Example sentences of "were [art] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally the coach roads were the worst affected , while off the beaten track Green and no doubt others , continued to enjoy the former hospitality and generosity . |
| 2 | His right and left wrist were the worst affected and his body rejected the metal plates and wires inserted into them . |
| 3 | Apparently , the counties of Surrey , Sussex , Middlesex , Essex and Shropshire were the worst recorded up to about 1860 , after which time they were as efficient as anywhere else in the country . |
| 4 | She made sure they were the best dressed , the cleanest , the brainiest . |
| 5 | You know , we walked in there and you know how like when we 're doing the counters I had jeans on and a big baggy jumper , we were the best dressed in there ! |
| 6 | My figures were the best estimates that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the numbers required to carry out the policy that I have laid before the House . |
| 7 | About 240–230 B.C. Eratosthenes put together Carthaginians , Romans , Persians and Indians as the barbarian nations that came closest to the standards of Greek civilization and specified that Carthaginians and Romans were the best governed ( Strabo 1.4.9 , p. 66 ) . |
| 8 | London Scottish were the best organised and quickest side at the London qualifying tournament of the Worthington Best Bitter National Sevens and , along with other pool winners Harlequins and Saracens , progressed to the finals at Bath on April 26 . |
| 9 | Moreover , the Swiss watchmakers were the best equipped in the world at this time to appreciate its sophistication . |
| 10 | It came from human tissues , and so could reasonably be expected to be harmless to them , unlike the synthetic antibacterial substances such as arsenicals and flavines which were the best known at the time . |
| 11 | The dinosaurs were the highest form of reptile , but in Owen 's time they were the earliest known members of the class — exactly the reverse of what would have been predicted by a theory of continuous development . |
| 12 | These were the earliest known fatalities from AIDS , which was first recognized in 1981 . |
| 13 | Such were the carefully chosen words of Isabella Connachan when suddenly , mid-way through the 1988 season , she realised the extent of the mental problems being experienced by her daughter , Jane . |
| 14 | Mowden , with possible promotion at stake , were the more fired up . |
| 15 | And King Bucar and his people thought that the Cid dared not come out against them , and they were the more encouraged , and began to think of making bastilles and engines wherewith to combat the city , for certes they weened that the Cid Ruydiez dared not come out against them , seeing that he tarried so long . |
| 16 | Mr Graham Warren , principal resources officer for the NRA 's Southern Region , said that groundwater levels were the lowest observed in more than a century . |
| 17 | Erm but you know when it was in a block that was fairly near you , erm er I think probably children were the least affected by it , because er I think they adapt to things like that more quickly . |
| 18 | The less fortunate were the severely wounded who were being placed on the grass with two medics to attend to their wounds . |
| 19 | Worst of all were the arbitrarily imposed ‘ delivery ’ or discharge fees which often meant innocent people spending substantial periods in prison ( having been found not guilty ) until hard-pressed relatives raised the necessary cash for release and the gaoler was prepared to let them go . |
| 20 | The gust of 169 mph recorded on Cairngorm was a near-record for the UK and the peaks of 92 mph at Glasgow and 85 mph at Edinburgh were the highest recorded at those sites since the night of the so-called ‘ Glasgow Hurricane ’ almost exactly 25 years ago . |
| 21 | Aircraft factory workers were the highest paid and in 1940 De Havilland reported average earnings of £5.53p weekly . |
| 22 | They were a well organized Trades Council . |
| 23 | Lothian Region Transport is a bus company which , although owned by the Council , acts independently as though it were a privately owned firm , it has no powers or funding to subsidise bus services . |
| 24 | Keith takes this further : ‘ We were a little limited when we were recording the guitars , limited by the size of the room and the fact that some of the gear was n't working properly , so obstructive forces were at work and this is where compromise comes in ; you 're spending all this time when you know it could be a lot better . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We want to win every game so while it was a good performance we were a little fed up with the result . ’ |
| 26 | We were a little discomfited by the request , but agreed to accede to it this once ; but when we realised that it was to be a regular arrangement , we knew that we should have to move again , for over and above the inconvenience of being put out of our room , we were sure that our landlady did not even change the sheets . |
| 27 | When , late that night , they parted for the last time , Baldwin 's words were a little rehearsed , but there nonetheless appears to have been genuine emotion on both sides . |
| 28 | In fact Angel 's plans were a little hurried . |
| 29 | Some of his expressions of outrage were a little overdone . |
| 30 | ‘ It is just , ’ said Hope , looking at Mrs Crump as if she were a particularly testing landscape — perhaps a copse whose colours were for ever changing under sun and scudding clouds — ‘ it is just , ’ he said , ‘ and I am sure , certain , that someone must have told you this — ‘ |