Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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1 | It might seem that so artificial a superiority was certain to prove as transient as the hegemonies that it had replaced , although those in whose hands power lay were for the most part undaunted by the new challenges to Britain 's position that they sensed … |
2 | It did not seem possible that so lively a person was dead . |
3 | ‘ Were n't you saying something a few months ago that too quiet a life was bad for a writer 's creativity ? |
4 | And clearly such an appointment was n't going to be given . ’ |
5 | The tables show that an animal was at greatest risk of being stolen in the Low Country , but until around 1895 a person was more likely to steal an animal in the Intermediate area . |
6 | In fact , because only half an inch was involved it was impossible to see from the outside of my right shoe that it was different in any way from my left . |
7 | As always such a system was seen to deliver distinctive moral benefits . |