Example sentences of "[adj] was [verb] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much emphasis was put on the importance of identifying the key decision-takers and making sure that they had the right information — much was made of the necessity of their getting a balanced picture on which to take their decisions . |
| 2 | Second , although much was made of the principle of ‘ flexibility ’ in both the PNP aims and its various courses and documents , there was an inherent contradiction in the notion of flexibility being mandated from above , especially given the didactic power of the model classroom . |
| 3 | As usual , much was made of the fact that he was younger brother to the wildly successful Peregrine , now in Japan on tour with his group . |
| 4 | The authenticity of the film was stressed in all the publicity and much was made of the fact that not only had the trial scenes been shot at the same time as the judge was carrying out the Detroit sentences but the film actually used his own words . |
| 5 | Thus , much was made of the fact that while the war in Vietnam was ‘ legal ’ , protesting against it was liable to lead to the protester being defined as a criminal ; that drinking alcohol was respectable , while smoking cannabis was not . |
| 6 | Much was made of the fact that Ince , Sharpe , and Hughes were not playing even though scum have this fabulously strong squad . |
| 7 | Much was made of the argument that the West should first reach agreement on the rearmament of West Germany and its integration into the Western alliance before overtures were made to Moscow . |
| 8 | When The Gentleman 's Magazine published the remarks of a former employer on Mary Leapor , much was made of the length of her neck and the shortness of her body . |
| 9 | Little was heard of the committee until six months later when Billy asked for another group meeting . |
| 10 | Much is known about the metal artefacts produced in the British Bronze Age , but until recently very little was known of the copper sources exploited ( see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 11 | Little was known of the microflora or invertebrate populations of the area . |
| 12 | But little was known of the nature and causation of mental disorder and so provision for treatment was minimal . |
| 13 | However the girls took the dog upstairs where it wolfed all that was left of the lasagne and went to sleep in front of the hearth , quieter than it ever had been at the Castello Crocetto . |
| 14 | Now the police , the ambulance crews , the crowd , the reporter , were approaching the pit , looking down at the grey shard that was all that was left of the Kershaw Worm . |
| 15 | She did n't turn in at Monte Samana , but went on , past the mess of rutted dirt and blood-stained grass that was all that was left of the roundabout , fenced off now , with police directing the traffic round it . |
| 16 | In his hands were clutched his umbrella and all that was left of the diplomacy . |
| 17 | Now all that was left of the farm was a very thin goat which would not last much longer . |
| 18 | The pale faces on the station and the millions of identical ones behind them were all that was left of the world . |
| 19 | All that was left of the monastery founded by St Patrick was a large stone Gothic doorway standing up on its own surrounded by grass and modern graves . |