Example sentences of "[noun sg] were the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also on that side were the late John Joe Sands , Martin Walsh , the Down team doctor for the past three decades , and Malachy Finnegan , a former President of the College . |
| 2 | Farrs fronted Brown Street ; on the left hand side were the sliding glass doors to the showroom , just large enough to take one vehicle . |
| 3 | On one side were the Marxist commandantes , puppets of a giant colonizing power , in their camouflage fatigues and their designer sunglasses , carrying foreign ideology like a loathsome bacillus ; on the other the indigenous peasants , barefoot , in straw hats , driven to the point of taking up arms . |
| 4 | They did not demand a search for set words ; they demanded instead that a disposition be scrutinized to see if it satisfied the law of trusts ( the principles of benefit and intention were the minimal requirements ) . |
| 5 | Morality and pacifist emotion were the driving forces behind much of the uninformed criticism of the Sandys Reformation . |
| 6 | Other events which contributed to the decline of the madeira wine industry were the American Civil War ( which meant a temporary loss of the American market ) and the opening of the Suez Canal ( which meant a reduction in the number of ships calling at Madeira ) . |
| 7 | When I read Coal News after our last coal debate , it appeared as though the only people to speak on behalf of the mining industry were the hon. Member for Sherwood and his hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham , South ( Mr. Brandon-Bravo ) . |
| 8 | Wages for unskilled labour were the lowest , being significantly below even shop workers who are generally recognised to be among the most intensely exploited ( except that their hours were much longer ) . |
| 9 | For me the chief attractions of this programme were the two pieces by Hans Gàl , whom I knew towards the end of his long and fecund life ( he died in October 1987 , at the age of 97 ) . |
| 10 | Other notable elements of the programme were the planned privatization of one-third of small businesses in the trade and consumer services sector by the end of 1991 , and complete price liberalization by October . |
| 11 | However , the high incidence of dangerous lobon-gur solutions was very worrying , especially since those unions in the Concentrated Reinforcement Programme were the greatest offenders . |
| 12 | The bathroom and the lavatory were the only places where I could be myself and on my Own . |
| 13 | Two major exceptions to the general divide were the secondary schools in Fivemiletown and Ballycastle , where shortage of catholic equivalents resulted in de facto integration . |
| 14 | Also not covered by the study were the 600,000 or so " liquidators " , the emergency workers who tackled the accident at the time . |
| 15 | Copper , lead , zinc and silver were the chief minerals extracted , although in places iron was also worked . |
| 16 | Other MPs who came close to defeat were the Militant supporter Mr Pat Wall ( Bradford North ) , and Mr Ron Brown ( Leith ) , the left-winger who had the whip withdrawn for a month for dropping the Mace . |
| 17 | Treason and murder were the only capital crimes after the assumption of British control in 1796 , but the death sentence continued to be imposed in Britain for less serious offences until around 1830 . |
| 18 | The Royal Air Force were the only experts ; hence the little RAF instructor . |
| 19 | Masterminding this great force were the best brains in Germany , for the military profession carried a prestige unequalled by any other . |
| 20 | Present at the ceremony were the former Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega Saavedra , Negale Kisiliov , a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union , and Nelson Mandela , president of the African National Congress ( ANC ) , who was presented with the Order of José Marti , Cuba 's highest decoration . |
| 21 | Ridging and patching were the first jobs that I tackled once it became apparent that I was neither going to find another job nor be content to remain a labourer . |
| 22 | The suburbs he especially had in mind were the opulent , tree-lined jobs of Victorian England . |
| 23 | Running through her mind were the earlier protests from the light beams : ‘ Not fair ’ ; ‘ Keep still ’ . |
| 24 | Florid , expansive , operatic-style music was out : austerity and brevity were the new order of the day . |
| 25 | John Hunter , one of the most eminent surgeons of the eighteenth century , was responsible for lending weight to the belief that syphilis and gonorrhoea were the same disease , as a result of a fateful experiment . |
| 26 | This merits test is often expressed by asking the following question : ‘ If this applicant were the private client of a solicitor would he or she be advised to take or defend the action ? ’ |
| 27 | Facing out towards the sea and the cold north light were the largest windows Alexandra had ever seen , huge soaring panes of glass reaching from the terrace to the guttering below the slates . |
| 28 | Among the other parties each gaining less than 1 per cent of the total vote were the Social Democratic Party ( 0.50 per cent ) ; Centrist Democratic Group ( 0.47 per cent ) ; National Reconstruction Party ( 0.38 per cent ) ; Bratianu Liberal Union ( 0.26 per cent ) ; Romanies ' Democratic Union ( 0.14 per cent ) and the Germans ' Democratic Forum ( 0.14 per cent ) . |
| 29 | I had none of [ the former ] assets when I started at the Bar ; but my 25 years in practice were the happiest in my life . |
| 30 | The varnished wood , pale cream paintwork and maroon fabric were the same as in her own cabin . |