Example sentences of "[was/were] also the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But cattle were also the principal form of economic capital in the societies concerned ; the payment was a cost to the payers . |
| 2 | And the fact that during our period the most rapidly industrialising countries , like Britain and Germamy , were also the great exporters of men , seemed to justify them . |
| 3 | Some of these were connected with exchange control offences , and a few concerned illegal immigrants in which the police also features ; there were also the usual run of the mill revenue offences involving large consignments of spirits and tobacco goods , but towards the end of 1970 drug smuggling was rapidly increasing . |
| 4 | There were also the personal matters , which , as every young person knows , consume an unconscionable amount of time . |
| 5 | Almost all candidates in last month 's general elections , which were also the first in more than 22 years , called for lifting of martial law and defence laws and demanded the freedom of the press , freedom of association , and the legalisation of political parties banned by law since 1957 . |
| 6 | There were also the first beginnings of an Islamic nationalism in the Russian Middle East . |
| 7 | These papers were also the first in Swahili . |
| 8 | The Scots were also the first home union to introduce a fully competitive league programme , which they did in season 1973/74 . |
| 9 | They were also the first to join permanent trade unions . |
| 10 | The French shops were the first to use the dark green exterior , which became an instantly recognizable hallmark of ‘ country ’ quality , and were also the first to have architect-designed wooden interiors . |
| 11 | We were also the first sponsor of televised croquet in association with Granada TV and we have since launched a competition to stimulate schools involvement in this fascinating sport . |
| 12 | The Bengali intelligentsia , the first sizeable social group in Asia to come into close contact with a European nation , were also the first to experience such a revolution in their mental world . |
| 13 | We were also the first place in southern Africa to be converted to Christianity , and different religious beliefs of all kinds already thrive there . |
| 14 | NWC members included Thabo Mbeki , head of the international affairs department , Joe Slovo , general secretary of the SACP , and Mohammed Valli Moosa , who were also the other members of the negotiations commission ; Patrick " Terror " Lekota was named as assistant to the head of the security and intelligence department ; and Cheryl Carolus as convenor of the health , welfare and human resources commission . |
| 15 | ‘ Superior ’ workers were also the chief beneficiaries of other manifestations of working-class mutual help in this period . |
| 16 | Ozone levels over the South Pole were also the lowest ever , and 50 per cent destruction of the ozone layer was reported above populated areas of southern Argentina and Chile . |
| 17 | Individuals and their relationship to the social world were also the prime concern of Thomas . |
| 18 | There were also the traditional complaints that condoms lessen sensitivity : ‘ It 's like washing your feet with your socks on , ’ said a married 43-year-old credit controller . |
| 19 | But they were also the golden age of doctrinal clarification . |
| 20 | More interesting , for Smith , is the fact that those countries with the fastest rising unemployment levels and the lowest growth rates per annum in the West — Britain and the USA — were also the two countries with the highest level of post-war expenditure on arms . |
| 21 | These were also the only LMSR-built coaches to be constructed with drop head buffers , buckeye couplers and Pullman type gangways . |
| 22 | ‘ But they were also the only evidence as to the identity of the kidnappers , ’ protested Golding . |
| 23 | The Iranians , who soon freed themselves from Hellenistic control and always escaped that of Rome , were also the only nation which the Greeks had known and appraised before Alexander . |
| 24 | It may not be coincidental that two of the long survivors with very low CD4 counts were also the oldest patients in the study , and it remains possible that the genetic background or immune changes responsible for AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis are , with increasing age , more likely to indicate a good prognosis independently of the CD4 count . |
| 25 | Knights naturally took precedence as the leading members of the class , and there is no difficulty about demonstrating that they were also the richest despite the existence of a good many whose incomes fell far short of £200 . |
| 26 | There were also the unforeseen situations that prevented his attendance at a course at the last minute — like the sudden outbreak of mildew that demanded immediate attention . |
| 27 | These were also the last vehicles to be constructed at Wolverton with a clerestory roof . |
| 28 | They were also the last of the home unions to award caps for internationals against France and they steadfastly refused to pick any capped players for ‘ B ’ internationals , which they have from this coming season stopped playing . |
| 29 | These inaccessible 470ft sheer cliffs were also the last haunt of the Maltese Falcon — the peregrine . |
| 30 | There were also the nascent nationally organized environmental pressure groups which have since played such an important role in influencing the political agenda . |