Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] the [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Habsburgs , though they kept a tight hold on much of Europe , were not the longest serving overlords of Aarau . |
| 2 | And Hardy 's were probably the best known fishing tackle shop in the world and it got into the hands of one of the Hardy 's brothers and he said , ‘ May we market it under your name ? ’ and I said , ‘ My God , I 'd rather have that than a knighthood ’ — this was some years ago — and then Hardy 's were rationalized , which means of course that everything costs twice as much and there was n't as much in the shop . |
| 3 | The rogues of the piece were undoubtedly the well established firm of Hodder and Stoughton , who seemed to have had an unusual and complex system of their own . |
| 4 | Although the rest of the world was the lowest cost source of supply the imposition of the CET meant that it was not the lowest priced source of supply in the domestic economy . |
| 5 | Paperwork was usually the least enjoyed part of farming and it was invariably left to wives . |
| 6 | Until she was approaching her half century Hannah was probably the least travelled person anywhere in the northern counties . |
| 7 | One man at least was wrongly classed as a tailor , namely Stephen Jenings , who had served as Mayor in 1508 — 9 , and was now the highest assessed citizen at £3,000 ; the same must hold good for other rich tailors , since the craft itself was poorly remunerated . |
| 8 | At the time of the Council this was surely the characteristically conciliar expression which mattered most to the majority of people throughout the Church . |
| 9 | It was not quite an oration because two days earlier speech had been phased out because it was discovered to be the ‘ root of all evil ’ , by somebody who never talked and was consequently the most unevil person in the world . |