Example sentences of "were [adj] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord and Lady Southdown were friendly if a little distant . |
| 2 | Their prospects were hopeless because the British had developed a command of the sea that was much more effective than anything seen in earlier wars . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | you 're expecting a baby and were pregnant when the dentist accepted you for treatment or |
| 5 | Local authorities were upset because the initial letters of the phrase were highlighted , spelling an obscene word . |
| 6 | Cyril and Florence Ormerod and their son Andrew were asleep when the fire started . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Palestinians were peeved when the Americans , spotting an impasse , tried to bridge it by coming up with a compromise . |
| 9 | It was held that nevertheless the defendants were guilty because the statements in the advertisement were false when made and had been made recklessly . |
| 10 | Follow up data for the 18 patients who were alive when the 1988 report was assembled have been obtained from the most recent inpatient assessment at Harefield Hospital ( 1991–2 ) , where all but one patient are reviewed in depth each year or more often if problems arise . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Royalties paid to Iran were lower than the taxes Anglo-Iranian paid to the British government , and the company kept most skilled jobs for British expatriates . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In Spain , conditions have been extremely difficult with the beer market in significant decline due to economic circumstances ; as a result volumes overall were lower than the previous year . |
| 15 | Even directly below high-voltage lines levels of exposure to EMF were lower than the safety guidelines issued by the National Radiological Protection Board . |
| 16 | But Mr Lang said that such a level was not an admission of government failure , but an admission that the recession had not ended , pointing out that Scottish unemployment rates were lower than the UK average . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | When I put you to bed you were high as a kite . ’ |
| 19 | Now you were saying just then that erm parts of the were different than the other parts . |
| 20 | Bevin and Dalton agreed with Attlee 's views , although at this late stage they were doubtful whether the National Executive would agree . |
| 21 | Shopkeepers there were staggered when a particular brand of noodles sold out within days — until they discovered its high score in the barcode points stakes . |
| 22 | However much they may have disliked such labels they were unavoidable as the dramatic jump in their lifestyle was to have an equally powerful , and highly visible , effect on the company . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | If it were clear when a party has formed an intention to incur legal obligation , if a person did commonly define the obligation he desired to assume in terms which left little doubt as to its nature , it would be unnecessary , and indeed merely foolish , to require an additional test of that intention . |
| 25 | Planning as a local authority responsibility has its origins in the public health and housing policies of the nineteenth century , but from the outset the objectives were broader than a simple emphasis on the efficient use of land . |
| 26 | There were few exceptions to the rule that the peoples of Siberia were illiterate before the Russians came . |
| 27 | Note that the package module APCK3 and all its modules were OFFLINE when the procedure was called . |
| 28 | Price rises were similar whether the illegal trade was detected by a stock exchange — which looks out for unusually large price jumps — or by tip-offs from jilted mistresses and the like , who probably do not . |
| 29 | Results were similar when the saturated fatty acid in sn-1 position ( palmitic acid ) was replaced by another saturated fatty acid ( stearic acid ) . |
| 30 | They were of three different heights so in conversation with Julian I asked if they were all the same height or if some were taller than the others . |