Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries , when feudal tenure was no longer the key to social organization or , in the main , to recruitment , kings like Edward III and Henry V of England were popular precisely because they led their noble colleagues on warlike adventures . |
| 2 | Faced by such diverse interpretations of the new adversary , the Reagan Presidency in 1985 , rather than return to Kissinger 's ideal of ‘ linkage ’ in a period of détente , decided to pursue a policy of ‘ constructive confrontation ’ with Moscow , accepting that certain agreements with Russia were possible even if she remained a rival on the world stage . |
| 3 | There is some validity in most of these criticisms , but they should not obscure the fact that the fundamental problems with the RPF were conceptual rather than tactical or organizational . |
| 4 | But by half time Blaydon were 27–6 ahead and after that they ran riot , with patched up Darlington doing their best to stem the flow . |
| 5 | If it looks forced , it will count for nothing. , Angus and John Stewart were restive now and young McCulloch was jeering openly . |