Example sentences of "was [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since there was neither oxygen to fuel the processes of decay nor any scavenging animals to feed on the bodies and destroy them , the tiny carcasses remained complete as the settling mud particles slowly entombed them . |
| 2 | — Was each correction necessary at that point ? |
| 3 | At each place were five Brierley crystal glasses each engraved with the Queen 's cipher , as was each knife , fork and spoon . |
| 4 | Why was each change ( growth in some areas and decline in others ) made ? |
| 5 | I am quite convinced that everyone we met there was each other 's cousin . |
| 6 | Franchises were re-allocated by competition in 1964 , 1967 and 1981 , and although there was each time a public invitation and a grand interview , the procedure involved a good deal of preliminary contact and discussion , not least about such important but apparently secondary factors as studio locations and offices . |
| 7 | He applied four times for permanent posts in Cambridge , but was each time unsuccessful ; it was feared that he would alarm and discourage his pupils , particularly the weaker sort . |
| 8 | There was little apology in Luke 's voice or in the look he gave the other man , and Fred laughed . |
| 9 | But there was little celebration in the Kiwi camp on gaining a finals spot . |
| 10 | What is even more surprising is that there was little celebration of the inauguration of this unique technical phenomenon in the engineering press . |
| 11 | Conservation groups hailed the decision as enlightened , and there was little criticism from the fishing industry . |
| 12 | In Catalonia there was little criticism of a territorial aristocracy that took little or no interest in its lands : the large farmers were confident and secure in an aristocratic rural society where an early and major defeat of the economic power of the nobility had left the masovers a rural bourgeoisie . |
| 13 | Filmmakers were rarely imported from outside ( Thorold Dickinson , who was allowed in to make Secret People in 1952 , could be regarded as an ‘ old boy ’ since he had worked at the studio during Basil Dean 's time ) and , with five directors responsible for two-thirds of the films made at the studio between 1942 and 1955 , there was little competition inside the studio , and no exposure to fresh ideas from outside . |
| 14 | There was more than enough to go around , so there was little competition for loans , and interest rates were relatively low . |
| 15 | There was little likelihood of Denmark being able to regain control over the Danish populations lost to Germany in 1864 , nor of Sweden regaining Finland , a Russian province , where there were still large numbers of Swedes . |
| 16 | Another problem was the uncertainty surrounding city-centre planning , when it was apparent that there was little likelihood of an early resolution of the financial , administrative and political issues involved . |
| 17 | However , in 1982 , the World Health Organization stated that there was little likelihood of a significant change in the ozone layer in this century as a result of changing agricultural practices , but that the topic requires further study because of possible long-term effects ( Hulm , 1982 ) . |
| 18 | It was the school 's belief that the creation of special units would not solve the behavioural problems which we encounter and furthermore there was little likelihood of re-integration into mainstream schooling ( a view largely substantiated by the available evidence of many of the existing units ) . |
| 19 | There was little likelihood that he would believe it , and , anyway Huy himself was not about to trust the Medjay completely . |
| 20 | As both had their special preoccupations in 1980 — the US its Tehran hostages and the USSR Afghanistan — there was little likelihood of Iraq 's invasion provoking the intervention of either . |
| 21 | The stalls were erected and dismantled every day so there was little likelihood of the arms being hidden beneath them . |
| 22 | While welcoming the news of the developments in Lancashire , shop stewards at the Albion axle works in Glasgow said that did not alter the position at their factory , where there was little likelihood of a similar buy-out . |
| 23 | But Mr Jones said there was little likelihood of Airtours returning for another tilt at a takeover in a year 's time , which it is entitled to do , given the Cook stake . |
| 24 | There was little monitoring until the later 1980s ( Sills , Taylor and Golding , 1985 ) . |
| 25 | His first challenge was to take charge of a nuclear research centre for C. A. Parsons , which at the time employed 350 graduates and trained scientists , but for which there was little work . |
| 26 | He was surprised by her , there was little expectancy , just blankness . |
| 27 | ‘ We were new to the business when we opened up , and we quickly realised that there was little advantage in the higher discounts from publishers when their long delivery times were taken into account . |
| 28 | So by the time an actual ( although as it turned out farcical ) landing took place in North Wales on 25 February , there was little gold in the chest to meet massive withdrawing . |
| 29 | And there was little water in that place . |
| 30 | Surprisingly , there was little euphoria after the game . |