Example sentences of "[conj] was a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although crew cuts had been around forever , all-over short hair of ½″ or less started in about '64 & was a conservative-suit-mod staple until '68 when it went even shorter — ¼″ and less & in '69 near-shaven styles ( baldness never caught on ) ½″ or so of hair in the 60s was not as noteworthy as a backward glance might suggest — because long hair got all the publicity , you 'd think that everyone below 25 grew their hair long . |
| 2 | This demonstrates the interaction between the excusing elements in provocation ( not just the loss of self-control , but the degree of provocation experienced ) and the justificatory elements ( to an extent , D was right to react angrily to what had been said or done , unless the alleged provocation was self-induced or was a legally justified act ) . |
| 3 | The appearance of a famous face in the show rooms always caused a stir amongst the girls , who all longed to hook a wealthy husband — and if he had a title , like the Aly Khan , or was a film star like Omar Shariff , then so much the better ! |
| 4 | Carrefour smelled the burning flesh of his memory once more , but was no longer sure whether it was truly his memory or was a result of the hole in his chest . |
| 5 | Three thous the going rate , or was a few years back . |
| 6 | ‘ Tribe is , or was a bad joke , ’ Finlayson said morosely . |
| 7 | Whether or not this was all a move towards a system of ‘ state universities ’ on the American model , was a genuine attempt to provide an alternative and distinctive system , or was a retreat from and a weakening of the Robbins approach to a ‘ unitary ’ system of higher education was to remain a matter of debate at the policy level . |
| 8 | Or was a separated woman still an outcast in Veronica 's circle ? |
| 9 | Some philosophers argued that the Prime Mover did not exist , or was a weak and feeble deity who was impotent to intervene in the machinations of the universe : Spike could not believe that . |
| 10 | ( 3 ) The losses against which a recognised body is required to insure under this Rule are all losses arising from claims in respect of civil liability incurred in the practice of the recognised body by the recognised body or by any of its officers or employees or former officers or employees or by any solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is or was a consultant to or associate in the body 's practice or is or was working in the practice as an agent or a locum tenens ; save that a recognised body shall not be required to insure against losses arising from claims of a type excluded , by the indemnity rules applicable from time to time to recognised bodies , from being afforded indemnity by the Solicitors Indemnity Fund . |
| 11 | ( b ) at the time of such act or default the covenantor is or was a member of or a beneficial owner of a share in the recognised body ; |
| 12 | Note that anyone who is or was a local authority foster parent for the child within the preceding six months can not apply for leave to seek a s8 order unless he has the consent of the authority or he is a relative of the child or the child has lived with him for at least three years preceding the application ( s9(3) ) . |
| 13 | Well I have to admit , with our group , the first ten minutes or was a little bit disorganised because I felt we , I came in , we set down the objects , I felt we did that well , and we were clear of the timescale from the very beginning . |
| 14 | It was impossible to explain that strawberries were not available and nor was a copy of The Times . |
| 15 | In his famous allocution , Pope Pius declared that , morally , a doctor was not obliged to continue treatment , nor was a patient obliged to accept it when such treatment involved extraordinary medical measures . |
| 16 | However , an ordinary axe was no match for a humming power axe which could slice bronze like flesh ; nor was a broadsword remotely the equal of a power sword . |
| 17 | Nor was a desire to retaliate for the Triple Intervention of 1895 totally absent . |
| 18 | Nor was a reckoning with her grandfather 's shade the only sentence imposed by the spread . |
| 19 | Nor was a similar outlook unknown on the other side of the Channel . |
| 20 | Mild diverticular disease seen on barium enema was not considered a cause of anaemia nor was a hiatus hernia , minimal oesophagitis or Barrett 's oesophagus without oesophagitis . |
| 21 | Nor was a Gemini . |
| 22 | Tom Scotland flew 62 ops from Italy with a Pathfinder squadron ( 614 ) ; his autobiography is a story of his search for truth , for something that would enable him to make sense out of all the destruction and chaos that was a part of wartime life . |
| 23 | He offered to drive the car , but I was not convinced that was a good idea . |
| 24 | The Palace of Culture and Science , a Stalinist wedding-cake structure that was a Soviet ‘ gift ’ to the Polish people in the mid-Fifties , and now home to yet another casino , is draped with a huge blue sign that proclaims : DIGITAL . |
| 25 | But as usual I affected a supreme unconcern , and floated past them with a sway of the hips that was a touch exaggerated . |
| 26 | At that time that was a sad day for many people , the day he went to prison . |
| 27 | She had the first and second floor of a thin , dilapidated building that was a ruin above the third storey . |
| 28 | A Colombian journalist , now living in Hampstead , described the Christ she was once privileged to view : ‘ It was a face that was a golden-bronze sort of colour , with very large dark eyes that were very luminous , and very high cheekbones and a longish face and he also had a beard , ’ she said reverently . |
| 29 | Another thing that was a disappointment for me was missing the traditional breaking through the ropes and the spectators at the end ; getting the police escort through to the last . |
| 30 | It is sometimes advantageous to cease continually pushing onwards ; by stopping one has time to relax and see what otherwise would have been missed , the colours of the machair , wild poppies , buttercups , clovers , yellow rattle , eyebrights and even common ragwort , a visit to Northton , the smell of peat fires , a silent deserted main street , an antiquated petrol pump , a seized up old tractor , overgrown gardens , derelict corrugated iron roofed buildings and one shop that was a shop no more , signs suggestive of better , more affluent times . |