Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [noun pl] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they reached the centre of the lion enclosure , a large cage on wheels was ahead of them , and a young woman with a pitchfork was shovelling carcasses of raw meat out through the bars while adult male lions , lionesses and their cubs crowded round . |
| 2 | The plan was to monitor communications of American organisations and individuals who in the eyes of the NSA wanted to foment civil disturbance or otherwise undermine the security of the United States . |
| 3 | He saw that WWF 's first requirement was to convince leaders of political , economic and social life that their own plans and ambitions could come to nothing if they were pursued without regard to those vital things on which all life depended . |
| 4 | The purpose of the seminar was to consider problems of agricultural structure and education which have led to economic stagnation and decline in many of Europe 's marginal areas . |
| 5 | The Financial Times of Feb. 6 , 1991 , reported that the government was to increase exports of natural gas by a further 200,000 million cubic metres over the next 20 years . |
| 6 | In 1976 , US intelligence discovered that the rent-a-colonel was buying recordings of taped conversations from Military Intelligence . |
| 7 | As we moored up the late shipping forecast was giving warnings of south-easterly gales for the area , so we had just made it in time . |