Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wallace and Speed were the scorers … shame Town ca n't appeal and ask for a replay … |
| 2 | Instead , his side were a shambles again , a disgrace . |
| 3 | On either side were a series of editing suites , visible through small windows in the doors . |
| 4 | On one side were the Goldsmiths ' Company 's arms , in gold , four yards in diameter , with the legend " Free Grammar School , Stockport " ; on the other the arms again , with " Founded and Endowed by Sir Edmond Shaa , Knight , 1487 ; Re-endowed by the Worshipful the Goldsmiths ' Company , 1832 " in gold letters . |
| 5 | On the opposite side were the men who had marched up from Levenmouth . |
| 6 | In front of them to one side were the CEGB representatives , led by Lord Silsoe with streamlined efficiency . |
| 7 | On the catastrophists ' side were the Tories arid the Church ( the episcopalian Church of England , of course ) . |
| 8 | On the north side were the training huts , one for chemical and bacteriological agents , one for firearms and explosives and one for ideological instruction . |
| 9 | On the other side were the proponents of a new " music of the future " ( Zukunftsmusik ) , represented by Berlioz , Liszt , and above all , Wagner , whose restless chromatic explorations , culminating at this period in Tristan und Isolde ( finished in 1859 ) and the tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen ( 1854–74 ) , most radically undermined traditional diatonic stability . |
| 10 | Inside the ark were the tablets of the law — the supreme verbal statement of God 's holiness ( 26:16 ) ; at one and the same time the reason why God dwelt alone ( for none can match his holiness ) , and why by means of blood a sinner might enter his presence ( for the blood speaks of life laid down in payment for sin ) . |
| 11 | Its principal avowed aim was to give legislative form to the decision , contrary to the recommendation of the Law Commission , 46 and thereby allow the parties in these ‘ tragic cases ’ the dignity of a decree of nullity so that , if thought fit , provision for ancillary relief could be made by the court , and the unsavoury examination of their sexuality , rendered necessary if the only recourse were a declaration of status , could be avoided . |
| 12 | The two main issues in the Miyagi contest were the state of the country 's economy , and the current spate of scandals surrounding the Miyazawa government . |
| 13 | As is invariably the case in such matters , the only people to profit from the entire episode were the lawyers . |
| 14 | Large companies are facing price increases averaging 20 p.c. this year and say that efforts to cushion the rises through a recent Nuclear Electric auction were a flop . |
| 15 | Distance and impossibility were a help . |
| 16 | Spires of crimson and carmine and blood were the rocks , changing colour even as she watched the new day burn off their sugar-frost coating . |
| 17 | In the following car were the Sheikha , her daughter , Hussa and Selma who were to accompany us to London . |
| 18 | Sociology and anthropology were the application of these principles to understanding how people behave . |
| 19 | The companies chosen for the study were a creamery , an oil platform , an NHS hospital , a construction site , and a transport company . |
| 20 | The most interesting results of the study were the relationships observed between risk ratings and P(A) within these sets of items . |
| 21 | Particularly successful aspects of the talk were the invitation to contributions from the floor , which led to several interesting points being made , and the mix of old photographs from the heyday of steam with modern ones mostly taken by himself . |
| 22 | Also living in this terrace were the Kellow , Bundy and Cool families . |
| 23 | JOY and disappointment were the order of the day in the Cossack Victoria League this week . |
| 24 | Rather more important in the long term were the changes which could be initiated by such widespread forest clearance . |
| 25 | In 1939 , as in the 1920s , any imports that could conceivably be replaced by nationally produced goods had to be reduced to a minimum or stopped altogether , even if the result were a reduction in quality . |
| 26 | He went on to describe how Jean-Claude had starved himself , how much weight he had lost and in what condition were the nerves he wore on his sleeve . |
| 27 | Treason and murder were the charges but what was his treachery and whom had he allegedly murdered ? |
| 28 | When riot and murder were the peasants ' only means of self-preservation , he argued , " murder becomes an act of altruism " . |
| 29 | Of particular interest to the reviewer were the sections of the book depicting the various foreign air arms that flew Mosquitos and the post-war civilian operators of the type , the latter illustrating numerous air racing and speed record attempts made with the Wooden Wonder . |
| 30 | In all major areas ( secondary school selection , the applications of financial grants to specific activities , school building , staffing levels … ) the local authority made decisions and the teaching force were the agents through which policy was implemented . |