Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] was [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is not much evidence that real wages in Europe began to go up significantly until the later part of the 1860s , but even before then the general feeling that times were improving was unmistakable in the developed countries , the contrast with the disturbed and desperate 1830s and 1840s was palpable . |
| 2 | Wood arrived at the conclusion that the compass error they were experiencing was opposite to the error they had found coming south over the Timor Sea , and decided he had to trust Darwin 's bearings implicitly . |
| 3 | Now that seems to me , that might induce er slightly might do , but I could I I think that , wha I what I thought you were saying was different from what you ended up saying and I 'm not sure which |
| 4 | JB : Just working alongside these people , and seeing them being involved in whatever it was they were doing was stimulating in a strange sort of way , and kept us on our toes . |
| 5 | They each believed that what they were doing was vital for the betterment of the world as each saw it and neither would give way to the other , or defer in any way to the other 's claimed priority in attention , preference or responsibility . |
| 6 | However , the evidence upon which basic standards were criticised was far from sound and the level of analysis about , for example , a core curriculum was low . |
| 7 | The colour of the filthy dress she was wearing was indistinguishable from the deep brown of her skin . |
| 8 | But it is particularly ironic that this body of teaching on to which Christian mysticism was grafted was élitist in its view of those to whom such knowledge was possible . |
| 9 | The crusades were preached by the official Church ; but the enthusiasm with which the preaching was greeted was due to a wide variety of emotions , of which zeal for a different doctrine from the pope 's was one of the most powerful . |
| 10 | The policeman to whom Leslie was handcuffed was impressed by the turn-out . |
| 11 | The agreement when it was signed was full of loopholes . |
| 12 | Sex discrimination in employment is a matter dealt with by European law , and the tribunal referred a number of questions to the European Court of Justice which held , inter alia , that the Order in Council under which the certificate was issued was inconsistent with a requirement of EC law that the right of men and women to equal treatment recognized by EC law should be effectively protected by national legal systems . |
| 13 | However , the supplementary benefit that he was receiving was deductible from the figure awarded as damages . |
| 14 | The agenda was in every respect unreasonable for the time allowed and it is remarkable that what was achieved was possible at all . |