Example sentences of "an [noun pl] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An artists impression was drawn up of a man who was asking for directions to her home earlier in the day . |
| 2 | This concern may to some extent have been justified : according to a newspaper report , one battle in which an AWACS aircraft was involved , albeit peripherally , nearly became several . |
| 3 | There were conceivably differences in the quality of the students entering the courses , but there seemed to be ‘ different appraisals of the market , and what an honours degree was all about ’ . |
| 4 | On 12 June 1965 an Honours List was published containing my name on the list of life peers . |
| 5 | An arms cache was found in the house of ‘ a certain Azimov ’ who was alleged to have been recruited by Bashir 's agents . |
| 6 | An arms cache was found in the house of ‘ a certain Azimov ’ who was alleged to have been recruited by Bashir 's agents . |
| 7 | There was even talk of an IRA link , after an arms cache was found eight miles away . |
| 8 | Also in Belfast , police arrested a man after an arms cache was found in the Protestant Donegall Pass district . |
| 9 | In the latest incidents , an antiques dealer was attacked at Keele services on the M Six shortly after midnight and yesterday a woman driving along a quite country road in Chepstow had her car rammed by a gang wielding baseball bats . |
| 10 | An example of good practice in incorporating disabled people into an allocations policy was again provided by Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council . |
| 11 | but in the plans for the reorganisation of community affairs there was an exhibitions officer was n't there ? there 's still a need for that is n't there ? |
| 12 | If she was an innocent abroad , her parents considered that a life cocooned in an all-girls school was hardly adequate preparation for the bright lights of the big city . |
| 13 | To meet this gap in the old ‘ circle of control ’ , an Estimates Committee was appointed in 1912 and reappointed in every session , except during the two world wars , until 1960 when Standing Order No. 80 made the sessional appointment of the committee mandatory . |