Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [adj] [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Examples of peasant or pastoralist protest where official conservation policies were a catalytic or a leading grievance are Kenya ( Heyer et al. |
| 2 | With a brief nod , as though she were no more than a casual acquaintance , he closed the door . |
| 3 | Out across the water , the end of the lake had not yet emerged from the mist , and the mountains above it were no more than a delicate shadow of grey against a deep grey sky . |
| 4 | He carried her as if she were no more than a disobedient child back down the path to the fountain . |
| 5 | It was as if she stood in a noisy limbo ; all the yesterdays had gone as if they had never been and all the tomorrows were no more than a tantalising promise . |
| 6 | Politically he was a Liberal and a strong supporter of free trade and of the social reforms of David Lloyd George ( later first Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor ) . |
| 7 | Language work can also be covered through drama or role-play ( a speech by a Roman general encouraging the troops , an argument between a Celt and a Roman over whether the conquest of Britain was a good or a bad thing ) . |
| 8 | Under the Purnells ' control , this was a busy and a profitable time in the history of Fromebridge ; however , around the beginning of the l9th century , the company ran into problems . |
| 9 | Thereafter each quite expensive ball-cum-transmitter was no better than a simple ball . |
| 10 | It was as heavy as an ox in spite of the fact that it was no taller than a young steer , and a green and greasy liquid flowed from its wounds . |
| 11 | Parliament is already arguing that the referendum was no more than a glorified opinion poll . |
| 12 | For some , the Council was no more than a prudent but much misunderstood attempt to update a few relatively minor matters . |
| 13 | The Greek civil war of 1946–49 — less than half a century ago in fact , but merely yesterday in the politics of south-east Europe — was the last great European left-versus-right convulsion ; by comparison , the Hungarian rebellion of 1956 was no more than a bloody skirmish . |
| 14 | Colaba , built in 1893 , was no more than a pleasant , small , English country town station , with Gothic windows , a tight upstanding porte cochère , and a single tower . |
| 15 | But this was no more than a temporary reversal in the most savage onslaught from England which the Scots had ever experienced . |
| 16 | His voice was no more than a faint whisper now but it was as if his words were spraying vitriol on her face , because she tossed her head from side to side as if throwing off the spray . |
| 17 | But Aeschylus , however close to the Wagnerian ideal , was no more than a spiritual ancestor . |
| 18 | The deadly dyke , from the air , was no more than a dark line , rather like rough grass or the aftermath of drainage work . |
| 19 | They were now walking along a narrow lane that was no more than a rutted cart-track . |
| 20 | It might have been the man that he 'd seen before or it might not ; his face was no more than a characterless oval with a few spare lines drawn on it for features . |
| 21 | Warnings from the opposition that the government 's ‘ No Tax Increases ’ slogan was no more than a vote-gathering lie were rebuffed as fear-mongering and , better still , as unpatriotic . |
| 22 | Perhaps the dinner on the terrace by candlelight was no more than a helpful suggestion intended to add to their pleasure in ‘ La Felicità ’ , as was the idea of a trip across the Mountains of the Moon to Urbino . |
| 23 | Still , it helped a little , numbing-his anger until it was no more than a controlled resentment . |
| 24 | The farmer who sold it was happy to rid himself of a wreck which was no more than a dangerous playground . |
| 25 | I decided that she had never really liked Richard and wrote her an angry letter attacking a Labour politician I knew she particularly admired , saying he did not care for Socialist principles and was no more than a cunning man who would do anything for power . |
| 26 | Undaunted , Cocks hit back with yet another tract , A True and Impartial Inquiry … into the Late Bloody Execution at Thorn … ( 1727 ) , though this was no more than a stale reprise of past polemic , and was only published posthumously . |
| 27 | Happily , these include some of the most desperate cases , like Borringdon , a once-magnificent Elizabethan house outside Plymouth which was no more than a gutted shell clinging to a precipice , but today is a comfortable country house hotel . |
| 28 | That he was no more than a simple well-bred Roman , going about his daily business , kind to animals and women , his motives constantly misconstrued … |
| 29 | He saw one of his jobs as keeping his ear to the ground on Blanche 's behalf , trying to catch discontent while it was no more than a distant rumble and to spot which detectives needed encouragement and which a gentle kick up the backside . |
| 30 | The little square was relatively sheltered , and in the hall the gale was no more than a distant , muffled roar . |