Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] be [verb] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , what The Times was saying was that it knew what the ‘ real ’ stories were and that only dictators prevented such stories from being told . |
| 2 | The apparatus in which the animals were irradiated was designed to accommodate six animals arranged radially about the central axis of the x ray beam with their heads toward the centre . |
| 3 | The great galvanised iron shed where the valves were made was a cacophonous and tumultuous place , full of Stakhanovite workers torturing plugs of super-heavy metal with screaming drill bits . |
| 4 | The area in which the traps were placed was totally protected from any outside agency except scavenging by other small mammals . |
| 5 | We also find another kind of variation : in the example just given above , the occurrence of the phonemes being discussed was determined by their phonological context , but sometimes the determining factor is lexical rather than phonological . |
| 6 | The proceedings were dominated by the developing study skills programme within the school , and it was this which the evaluators were assured was the major thrust of the school 's post-project library development . |
| 7 | A UN helicopter attempting a reconnaissance mission to the area where the troops were seized was hit by Khmer Rouge gunfire on Dec. 2 . |
| 8 | The forest corridor through which the elephants were to walk was so heavily logged over that it had disappeared in some places . |
| 9 | Erm , there was a big reunion at the house of the Mayor of Strasbourg , Baron Dietrich , and they discussed a number of things , and one of the topics was raised was how coarse the Revolutionary songs were . |
| 10 | One of the questions being asked was ‘ Why not announce the change sooner ? ’ |
| 11 | The only controversy that has surrounded these measures is their date , for , most inconveniently , inscriptions and subscriptions do not match ; or , to put the matter more clearly , the emperor to whom the constitutions are attributed was not reigning in the consular year in which it is dated . |
| 12 | Winchester 's position is , and has been since they first saw the copy notice , that the allegations in it were unfounded and that some or all of the factual material on which the allegations were based was inaccurate . |
| 13 | Winchester 's position is , and always has been , that the allegations in the intervention notice were unfounded and that some at least of the factual material on which the allegations were based was inaccurate . |
| 14 | A further indication of the skill and care with which the arrangements were made was our accommodation for the night . |
| 15 | Earlier , there had been disturbances in Snowdrop Street in the Kirkdale area of Liverpool where it is understood one of the youths being questioned was arrested . |
| 16 | Where the allegation is that the person to whom the remarks were addressed was likely to form a given belief , it means ‘ likely to form ’ and not ‘ did form . ’ |
| 17 | In talking of groups it soon became abundantly clear that the young lady to whom the remarks were addressed was mystified . |
| 18 | I mean , I suppose what the others were doing was illegal , but it 's not as if they were forcing anyone to take the stuff . |
| 19 | Only when the cameras were rolling was it heart-sinkingly apparent that the physics of inertia , represented by nearly a ton of resting sand , were greater than the physics of motion represented by the four skidding wheels of a Land Rover . |
| 20 | The room in the workhouse where the boys were fed was a large stone hall , and at one end the master and two women served the food . |
| 21 | What the tabloids were seeking was the opportunity to juxtapose a patriot with a traitor . |
| 22 | No tangible progress was made in resolving the differences between the two Korean states , and the atmosphere in which the talks were conducted was more hostile than on previous occasions . |
| 23 | A 30 minute equilibration period , during which the samples were discarded was followed by six hours of collection . |
| 24 | ‘ The reason the tyres were heated was this : when we cut out the piece of the loose tyre and welded it together it was –en smaller than the actual woodwork on the wheel . |