Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] were [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly ‘ racism awareness ’ training , day nurseries , and sex-equality monitoring programmes were the order of the day . |
| 2 | In all major areas ( secondary school selection , the applications of financial grants to specific activities , school building , staffing levels … ) the local authority made decisions and the teaching force were the agents through which policy was implemented . |
| 3 | The cattle that survived this vicious circle of pasture depletion were no doubt those that could make the most of small areas of rough grazing and it is likely that small , thrifty cattle were positively selected in preference to larger improved types which needed better feeding . |
| 4 | Lee found that function words were a considerable problem for his SPHINX system . |
| 5 | In this guise , the computer 's role was to elaborate some of the issues which emerged in a course in which historical themes , not computer methods were the central focus . |
| 6 | Appearing on the tape proved too much of a millstone for most bands and The Wedding Present were the only ones that carried on developing at a reasonable pace . |
| 7 | In the nineteenth century , the Goose and Burial Clubs were the forerunner of the social security system and the welfare state — the goose was for Christmas , the burial speaks for itself . |
| 8 | While it is clear that politicians and zaibatsu groups were the object of a more aggressively nationalist movement in rural areas , there was also some strong anti-landlord sentiment . |
| 9 | Attlee and his colleagues clung to the established view that the Frontier peoples were a special British responsibility which could not be abandoned . |
| 10 | Her short hair and weight loss were the only clues to her ordeal . |
| 11 | Dysphagia and weight loss were the only symptoms found significantly more frequently in patients at stage IV compared with patients at stages II or III . |
| 12 | The coalition parties were the two Christian Social parties ( the CVP and the Walloon Parti social chrétien — PSC ) , and the two Socialist parties ( the Flemish Socialistische Partij — SP and the Walloon Parti socialiste — PS ) . |
| 13 | In 1972 , despite the fact that the women then in the labour force were the relatively well qualified ( as those who were deferring childbearing were overrepresented ) , men 's pay exceeded women 's , at the geometric mean , by a factor of 60 per cent . |
| 14 | The main opposition demands were the dissolution of the government and the Rashtriya Panchayat ( parliament ) , release of all political detainees , compensation for the victims of police action , the representation of the opposition on the commission dealing with constitutional change , and the establishment of an independent committee to look into alleged abuses committed by the security forces . |
| 15 | Bullock and Keith Davies of the opposing club Channels were the last duo left on the course in the afternoon singles . |
| 16 | He challenged the validity of a search warrant which had been obtained from a sheriff , alleging that statements by inquiry officers about a flickering light being seen at a bedroom window were a blatant and malicious fabrication . |
| 17 | Dyke and his four piece band were a popular attraction at many clubs and did several broadcasts including a Workers ' Playtime programme from the Whessoe Works at Darlington . |
| 18 | To most voters patronage appointments were an economic necessity , and for much of the eighteenth century the relative poverty of so many of the Scottish gentry in comparison to their social counterparts in England eased the task of the politician who sought to manipulate them . |
| 19 | Roof bolts were the only support . |
| 20 | The great circulation successes were the Daily Mirror and Daily Express into the 1960s ; the Sun from 1970 onwards , when it bit hard into the Mirror 's market ; The Daily Telegraph until the 1980s and the Guardian , in a quiet way , after it had settled in London . |
| 21 | There " the entrance examinations were a simple formality . |
| 22 | CAR distributors were the main winners in the Chancellor 's autumn handout as a morning after the night before mood left the rest of the market flat . |
| 23 | Lorrimer or one of the Police Liaison Officers were the only people authorised to lock and open up the building . |
| 24 | Hibiscus , frangipani , bougainvillaea and the glorious colours of the flame tree were a visual feast and a challenge for the camera which I felt unable to cope with at first . |
| 25 | Of the 3,000 troops most immediately involved in the fighting in the capital , the members of the elite corps of Scout Rangers were the most in evidence fighting against the government , especially in the Makati business district of Manila . |
| 26 | The Borough Mills were the culmination of Healing 's long involvement in milling . |
| 27 | These dissemination procedures were a feature of an earlier project supported by the ESRC and the present project will pay particular attention to developing software which can be easily understood and used by social scientists . |
| 28 | Dwarf-forged steel was the finest in the world , and their intricate clockwork toys were the delight of Elf children . |
| 29 | Extraction procedures were the same in patients and controls and values can be regarded as an index of the capacity of the mucosa to synthesis eicosanoids . |
| 30 | These republics had many of the Soviet Union 's most modern industries and its most successful farms , and living standards were the highest in the USSR . |