Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both relied heavily upon the goodwill of the private profession because the payment involved was minimal . |
| 2 | The technique used was lazy-bed cultivation which is a form of hand cultivation . |
| 3 | The light produced was equal to that from a medium sized candle . |
| 4 | The effect produced was unpleasant , nasty . |
| 5 | Angel One had argued in vain that the actual heroin loss involved was negligible , most of it having been moved on , and that the setting up of a new base was only a matter of time and resourcefulness . |
| 6 | Dull , physically unattractive and solidly Germanic , the new king was hardly the sovereign to arouse his subjects ' patriotic enthusiasm , and that in the opening years of his reign no invasion attempt occurred was due largely to his chief minister , the all-powerful Sir Robert Walpole . |
| 7 | Then you 'll hear from the second of officers namely the officers that went into the flat that were carrying the guns , carrying and who conducted the operation and from their evidence you 'll be able to judge whether or not the force used was reasonable and was necessary . |
| 8 | Another department studied was explicit about the residualist nature Of its services : |
| 9 | It is thus not possible to tell whether the significance of the laterality effect observed was due to " same " and/or " different " trials . |
| 10 | These authors considered that the antiplatelet action observed was unrelated to effects on glycaemic control as the two effects were dissociated in time ( Poari et al , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | Greg Brittenham , from the National Institute of Fitness and Sport , coached Courier in running drills and discovered that the aerobic capacity Courier possessed was similar to marathon runners . |
| 12 | The test is clearly an objective one , in the sense that it is for the magistrates to say after the event whether or not what the defendant did was reasonable . |
| 13 | There may have been a grain of truth in this , and indeed the symptoms suffered by many people were real enough , but it was question-begging in the extreme to say that the states of mind induced were due to evil forces . |
| 14 | Every moment of pleasure missed was painful to her . |
| 15 | Certainly my mother 's successful campaign to have the nearby men 's urinal closed was vigorous and rewarding . |
| 16 | Much good that 'd do her , if what his department suspected was true . |
| 17 | The purchase of land also presupposes that the peasantry involved were able to accumulate cash , which can have been done only by the production of surplus crops and their sale in a market . |
| 18 | Brian Leith 's job was to film the political campaign of a Sarawak conservationist , when the last thing the campaign needed was Western broadcasters hanging around . |
| 19 | He referred to the six pack and my initial thought was well , what 's a six pack of Newcastle Brown Ale got ta do with Health and Safety ? |
| 20 | Whether the girl consented was crucial to the case . |
| 21 | The most contentious issue discussed was Latin America 's attitude to Cuba following the change in its relationship with the former Soviet Union . |
| 22 | Thus during the worst crisis in British industrial history neither the labour movement nor its radical Left were able to take advantage of the situation . |
| 23 | How far this reorientation extended was likely to depend at least as much upon the responses of Western governments and the behaviour of the other states concerned as it did upon the Soviet authorities themselves . |
| 24 | The Algerian ambassador to Iran was recalled on Jan. 18 , following what the Algerian Foreign Ministry claimed were unacceptable attacks by the official Iranian media which could harm " the sovereignty and unity " of the Algerian people . |
| 25 | Moreover , the crude preparation obtained was devoid of exonuclease activities and could be used to accurately define the nature of the cleavage products . |
| 26 | The reason for this is clear in Collins MR 's judgment where it was said that , in the case of a purchase of goods capable of a multitude of purposes , in order to invoke the implied condition , it was necessary to show that the goods were sold with reference to a particular purpose : … in order to give rise to the implication of a warranty , it is necessary to show that , though the article sold was capable of general use for many purposes , in the particular case it was sold with reference to a particular purpose . |
| 27 | ABOVE The analysis of a small sample from this clay lamp by various methods , including infra-red spectroscopy , showed that the most likely fuel used was olive oil . |
| 28 | The evening the accident happened was fine and he could have walked . |
| 29 | When Charlemagne gave his support and patronage to Aethelred , he was honouring only one of at least four princely lines — Osred 's , Osbald 's , Aethelred 's and Eardwulf 's — and even with Frankish blessing Aethelred was unable in these circumstances to establish a long-lasting regime . |
| 30 | Unable to berth on the pier , night anchor watched were essential , hence the lack of sleep . |