Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I daresay the Faraday Junior was no worse than any other school : indeed even a little better . |
| 2 | All that the loyal Jew in exile had left to keep the faith alive was a strict keeping of the Law of Moses , contained in the Pentateuch . |
| 3 | As she entered the lounge where Susan was sitting , playing a César Franck prelude in an oddly preoccupied way , she found herself wishing that the senior partner of Factota Limited were a little less amenable . |
| 4 | The Sex Pistols ( who once touched on a similar subject ) also made sense , once , but although Johnny Rotten was a wry and clever ambassador for the feeling of the youth , he equally made it perfectly easy for the tabloids to pin him with yobbishness . |
| 5 | When pale imitations of Greece and left-overs of Strawberry Hill Gothic were the norm , suddenly , on a site just south of Salisbury , with ‘ a magnificent view of the cathedral and city with the River Avon winding through … as advantageous a situation as any in England ’ , there sprang up this towered , monastic , miniature Gothic château . |
| 6 | Salomon Brothers Inc was the sole manager for the issue . |
| 7 | What made his criticisms acceptable was the care with which he assessed work and the genuine intimacy this created between student and teacher . |
| 8 | The Long construct , containing Ea DHS I-V was a 35 kb Mlu I/Xho I digest of 32.1 ( see Figure 1a-c ) . |
| 9 | I now know that the lady concerned was the then Mrs Randolph Churchill , later Mrs Averell Harriman and now the widow of that very great man . |
| 10 | Fabulous — and their feet alone were a poem ( English women dress well except they wo n't spend on their feet , says Murray ) . |
| 11 | The bigwigs of Saint lean were the ship owners and they built themselves fine , ostentatious houses . |
| 12 | THE PRINCESS ROYAL was the latest visitor to Manchester 's Olympic Arena site , currently being built by Bovis North . |
| 13 | Inevitably , the lost that set the buyers alight were the North American and European imports , but it seems mere novelty value can no longer secure the top prices . |
| 14 | Amnesty International was the recipient of the 1977 Nobel Prize for Peace . |
| 15 | Amnesty International was the recipient of the 1977 Nobel Prize for Peace . |
| 16 | Where she came from , the Gates of Heaven Ajar were the finest tribute , floral or otherwise , that she could offer . |
| 17 | When the file concerned was an ED ( Enumeration District ) level file , it was too large for our screen editor to be used , and a FORTRAN program had to be written to change it As a result of these corrections , the data held at Manchester is cleaner than that at OPCS ( the Census Office for England and Wales ) itself ! |
| 18 | The only transport available was a dog cart , which he hired of necessity , but the slowness made his temper worse , and by the time he reached the rectory he felt as if he would burst with fury . |
| 19 | Yes , the Theale turn-off was the one you 'd take going to Streatley . |
| 20 | In those days Celtic were a force in European football and a successful run in the tournament was virtually guaranteed . |
| 21 | Unlike Lawrence , but like his elder namesake , Arthur junior was a parliamentarian , and he adventured £300 in the prospective purchase of Irish lands . |
| 22 | Well here are , one , two , three on the bounce and I thought well you know that 's a fairly good start , jack , queen , king king high was a bit dodgy you never know do you ? |
| 23 | In short , the command of an East Indiaman was a very profitable situation , and accordingly the award of a good voyage was said to be |
| 24 | Gem of the warbirds present was the Messerschmitt Bf 109G Gustav , whilst another rare participant was the Linday Wood Promotions ' Vampire T.55 U–1230/G–DHZZ . |
| 25 | In this case the person concerned was a pacifist , and pacifism as a philosophy fell within the ambit of freedom of thought and conscience protected by Article 9 , but it was held that the protester was not manifesting her belief in the sense of Article 9 ( Report of the Commission of 12 October 1978 , Application No. 7050/75 ) . |
| 26 | After catching on a short pole and rod and line I was quite happy with the venue but was still convinced I needed another practice session — time was running out and the only day available was the one after the Division 1 National . |
| 27 | The Minister will recall that during the first Tory recession , Ministers claimed that making many people redundant was a price worth paying to make British industry leaner and fitter . |
| 28 | Ltd v. Heller & Partners Ltd was an obiter dictum , later courts interpreted the case as extending the scope of Donoghue v. Stevenson beyond negligent actions which cause physical damage , to include negligent statements which occasion monetary loss . |
| 29 | Audley senior was a minor baron , with lands in Gloucestershire as well as Oxfordshire and a long record of service to the Crown . |
| 30 | Montgomery Securities Inc was the lead underwriter for the offering . |