Example sentences of "were [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For rude as were the galleries , they once formed a highway of communication to a dense and rural population which live on flats or single floors .
2 Her mother , my Grandmother Anne , was a Sayers , and they were the Manor House family in Bowes and rather better off than most .
3 They were the banker of the Condor missile development on which Argentina co-operated , with the further expertise of Egyptian engineers .
4 The lecture periods could be used for outside visitors , or for specific and relevant accounts by teachers who did not normally participate in the work ; examples were the playing of records of part of Haydn 's Creation with explanation and commentary , by a teacher made specially available , and a talk on Red Indian tribes by a visitor from a local museum , together with overhead transparencies , slides and objects from the museum collection .
5 Because there were The Combs — the combs for her beautiful hair .
6 The urban poor were the backbone of Torrijos 's support , and they continued initially to cheer for Noriega .
7 Sergeants were the backbone of the police .
8 In Liverpool , all seafarers — seamen , firemen , donkeymen , greasers and similar grades who were the backbone of the NSFU and catering staff and shore gangs who were joining Cotter 's union — received 105 a week increase , abolition of the medical examination and the right to wear the button of the appropriate recognised union .
9 But listings , plus music , plus music ads were the backbone of It 's success in that period .
10 Economically it might be simpler if there was no peasantry , but was not its sturdy conservatism a guarantee of social stability , as its sturdy and numerous progeny were the backbone of most government 's armies ?
11 Currie — Along with the two above were the backbone of Armfield 's team .
12 If she were the thunder , she thought , she would never speak to it again .
13 Loyalty and glory were the themes of the Song of Roland .
14 Were the bird auspices wrong ?
15 The only detractors were the bird lovers and the guardians of the Quantocks .
16 The only things that looked good were the horses , whose coats shone under their shabby exercise sheets .
17 Tonks was incensed about the Vichy venture , as were the NZRFU folk at home , everyone was embarrassed that they had no way of knowing where the All Black party were , what was involved in the game , and where next the travelling group might surface .
18 But where were the dervishes , the munshids , with their singing and dancing and flag-waving ?
19 were the , were th were the dumpers in good working order and had
20 Among those I met or saw were the Begum Aga Khan , who was with her very attractive daughter Princess Zahra Aga Khan ; the Director General of the British Equestrian Foundation Major Malcolm Wallace , two of our top Event riders Miss Karen Straker and Mrs Jane Thelwall ; and Mr Andrew Dixon , who had all come over from England with the Hermès party ; Mr Peter Laing , the Hon.
21 Why were the coastguards not informed of the trip ?
22 Were the vezir to come from other than their number , their hearts would turn from thee , and the business of thy government would become disordered . "
23 The ice , the arrogance , the lack of common sense and of control , these were the darkside tragedy .
24 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth ( Ps. 33:6 ) .
25 To be sure ‘ By the word of the Lord were the heavens made , and all their host by the breath ( ruach ) of his mouth ’ could mean that the ruach , the Spirit , created the heavens .
26 The report gives the statistical data and the quantitative judgements of 410 regular bus travellers who were the Buswatchers .
27 Among the many projects for which the firm was responsible during Fox 's later years were the Liverpool Overhead Railway ( the first electric elevated city railway in the world ) , the extension from Rugby to London of the Great Central Railway , including its Marylebone terminal , the Great Northern and City tube ( with large tunnels to accommodate standard rolling stock ) , and the ‘ Hampstead tube ’ linking Charing Cross with Golders Green and Highgate ; and , abroad , much of the Cape Government Railways in South Africa , the whole Rhodesia Railways system , including the 500-feet span Victoria Falls arch bridge over the Zambesi river , the Benguela Railway in Angola , and several railways and other works in South America .
28 All in all therefore , the service would not be noticeably impoverished were the element of admission to the lord 's supper to be removed from it , or were adjustments to be necessary to cover , cover some in a class who had communicated in earlier years .
29 The steep , rocky prominence resembled a snow-capped mountain , so startlingly white were the birds and their droppings on top .
30 Is it because of this herb 's insect-repelling oils and if so , were the birds attracted by its smell ?
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