Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [det] was [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one cuts through all the technicalities and complexities of the document , which has actually gone to the Social Security Advisory Committee , it is perfectly clear that that was the core intention behind the Government 's move . |
| 2 | Chief Superintendent Large had been polite but made it clear that this was a matter for professionals and he had everything sewn up . |
| 3 | Not only was the chart a perfect picture of a fire with consequences way beyond structural damage , but the repetition of the Queen 's horoscope made clear that this was an event targeted at the heart of the monarchy . |
| 4 | ( The terms used make it clear that this was an explanation of the social system of the author 's time . ) |
| 5 | The track that crosses the BCR at Longville Bridge runs below the railway at this point , and perhaps the screen was for the benefit of users of the track , but as it is also below the railway on the opposite side of the ford , and no screen was suggested there , it seems doubtful that this was the reason . |
| 6 | In this type of construction there was one essential factor on which everything was dependent and that was the designing and accurate manufacture of the jigs , used for positioning the various parts to be welded , and the drilling of the various members . |
| 7 | Everyone 's house , and that 's another thing , if you wanted to paint as your house inside , the cupboards and the doors , they were painted brown and that was a lifetime 's job , they were never done again , not like you do now with this freshening up of paint every so often . |
| 8 | We doubted that it was technically possible , or that there would be a niche for such a business , but they proved us to be wrong and that was the beginning of the launch of Tactel , our highly successful family of fibres for leisurewear , the ICI record campaign , and so many more besides . |
| 9 | Obviously reality would no doubt have been slightly different but this was the conclusion of the Philips Statistics which assessed the relative form of the Ryder Cup competitors . |
| 10 | In June the facade was blown out of the Iraqi Planning Ministry building by what seems to have been a car bomb , although it is not clear whether this was the result of direct Iranian action or that of some domestic opposition group . |
| 11 | Therefore , when clients relate their first and subsequent panic attacks , or other symptoms of anxiety and stress , and explain that they were doing nothing out of the ordinary , it is entirely possible that this was the case . |
| 12 | When claims were originally made concerning a cluster at Seascale it seemed quite possible that this was the explanation . |
| 13 | And the third occasion was in another church outside Assisi when he heard the reading from St Matthew 's gospel about absolute poverty , and he became convinced that that was the path he had to follow . |
| 14 | Again and again he swiped at Chloe , but she remained convinced that this was a game and every time her friend approached she darted away and went to sit somewhere else in the clearing , her tail brushing the ground frantically . |
| 15 | Vic becomes even more convinced that this was the motive for the call as it proceeds , because Stuart Baxter has nothing new to communicate . |
| 16 | I was immediately convinced that this was the guy . |
| 17 | ‘ We 'd be delighted if that was the case , ’ he said , ‘ but the figures do n't add up . |
| 18 | As we know er Darwin published his great work in eighteen fifty nine cos he had to , he really did n't want to but was forced , but in eighteen seventy one he published another important book called the Descent of Man or Evolution in Relation to Sex and in this book Darwin established a principle , which a which at the time he was widely criticized and ridiculed and this was the principle of female choice . |
| 19 | So , very sorry if that was the case . |
| 20 | There was only two of us that showed any interest at all in that and that was the guy that was working here , he was running the photography and myself . |
| 21 | The capacity of the south-east corner is only 2,108 and such was the demand for tickets in Leeds that 8,000 fans watched the match on close-circuit TV at Elland Road . |
| 22 | The capacity of the south-east corner is only 2,108 and such was the demand for tickets in Leeds that 8,000 fans watched the match on close-circuit TV at Elland Road . |
| 23 | Yet it is not obvious that this was the case . |
| 24 | Even when I was a schoolboy I was able to disguise it because my parents made sure that I had the best of footwear specially made to build up my right foot without making it obvious that this was the case . |
| 25 | No , we sold off thirty acres to a developer in nineteen seventy-three and that was a lot easier than-working . |
| 26 | The WISE Bus Programme began in the Autumn of 1984 and such was the success of the original vehicle that an additional coach ( sponsored by British Gas ) was commissioned in May 1986 . |
| 27 | Mary said it was 20 June because that was the night before the solstice , the longest day , and Rufus said it was the 24th and he , Adam , said it was the 23rd because that was the eve of the 24th which was Midsummer day . |
| 28 | The colour black in all such cases was considered especially lucky because this was the colour associated with the occult practices , but herein lies a transatlantic contradiction for , in America , it is the white cat that is lucky and the black cat that is unlucky . |
| 29 | Wanting very much to hear ( because he was sure that this was a lover calling , from the voice ) , the man used the boxing match as an excuse , and he came and stood in the kitchen doorway with a wet plate and the cloth in his hands , and looked at the television . |
| 30 | The simple , broad-based figure calls for no supports or struts to betray a bronze original ; but the treatment of face and forehead-hair is so like that on two male figures , one a bronze original , the other known in many marble copies certainly after a bronze , that one can be pretty confident that that was the material here too . |