Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even though many schools and school authorities in the United States were slow to be convinced , the 19605 was the decade of the famous Knapp School Libraries Project , of federal grants for multi-media developments under the Elementary and Secondary Education Acts , and of the development of the electronic study carrel and dial-access . |
| 2 | Miss Braithwaite expressed her appreciation of all the hard work undertaken by the retiring Vice-Chairman , Mrs. Ann McMillan and said how much she regretted that Ann was unable to be present at the meeting because of her admission to hospital . |
| 3 | Edward was fortunate to be able to do only half his job and escape condemnation . |
| 4 | Though living chiefly in England , Morris was proud to be Welsh , admiring the Welsh character and abhorring the English class system . |
| 5 | As Speaker O'Neill forcibly pointed out to the newly elected President Carter , tactics that had worked in the relatively sedate politics of Georgia were unlikely to be effective in Washington . |
| 6 | Shelley was unwilling to be alone with Miguel , in case his gentle conversation got through to her , and uncovered her sensitivity that she tried so hard to hide . |
| 7 | Given his attitude , then , Beveridge was likely to be favourable towards a retirement condition . |
| 8 | Perhaps Irina was right to be alarmed . |
| 9 | LDP members who lost their seats included Sadanori Yamanaka , former chairman of the party 's research commission on the tax system and architect of the widely hated consumption tax , and Hisao Horinouchi , the former Minister of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries , who , during the July 1989 election campaign , had suggested that women were useless in politics and that Doi was unfit to be Prime Minister because she was unmarried and childless [ see p. 36800 ] . |
| 10 | I call ‘ conservative ’ , for the purposes of the discussion in this chapter , Christologies which hold the maleness of Christ to be essential to his nature , and the fact that Christ was male to be central to Christianity . |
| 11 | De Gaulle was able to be flexible in meeting the demands for democratic participation because he could feel that he was making concessions on his own terms . |
| 12 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
| 13 | The DCDA said a further 18 beds in Middlesbrough were unlikely to be available before summer 1993 . |
| 14 | I read them both again erm last year for the first time for many years , and I found Herodotus much the better of the two , because Herodotus was prepared to be curious about everything . |
| 15 | Well personally I mean erm Margaret impressed me greatly but I think John was inclined to be full of his own importance for one thing . |
| 16 | Clare was relieved to be able to share Bryony 's anger . |
| 17 | Gosling was inclined to be philosophical at the strike 's failure , simply regarding it as " a fiasco which showed with brutal clearness how weak our young organisation still was " . |
| 18 | If I may erm we , we , we , we did attend er er er a briefing and myself and James , unfortunately Margaret was unable to be present on that day , although I think she 's had a separate briefing or there is a separate briefing being proposed . |
| 19 | Michael Smith was due to be married this Saturday , now he 'll spend the day in jail . |
| 20 | Charlotte was relieved to be able to say honestly , ‘ Actually , I 'm afraid you ca n't . ’ |