Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] was [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In more recent times the potential of bilingual education not only for a social elite as was traditionally the case but also for the disadvantaged and/or those already possessing a degree of bilingualism from pre-school experience has been much discussed and researched . |
| 2 | Down at the one-time pavilion that was now the Venetz sisters ' lakeside restaurant , Angelica Venetz had decided that it was time for the big old mallard 's appointment in duck heaven . |
| 3 | With a bobbing movement that was almost a curtsey , Madame Delon hurried away . |
| 4 | How could we decide whether it had free will or was just a robot , programmed to respond as if it were like us ? |
| 5 | White-hot rage that was all the more potent because it originated from humiliation , and from the sickening knowledge not only that she was infatuated with him , but also that he had recognised the fact . |
| 6 | The depth of Nizan 's commitment to the Soviet Union was similarly visible a few months later when he described the great steps made by the mass of the Soviet people in terms of cultural development : When you have seen young workers in Moscow or Tashkent … speaking passionately of Gogol or Gorky , you realise that the Soviet people have gained admission to the high culture that was previously a privilege of the bourgeoisie … |
| 7 | The F T Newspaper which includes magazines , electronic publishing and was up a bit . |
| 8 | She was already getting fed up with the hospital , and could n't wait to take her twin boys back to the large nursery waiting for them upstairs in the medieval castle that was now the family home . |
| 9 | Later that day , Mrs Knelle declared that she 'd take me for a drive , to see Ashford Castle , a local stately home that was now an hotel . |
| 10 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 11 | STEPHEN MANSFIELD Hopes gone up in smoke : Phil Green of People In Need examines the charred and sodden mess that was once a £1million aid cargo for Romania and Bosnia |
| 12 | The rate seems to have been about half that of an ordinary return and was perhaps a day ticket , although no mention of that condition is made . |
| 13 | Luke gave a shuddering sigh that was almost a sob and a tear rolled down his cheek . |
| 14 | Right on cue a Brazilian goal arrived in the 54th minute and was largely the result of a surging run on the right and inspired cross from Jorginho , Careca rising to meet it with a firm header down past Van Breukelen . |
| 15 | of an old walled garden that was once the world . |
| 16 | Each corner contained a runner of sorts , which increased the rope drag , so that by the time I peeped round into the main central corner that was clearly the key to the route , the drag was very serious . |
| 17 | Its success depended upon a major economic reform and was not an alternative to one . |
| 18 | This consisted of one box with a battery connected to the thin electric cable that was also the ferret 's line . |
| 19 | His mouth was set hard and his eyes were filled with a cold rage that was all the more dangerous for its very restraint . |
| 20 | or they came by something where somebody turned up in a little van that was n't a Post Office van and I had to sign . |
| 21 | Held , ( 1 ) that section 18(1) and ( 2 ) authorised an order for payment by the board of that part of the costs of the proceedings determined in the defendant 's favour incurred by him personally at any time when he was not receiving legal aid and was thus an unassisted person ; that , accordingly , the House had jurisdiction under the section to order payment by the board of the defendant 's costs incurred before the issue of his legal aid certificate ; and that the appropriate course was to adjourn the defendant 's application under regulation 143 of the Regulations of 1989 for him to pursue his claim in accordance with regulation 147 ( post , pp. 199G , 201A–B , E , H — 202A , 203B–D ) . |
| 22 | Its widespread influence in architecture has linked it with a joyless form of economic and technological functionalism that was not the intent of the originators . |
| 23 | I sent the cheque back , saying that although it had been immensely good of them to bring me up , I must have been a great burden and was now a disappointment , so I would prefer them to keep this money as some repayment for all they had done . |
| 24 | He made a rough shape that was neither a cube nor a sphere , but a wet and hollow lump . |
| 25 | So we wanted the CPRS to be less of a Cabinet-wide body more serving the Prime Minister than was actually the case . |
| 26 | Still dazed and confused , I wandered over the bare earth that was once the Ken Mentle Memorial Stand . |
| 27 | Only she had the awful feeling that was n't the end of it at all , and that was the really scary part of all this . |
| 28 | It was a large , tiled canteen and was obviously the main social gathering place for the troops . |
| 29 | Mrs Dyer was tiny ; her head sat on her spine like a sunflower on its stalk ; and her hair had passed through its albid phase and was now the colour of a Gitaned forefinger . |
| 30 | He was consciously allowing her to see his softer side , and for such a proud , private man that was perhaps the greatest compliment he would ever pay her . |