Example sentences of "were [adj] that [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were some that were quite valuable , a Churchill , I think , and a Boss , but they were sent to his gunsmith in Glasgow , Peterson and Briggs , and they were sold . |
| 2 | ‘ You were convinced that was where the leak was from the start . |
| 3 | A covered platform to keep off the worst excesses of the monsoon rain , a ticket office , and a large , bare waiting-room or shed with a stand-pipe outside were all that were provided . |
| 4 | But it is not the fear of this judgement which so pervades the tombs ; careful preparation and knowledge of the proper formulae were all that were required . |
| 5 | Although it was summer a fire burned in the great stone hearth — embers which were all that were left of logs which had been burned during the night to repel the damp which always crept out of the stone walls . |
| 6 | It is also worth noting that , as the analysts became immersed in the detailed examination , there was a tendency to forget that this was still part of the systems thinking stage , and that the models , activities and related information needs were those that were desirable in systems terms , and not did not necessarily reflect the real situation . |
| 7 | The parts of the fashion feast that seemed most relevant were those that were concerned with the here and now : such as Susanne Bartsch 's Love Ball , which raised $750,000 for French Aids charities . |
| 8 | Perhaps the commonest stone vessels were those that were compact in form , like birds ' nests , but more ambitious forms were attempted even from the beginning , such as the circular pot-lids with handles in the form of a reclining dog , made , apparently in some numbers , at Mochlos in around 2500 BC . |
| 9 | For the US , on the other hand , strategic weapons were those that were launched from the USSR ( or from nuclear submarines ) and which in turn gave greater opportunities for defensive action . |
| 10 | States of ‘ socialist orientation ’ , in the Soviet view , were those that were carrying out major social transformations such as the nationalisation of foreign monopolies , redistribution of land and industrialisation , and which were taking steps to further public education and to reduce poverty and unemployment . |
| 11 | Well there were two that were bandied about as a cost of national Of social chapter in this department . |