Example sentences of "were [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition since the rats on the low fibre diet were heavier at the end of the study , although food intake measurements at 12 weeks showed no difference between the two groups , it is possible that the differences in morbidity were due a variation in calorie intake since caloric restriction is known to prolong life in rodents . |
| 2 | Hereford were due a break as well and sure enough , they got it against Gillingham at Edgar Street . |
| 3 | Three weeks later on 25 March 1985 , the price of the old shares was 198p and the rights to buy the new shares were trading at 5p ( the apparent shortfall of 3p being caused by the fact that the old shares were due a dividend while the new ones were not ) . |
| 4 | Although there are regional differences , social and marital roles have become less clearly defined and structured than they were half a century ago . |
| 5 | ‘ It were half a bottle of Evian , 12 grapes , a piece of cheese and a small tomato . |
| 6 | It was given to delay the police operation to find the bomb and officers were half a mile away looking for the bomb at the Stock Exchange . ’ |
| 7 | They were half a mile away , but on Sharpe 's side of the river and barring his approach to Charleroi . |
| 8 | Next morning , there was no wind and we were half a mile from the eastern coast of the island . |
| 9 | And they were popular a lot of people bought them |
| 10 | But I I 'd said to Angela there were some a while back but I 'd not sh shown them her . |
| 11 | And then of course the there were some a lot of them mass produced then there was the mass producer come in then . |
| 12 | If there ever were such a bird in Cornwall , perhaps it flew away in despair ? |
| 13 | Were such a test to be adopted in future , it would reintroduce into British obscenity law a wholly subjective assessment of taste and decency with respect to works of art and public communications , and it would do so by amending an Act which was designed to focus solely on the question of harm . |
| 14 | A poll for the Independent on Sunday on 20 September suggested that , were such a referendum to be held , the result would be a 2–1 vote against ratifying the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 15 | The shows that year were such a success with holiday-makers and residents that they continued to produce entertainment there for twenty-five years . |
| 16 | And not just the C&P quality Awards which were such a success in their inaugural year . |
| 17 | In purely military terms it was an amazing success reflecting great credit on Britain 's small but all-professional armed forces — which were such a contrast to the much bigger conscript forces I remembered from the 1950s . |
| 18 | London 's numerous tailors were such a case . |
| 19 | The association with the stigma of poor relief remained , however , and to a very large extent these hospitals became the home for the long-stay patients and the elderly who were such a drain on the finances of the voluntary hospitals . |
| 20 | Be brave , she reminded herself , and kept her features composed when , ‘ Thank you , Fabia , ’ Ven began , and , seeming encouraged that she had stayed , ‘ To explain more fully why I found it necessary to be so brutal when you were such a delight … ’ |
| 21 | Were such a proof to be successfully produced , moreover — in other words if Anselm were shown to be right — then from our point of view such a success would undermine faith rather than establish it . |
| 22 | The ‘ compact ’ skis of the 1970s that were such a wheeze ( as opposed to a sneeze ) in powder were up to 10% broader than the skis we use today — they had typical sidecuts at the waist of around 70mm , compared to the slimline ( 63mm to 66mm ) skis that are more common today . |
| 23 | It was largely this greater efficacy in the treatment of epidemic infections which were such a scourge in those days that allowed homoeopathy to spread so quickly . |
| 24 | Even if there were such a description it would be difficult to imagine the number of working years it would take to arrive at a complete frequency description of a novel , let alone " the language as a whole " . |
| 25 | I was sure that were such a scheme to be imposed , it would be vigorously resisted and criticised . |
| 26 | For if you were such a brain , then , provided that the scientist is successful , nothing in your experience could possibly reveal that you were ; for your experience is ex hypothesi identical with that of something which is not a brain in a vat . |
| 27 | ‘ T were such a pity she died . |
| 28 | Unbroken nights were such a luxury . |
| 29 | There were such a lot of us … |
| 30 | ‘ There were such a lot of women in his life . |