Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plans for this were made some years ago , but it has not been possible to proceed with them ( a ) because of lack of funds , and ( b ) because the personnel department has overall responsibility in all departments of the authority ’ … |
| 2 | Some were shouting such slogans as ‘ Fuck the Jews ! ’ or — ‘ We are the Coburg Erin ! ’ |
| 3 | Some were alleging this week that the ubiquitous George Soros is a seller of pesetas . |
| 4 | My honourable friend the member for er South Hamms , Madam Deputy Speaker , er gave I thought a a an amusing but perceptive speech about the growth of deregulation , indeed some were saying that deregulation er is in fact the fastest growing part of bureaucracy in Whitehall and there have been calls to deregulate the deregulators er , he is of course quite right that Parkinson 's theory can extend in this area and one can find that deregulation acquires a life and momentum erm of its own . |
| 5 | This was repeated each second . |
| 6 | But while this was happening another student , who was a friend of both the dying man and myself , became convinced that God was going to heal the clergyman of his cancer . |
| 7 | I tried the Mimosa Club to see if anyone interesting was playing that evening but got no reply . |
| 8 | The 90s were to feature more women victims of violence . |
| 9 | From the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 , England had been the dominant financial and commercial power in Europe and , on that basis , in the global economy ; the structural changes in the 1830s and 1840s were to consolidate that hegemony . |
| 10 | The next sizeable raid occurred on 5 March , and on this occasion 7/JG 26 was to enjoy some reinforcement for the first of two occasions . |
| 11 | The second was to allow any component to be inserted into any other space , including that of other components , and the attachments specified ( see Figure 7.3 ) . |
| 12 | Jean Pert was sent this poem by a partner in her Prayer Chain and asked to share it with us . |
| 13 | An early rule-of-thumb was to avoid any extremes of emotional behaviour . |
| 14 | These were collected each year and bound in green covers , or were sold singly for about six old pence . |
| 15 | In all , thirteen were examined during seven meetings , but many of these were re-examined several times . |
| 16 | Make sure was have enough material to make the these cages . |
| 17 | And a study in the 1940s reported that one person in every five over sixty was receiving some form of financial support from a son or a daughter . |
| 18 | Half of the latter was sent each year direct to the abbey at Battle , the rest consumed on the manor . |
| 19 | In Stroud , the minister of the Old Meeting House in 1897 was promised all revenue from seat rents , all weekly offerings and £75 or a total of £180 p.a . |
| 20 | Demographic and Health Surveys ( DHS ) Conference sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ) in Washington on Aug. 5 was told that fertility in the developing world had declined by about one-third since the late 1960s — from 6.1 to 4.2 births per woman . |
| 21 | By the summer of 1942 the staff of Hut 6 were solving each day the settings of some twenty-six German army and air force keys — keys which themselves changed daily . |
| 22 | Seventeen were completed that year , all without rudder pedals . |
| 23 | As soon as Jaq realized how Carnelian was accomplishing this intrusion , he knew that he had n't lost . |
| 24 | It is difficult to say how many of these men were as fortunate as the vicar of Henfield , who in 1209 was to receive all oblations and legacies , a tithe of any new land to be cleared and ‘ tithe of calves , lambs , wool , pigs , chicken , geese , ducks , eggs , honey and wax , mills , fisheries , venison , hemp and flax , gardens , garlick , onions , leeks , and all pot-herbs ’ . |
| 25 | Standard One was excused this ritual . |
| 26 | The first was to give some form , and to formalise , our collaboration , and our involvement with existing industrial colleagues . |
| 27 | The events of November 1942 — June 1943 were to confirm this analysis . |
| 28 | Looking back , we may say that the years around 1300 were to attain some significance in this domain . |
| 29 | Two were pulling each other 's hair and screaming at each other while the men tried to part them . |
| 30 | ‘ To the best of my recollection , very little was made that night . |