Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [det] [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't sure if this was a reproach that he deserted her the rest of the year . |
| 2 | Such movement was especially great in the 1960s and 1970s because this was a time of rapid change in industrial technology , calling for new investments , and capitalists preferred to make ‘ drastic adjustments , such as massively replacing living labor by machines and/or disciplining their labor forces ’ ( p. 129 ) in areas of low-intensity class struggle . |
| 3 | I 'm not quite sure whether that was a pat on the back or what but anyway erm and when Martin offered you for a drink I actually took it as a cup of tea actually so |
| 4 | Bob was n't sure whether this was a compliment or not , but continued regardless . |
| 5 | Far worse than this was a decree issued by the British Treasury to the effect that all money paid out was to be at the old pre-invasion rate of 72 lire to the pound ; the rate in 1945 was actually 1760 lire to the pound . |
| 6 | 1990 also had the lowest snow cover ever recorded in the northern hemisphere , although it is unclear whether this was a consequence of the higher temperature , or a factor contributing to it , since the less snow on the ground , the more the planet 's surface heats up . |
| 7 | Molly smiled back , by no means certain if this was a conversation meant to be taken seriously . |
| 8 | ‘ We are all terribly disappointed because this was a game we desperately wanted to win . ’ |
| 9 | Even now no-one seems quite certain whether this was a fact , a half-fact or the product of a fertile imagination . |