Example sentences of "[was/were] in [noun] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were in addition downstairs a boiler room with a bed in it , a bathroom and kitchen . |
| 2 | It has been claimed by some that the apparent warming trend was in fact only a reflection of the " urban heat island effect " , because most of the records come from cities . |
| 3 | Unbeknownst to club officials , ‘ Royst ’ was in fact only a visitor to this country and his permit ran out two months ago . |
| 4 | That month saw a new invasion alarm , as a French fleet cruised up and down the Channel under Admiral D'Orvilliers and a large French army under Marshal de Broglie was assembled at Vaussieux in Normandy , though this was in fact only a routine ‘ camp of exercise ’ . |
| 5 | At the inaugural session on Sept. 4 Rawlings asserted , however , that the emerging " New World Order " was in fact merely a continuation of the familiar superpower monopoly , in that the 4,000 million people in the developing countries were still being crushed and undermined by the economic interests of the developed world . |
| 6 | Forward planning ( matching load forecasts and planned capacity , thinking about the future regional spread of power stations ) , was , of course , necessary , but was in practice merely a part time function of the ex-CEB engineers in charge of system operation . |