Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [adv] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proportion reporting that they thought people were healthier now than in their parents ' time decreased with age , from 78 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 years to 67 per cent of those aged 85 years and over ( Victor 1990a ) . |
| 2 | Their hopes were short-lived however when at a subsequent meeting it became apparent that the study was to concentrate on settlement patterns in the region , ( a well-worn path taken in an attempt to justify existing policies advocating the centralisation of rural development ) , rather than the more fundamental questions of how existing patterns of land ownership influence these settlement patterns . |
| 3 | With 9 minutes to go , Bicester were 9-6 up and in complete command . |
| 4 | Confounding variables which may have affected urinary albumin excretion were similar within and between our two groups — that is , glycaemic control , weight , and protein intake ( as reflected by urinary urea excretion ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The selectors have the opportunity to strengthen the England side with three World Cup reserves — Rob Thompson , Rupert Welch and Don Williams — who were unavailable previously because of World Cup training . |
| 7 | The by-laws were lawful not because of what they said but rather because of what they would have said if they had been drafted lawfully . |
| 8 | Now , lad , you were curious earlier as to my movements and my changed countenance . |
| 9 | And we were all around and below them . |
| 10 | Romania was not unique in cramming its citizens into overcrowded tenements which would have attracted the indignation of Dickens , but the process of urban deprivation was pushed much further because by the 1980s , the shortages of food , fuel and almost every kind of consumer good were worse even than in provincial Russia or small-town Poland . |
| 11 | The neo-classical economists argued that it would do so and , therefore , that all Keynes had done in effect was to add a single assumption to the neo-classical system : the assumption that wages and prices were inflexible downwards because of the existence of trade unions and other restrictive practices ( which , of course , was well known anyway ) . |
| 12 | The muddle and rush were greater even than at Reading , and we were often kept there for some twenty minutes . |
| 13 | He began to rake the shadows , furious he could not set a light ; his eyes were keener underwater than in this dark , all shapes around him were phantoms edged in blue in the starlight , but he saw no bundle among the sleeping men that could be Sycorax , no body that was Ariel 's . |
| 14 | She wore a cream-coloured cotton frock with large puffed sleeves , sprigged with tiny brown flowers ; her stockings were cream-coloured too and on her feet were white , barred shoes . |
| 15 | That temporary phenomenon was possible only because of an EC support control mechanism which passed away last January and brought smiles to thousands of faces . |
| 16 | At the same time the general level of wealth in this unremarkable corner of the East Midlands , peopled entirely by peasant farmers , with a leavening of yeomen and only a handful of rich squires , was lower only than on the fertile cornlands of Norfolk and in the opulent Stour Valley manufacturing district — higher not only than in other , similar regions but also Berkshire , which the yield of the loans , 1522 — 3 , placed fifth jointly with Suffolk , and Gloucestershire which shared fourteenth place with Rutland itself . |
| 17 | The bar was empty now except for a couple of old boys playing dominoes . |
| 18 | It was six o'clock and at Larksoken Power Station , the weekly interdepartmental meeting was drawing to a close . |
| 19 | It was obvious now that to most of these women Luke was nothing but a boss . |
| 20 | I t was colder inside than in the open air . |
| 21 | At the same time our home form was good up till about xmas . |
| 22 | But he was older now and in another city , and besides , the wench was dead . |
| 23 | This was chosen more because it was available rather than for religious reasons . |
| 24 | The Victorian asylum movement was successful largely because of a unanimity of views on the subject by most men of influence . |
| 25 | It was hot then but on the race day it was cloudy and cool . |
| 26 | I thought the man was crazy really but in 1966 I did develop an interest and started to attend the services … |
| 27 | He held my gaze for just a fraction longer than you 'd expect , and I was certain then that underneath his professional front he was interested in me . |
| 28 | At this time of day it was cooler outside than in the airless rooms of the club . |
| 29 | ‘ That you ’ Is normally proved by the officer who saw the defendant driving etc. , or another witness who can swear the defendant was driving etc. or by the defendant 's admission . |
| 30 | It was darker indoors than out and the oil lamp was already lit in the hall . |