Example sentences of "[adj] was [adv] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether this was simply false modesty on their part , or something of a more cosmic nature , Cornelius had always been eager to discover . |
| 2 | Rain suspected this was rather flimsy evidence on which to accuse Oliver of trafficking in drugs . |
| 3 | This was surely strong meat for them ? |
| 4 | Haydn 's Nelson Mass may have overt marshall overtones , but this was surely little excuse for what , at times , descended to little more than an inglorious romp . |
| 5 | This was tremendously exciting news for us , but it also confronted us with the dilemma of attempting to make two films with a budget and film stock barely sufficient for one . |
| 6 | The individual referred to whose level of participation did not increase until the second datapoint after transfer ( HM ) shows marked increase in use of leisure equipment ; the observers reported that this was very simple manipulation of a guitar and was possibly prompted by staff in an attempt to influence the evaluation . |
| 7 | All this was really good training for Dawn , as it was contributing to her becoming accustomed to being a ‘ captive ’ in the noisy world of humans . |
| 8 | In fact , this was quite normal procedure by now in Romania , since they also determined the holiday plans of their senior colleagues , down to the destination , length of stay as well as with whom they spent their vacation . |
| 9 | This was mainly rural farmland with a few market towns and small coastal resorts . |
| 10 | This was highly insensitive scheduling to programme Mr Ridley 's speech on industrial policy at a time when many young children , old folk , businessmen with heart conditions and Tory MPs with marginal seats might be watching . |
| 11 | Republican congressional leaders like Howard Baker and Robert Dole in the Senate and Robert Michel in the House were , at best , lukewarm in their support and ‘ all in all , the Congress of early 1981 was exceedingly inhospitable terrain upon which to champion a supply-side oriented tax cut ’ . |
| 12 | The pass degree which Wordsworth received in 1791 was hardly fair evidence of his abilities . |