Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What these cities shared was fast growth and great prosperity in the second half of the nineteenth century , leading to extremes of poverty and wealth and the establishment of a large number of hospitals , either as a result of private philanthropy or of government intervention . |
| 2 | The sheer weight of dicta amassed was intimidating , but Mr. Ashworth conceded he could find no authority actually binding on me . |
| 3 | And when we got to the other end one of the lads actually walked in and did a waltz into the school with it which the kids thought was great . |
| 4 | The title of the lecture in which these words appeared was Art-history as an Academic Study , but those were early days for the subject in the British Isles ; only in London was there undergraduate teaching , at the Courtauld Institute which opened in 1933 . |
| 5 | A petition of right to cover the duties paid was unsuccessful . |
| 6 | The tally of religious paintings and statues lost was immense . |
| 7 | The Divisional Court said that this did not matter and was not caught by section 78 , which the judges stressed was concerned with no more than the narrow question of the effect of the police practice on the fairness of the proceedings in court . |
| 8 | However , much of what the new Scottish Festival Singers did was disappointing . |
| 9 | Boy crushed by a wall his parents said was dangerous . |
| 10 | ‘ It was all about finding how far people can go and what these crews achieved was amazing . |
| 11 | The size of crowds assembled was considerable ; although the evidence is impressionistic they must have commonly numbered several hundreds and perhaps , on occasion , more than a thousand . |
| 12 | Fifteen years ago , many of the cases SAVE was involved with caused ridicule amongst our critics . |
| 13 | It says the dose of steroids used was appropriate to achieve the anti-inflammatory effect required … it also says that the side effects were discussed . |
| 14 | Gelbard was reported to have warned US officials in September that he would be the target of an assassination attempt , which Bolivian officials believed was due to take place on Dec. 10 to coincide with the anniversary of the extradition of former Interior Minister Luis Arce Gómez to the US on drug trafficking charges [ see pp. 37487-8 ] . |
| 15 | She adds : ‘ You would n't castigate the British servicemen who appeared on the television during the Gulf war and said that whatever Saddam Hussein did was good and whatever the Allies did was bad . |
| 16 | Last October Paul Biya won Cameroon 's presidential election , in a vote that observers said was fraudulent . |
| 17 | Where one particular elite ( or elite coalition ) has a stranglehold on political power , it is common to find increased governmental inertia , conservative leadership , networks of nepotism and patronage , and generally rising levels of corruption , as some observers suggested was true ofthe French Fifth Republic between 1958 and 1981 , and may still be true of contemporary Italy . |
| 18 | The number of years qualified was unrelated to initial skills . |
| 19 | Childeric 's grave at Tournai , discovered originally in 1653 , is perhaps the richest royal burial known from the early medieval period ; the quantity of goods found was astonishing . |
| 20 | Fei Yen was silent . |
| 21 | Mr Mendine said in those conditions driving was difficult because the inside of the cab steamed up with condensation , the windscreen wipers did not clear the whole of the screen and the front lights were obscured when carrying a high load . |
| 22 | The variety of treatments used was enormous , with 37 different types of treatment being recorded . |
| 23 | TV HOSTS Michael Parkinson and Sarah Greene yesterday launched a spirited defence of a Hallowe'en drama which terrified viewers believed was real . |
| 24 | Convictions were less likely in areas where cattle stealing was rampant . |
| 25 | They may have been intending to talk about reform of the Labour Party constitution , but what ordinary trade unionists heard was senior members of the Party talking as if they were ashamed of the trade union connection . |
| 26 | That was about £800,000 less than the original estimate of £4.5m. which officers felt was unacceptable . |
| 27 | Among the topics discussed was Italian credits to Russia . |
| 28 | Although the style of leadership both managers had was authoritarian they both said they encouraged employee initiative and they also tried to appear friendly and approachable . |
| 29 | The increase in cattle killing was due to the sale-voucher systems making it more difficult for casual thieves to keep or dispose of stolen animals . |
| 30 | It also stated that public money had been used to fund two other black organizations , the Federal Independent Association ( FIDA ) , a conservative group strongly opposed to sanctions , and the Eagles , which anti-apartheid activists alleged was responsible for vigilante actions in the townships . |