Example sentences of "[was/were] [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor , obviously , were they a simple expression of Indian resistance to this assault . |
| 2 | Not only was he a good judge of horseflesh , but he was capable of treating most ailments which occurred both in the hunters and the heavy farm animals . |
| 3 | Ali 's cutting edge was his intellect : not only was he a renowned sportsman of brilliance , but he also commanded the world 's attentions through his insight , sarcasm and satire . |
| 4 | Not only was he an important member of the ministry ( though without a cabinet place ) , he was also , from his father 's death in 1706 , the head of his family and the leader of the Tory interest throughout south Wales . |
| 5 | Nor was it a regular determinant of foreign relations ; the faction-fighting between Mary of Gueldres and bishop Kennedy was the exception rather than the rule . |
| 6 | Not only was it a vast amount of money for the fledgling state to raise , by many Israeli officials felt passionately that Israel should not begin its life be seeking to extend its reach ad influence through such obvious corruption . |
| 7 | But that still leaves for the jury in submission , A , whether they used reasonable force yes reasonable to act , but was it reasonable force to act , was it a reasonable method of acting , by which I mean time of er , time of the incident . |
| 8 | Was it a different kind of Oedipus complex ? |
| 9 | Was it a huge game of bluff ? was it ever intended that if the reports favoured nationalization we were to get it ? |
| 10 | Did it accord with legitimate expectations of fair and reasonable persons or was it a high-handed exercise of power of a kind more to be expected of an authoritarian government than one guided by and subscribing to principles of limited government ? |
| 11 | Particular questions to be considered include : i to what extent has the emergence of new military technology from the laboratories been steered by strategic interests and too what extent was it an autonomous product of the laboratories ; ii how has the relationship between the work done in the national laboratories to that done by defence contractors altered ; iii what are the pressures for greater commercial application of research ; what effect has this had ? |
| 12 | Alternatively , was it an iniquitous form of torture perfected in Munich ? |