18 | They were lucky when the freehold of the old Aquarium Theatre , opposite Westminster Abbey , came up for sale . |
| 19 | He watched open-mouthed when his attacker 's black hair shed its pins as she shook with rage , dumbfounded by the eyes which were hotter than the fire by which he sat . |
| 20 | The 10 patients who were lost to follow-up were younger than the rest of the cohort ( mean age : 48 yr vs 60 yr , p=0.05 ) , but otherwise had similar baseline characteristics . |
| 21 | We however went round , and were glad when the circuit was completed . ’ |
| 22 | The President , Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Keith Williamson and Lady Williamson were present when the Standard of the Association was paraded at the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 23 | Bad as they were , gelatine glues were better than the alternative , the gums or starch glues which were made by boiling some kind of flour in water . |
| 24 | It was no comfortable emotion that pierced the veil , but even pain and fear were better than the emptiness that had preceded them . |
| 25 | Commitment and concentration were better if the bulk of the day 's work was past . |
| 26 | The report also said that the people were unhappy because the King had not yet asked Princess Flavia to marry him . |
| 27 | He may have remembered St Mary 's Tyne Dock , where he freely sanctioned certain things that were illegal because the parish church council wanted them for purposes of devotion . |
| 28 | But they were powerless as the vet broke no law . |
| 29 | A rape-alarm siren was on the ground nearby — but detectives were puzzled because the car was locked . |
| 30 | The Lancet medical journal reports that children who were underweight before the operation had a growth spurt afterwards . |