Example sentences of "the [noun pl] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is worth bearing in mind that , in terms of the wider system , the data on the forms was subject to a number of validation checks , and failure of the procedure at section level would not have had any disastrous consequences . |
| 2 | Sodium nitroprusside was applied for 60 seconds and a maximal response was achieved at a concentration of 5×10 - 7 M , when the residual tone in the strips was equivalent to that present in calcium free solution ( zero tone ) . |
| 3 | Indeed the rate of admissions to state hospitals in the mid-1970s was double that of the 1950s . |
| 4 | He had learned that fighting the ropes was pointless . |
| 5 | The case has the hallmarks of a debtor who is unable or unwilling to make a payment , not of a debtor who genuinely thinks or is advised that the amount charged by the solicitors was unreasonable . |
| 6 | Therefore , the sort of person attracted to work in the bureaucracy on the implementation of such programmes was likely to be sympathetic to them and their commitment to the programmes was likely to grow rather than diminish with time . |
| 7 | Mars was merely a sad story that somebody else had told her , but leaving the meanings was worse than unrequited love . |
| 8 | On the other hand , the agreement by TBL that it would not increase its capital without the consent of each of the shareholders was unenforceable . |
| 9 | and the pace of life on the arcades was slow |
| 10 | By 1981 , unemployment for those living in the cities was 50 per cent higher than the national average . |
| 11 | Many officials and others believed that police evidence before the courts was unreliable . |
| 12 | Still , it should be pointed out that the average Soviet citizen 's contact with the courts was likely to be as unpolitical as that of his or her Western counterpart , and he or she was no more likely to be dealt with unjustly in the run-of-the-mill case ( Lane , 1985 , pp. 192–7 ) . |
| 13 | The impact on the Germans was immediate ; from this moment , said the Reichs Archives , ‘ began the flanking fire on the ravines and roads north of Douaumont that was to cause us such severe casualties . ’ |
| 14 | She was nearly hysterical , with some reason if what she said about the Germans was true , but we had not seen Anna . |
| 15 | The argument for the suppliants was concerned only with whether the mistake under which they had paid the duty was one of fact or of law . |
| 16 | Beyond the houses was open agricultural land , the plain . |
| 17 | Care programming may come fairly low down the list of priorities for social services , especially as the 1992/93 community care plans were likely to be preoccupied with the other community care reforms to be instituted by April 1993 ( National Council for Voluntary Organisations , 1992 ) and because the first year of the plans was experimental and so they were probably cautious in their aims . |
| 18 | Once upon a time the only crime in this neck of the woods was domestic . |
| 19 | If the logic behind the proposals was accurate , I would have no objection to them , but I do not believe it is . |
| 20 | In Buxtehude , despite the distribution of detailed information sheets with artists impressions of what residents ' streets would look like after calming ( Figure 6.51 ) , opposition to the proposals was fierce and sustained , led by the unconvinced editor of the local newspaper . |
| 21 | However , since adoption of the proposals was voluntary and existing organisations could continue as before , ‘ there could be no objection in principle to them ’ . |
| 22 | The amount of lactose contained in the tablets was negligible ( 120 mg ) . |
| 23 | Umanskii concludes that their subjection to the Russians was nominal . |
| 24 | Luckily for Mary Lou , the caption on the photo that ran in the Times was misleading . |
| 25 | In contrast to Foch always ready to adopt the conqueror 's pose , one foot before the other , Pétain so hated being photographed that the only portrait Repington could find in 1918 for The Times was one of him characteristically glaring at the camera . |
| 26 | Even before the debate took place , The Times was able to sum up the situation accurately : |
| 27 | Describing it variously as a lark and a spree , The Times was satisfied that although ‘ genteel ruffianism has met with a very decisive rebuff ’ , the Cremorne affair was nothing more than something done ‘ on the impulse of the moment , and out of pure love of mischief ’ . |
| 28 | Later in the year a case which appeared only in the Sun and The Times was unusual in that the police suggested that they had a particular suspect in mind . |
| 29 | For instance , Denis Hamilton — a totally fair journalist , but an incorrigible Conservative — came to see me one day to warn me that The Times was prepared to break the newspaper silence that had until then , with the exception of Private Eye , been maintained by all news sources about her two illegitimate children . |
| 30 | In Yerkey v. Jones , 63 C.L.R. 649 Dixon J. expressed the opinion , supported by a carefully researched argument , that the tenderness to wives exhibited by the cases was attributable to two factors . |