Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adj] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Stour Valley of West Suffolk these were thick on the ground in the heyday of the clothing trade , but they probably lacked a truly urban ethos , and consequently fell easy prey to the winds of economic change . |
| 2 | There were pockets of disaffection in other parts of the country , amongst Anglicans and even Quakers , but these were thin on the ground ; the memories of the 1680s were still too powerful to make many people seriously wish to see the Stuarts back on the throne again . |
| 3 | ‘ That was Frobisher on the phone , ’ he went on . |
| 4 | In this respect Bukharin displayed the same indecision — one might say double thinking — that was evident on the part of many Bolsheviks when faced with the necessity of NEP . |
| 5 | It was the air raid shelter then and we went down there and we was in the shelter and er we 'd been down there ten minutes to quarter of an hour oh there was such a bang outside we thought this is it , you know , all the bits and stones and rubbish and er that was stuck on the ceiling was disturbed you know and it down it on top of us , you know , all bits and plaster and water th it was er shi close . |
| 6 | The Law Commission , which first suggested the introduction of the AJR , contemplated that applicants would have a free choice between the two procedural paths in cases where both were available on the facts of the case . |
| 7 | Both were tough on the prolix . |