Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [subord] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems to have been very little , if any , educational advantage in this elaboration , but there certainly was an advantage , in a profession which had become vastly overcrowded , of lengthening the period of education and , when one had finally become a muderris , of providing at least the illusion of advancement by the introduction of a number of grades which were unnecessary except in bureaucratic terms . |
| 2 | These " bunches " were rich though of short duration . |
| 3 | Their pupils were covered with red mud from slips and falls , but the teachers were unmarked except for ochre spatters that streaked their mailed tunics |
| 4 | Large numbers of ‘ away ’ fans were uncommon except for local derbies . |
| 5 | Where democratic institutions were ineffective as in pre-war Japan , it was all too easy for a collectivist tradition to be used to mobilize support for an authoritarian regime . |
| 6 | Sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment also were slow because of sluggish capital spending in the semiconductor industry , it said . |
| 7 | Multiple operations were necessary because of enterocutaneous , enteroenteral , and rectovaginal fistulas , a fistula perforation with faecal peritonitis , ileum and colon stenosis , and abscess formations of the abdominal wall . |
| 8 | Controls whose mother had died ( two ) or was unavailable because of ill health ( one ) and controls whose father could not be identified ( eight ) were also considered ineligible . |
| 9 | His half-smile was rueful as with deliberate intention he smoothed his palm over her taut nipples , starting a wild drumming somewhere inside her . |
| 10 | Dissection was tedious because of multiple adhesions . |
| 11 | But the issue was fascinating because of other things , heralding the rapid development of technology in the next century . |
| 12 | Then I was working and my sister Mary started work and my father went out one night and he came back knocked the door and he was drunk as per usual . |
| 13 | Centres which received some damage included Norwich and Birmingham whilst in Bristol the square in which the deaf centre stood was reduced to rubble except for the deaf centre , which was unscathed except for blasted windows . |
| 14 | She was silent except for little violent outbursts about capital punishment and Iris Murdoch writing too much . |