Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] was [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had all become part of campus life but the chuguo chao , the ‘ going abroad tide ’ , was probably the most noticeable and was certainly a ‘ hot topic ’ ( translated from the Chinese ‘ redian ’ ) among students . |
| 2 | By pointing out a flower or describing a rarity he could make a walk supremely interesting and was indeed a charming companion on any expedition in the fields . |
| 3 | the Palladium — a cheap trick to try and convince the punters that they were in somewhere far classier than was really the case . |
| 4 | The room was empty , but she could hear Mr Browning 's voice from the bedroom and was now certain that was where the cry was coming from . |
| 5 | There was the scandal of the Westminster Council 's sale of cemeteries for 15 pence ; a report of an enterprising Yorkshireman , Edgar Dakin , who , shocked at the prices charged for memorial headstones in the conventional marble or granite , had patented his design for thermoplastic ones at a tiny fraction of the cost ; and yet another that was virtually a half-hour commercial on BBC television for the ubiquitous Hodgson Holdings . |
| 6 | Kenny was probably the most polished and was certainly the best full-back so far to play for Crystal Palace , and his distinguished career with us , Arsenal , QPR and England proves his quality . |