Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experiment was short-lived and a failure ; but it suggested that the young king might not be able to reckon as a matter of course on wielding all the powers of his great predecessor . |
| 2 | The crews knew them as Spivs , and initially their speed was such that a driver complained : ‘ I 've been catching seagulls with that thing ! ’ |
| 3 | The result was disastrous and a scandal to the country 's law and trade . |
| 4 | The search was thorough and a number of items were removed ; there was talk of ritual sexual abuse . |
| 5 | Astronomers know that the early universe was uniform because a remnant of that period , the cosmic microwave background radiation which bathes the Earth from all directions , is remarkably uniform . |
| 6 | He was a proper fop : his roses and cream complexion was clean-shaven and a silver pearl dangled from a small gold chain in his right ear lobe . |
| 7 | On her way to her desk she tried to collect a beaker of iced water but the machine was empty and a knot of querulous men were standing around it demanding something be done . |
| 8 | Several customers had similar tales to tell although there seemed none of the panic of the previous year , only a feeling that war was inevitable and a preoccupation with details . |
| 9 | Abolition of the Southern League also robbed players of a useful safety valve , for no transfer fee was payable when a player moved into it from the League . |
| 10 | Briefly ( for MM will reappear later ) , their point was that whether a firm raised its money through debt or equity did not , itself , affect the firm 's value . |
| 11 | Ivan Dugue , a lawyer and spokesman for the group , stated that the surrender was unilateral and a contribution to the peace process taking place in the country . |
| 12 | He had switched-off the assembly track one Friday afternoon , half an hour before finishing time , ostensibly on the grounds that the overhead conveyor was unsafe and a danger to line operators working below . |
| 13 | As I placed them in the water , the bone-china cups and saucers became first glass then nothing ; the water was cold as a glacier . |
| 14 | The pot was taller than a man , and a prisoner had to climb up on a table in order to extract a sample with a huge ladle . |
| 15 | The shaikh was concerned because a man 's arm had been broken ; but the cause of the dispute was the use of government resources to damage the interests of rival lineages . |
| 16 | The night was dark and a fog was coming in from the river , but she hesitated . |
| 17 | The night was cool and a chill breeze made itself felt . |
| 18 | When my teenage son heard that the visitor was 60 and a bachelor , there was silence . |
| 19 | Every finger was numb and a world away . |
| 20 | The Commission also discussed the republic 's draft constitution , but the debate was inconclusive and a number of key issues including the structure of the parliament , and the status of regions and their competencies , were left unresolved . |
| 21 | And later she had found that his body , scarred as it was , was better than the one which she had imagined for him , as a living and breathing man was better than a marble statue or painting , and her vision had lacked life . |
| 22 | This time the front door was open and a swathe of sunlight lay across the red-tiled floor . |
| 23 | Rance was convinced that a change of policy was necessary : he told Pethick-Lawrence , ‘ we are in one big morass here which has to be cleared , . |
| 24 | But a spokesman for Mr Major said the Government was satisfied that a deal negotiated last July between the US and the EC acting for Britain , Germany , Spain and France — the four partners in the Airbus project — was not an unfair subsidy . |
| 25 | He claimed the Government was aware that a ban on advertising would help reduce illness and death , but was continuing to succumb to pressure from the tobacco industry . |
| 26 | His voice was softer than a goose 's neck , almost inaudible , and he kept his eyes turned away . |
| 27 | Beeney was solid as a rock , dealt with the back pass superbly , and only kicked ONE out of play the whole match . |
| 28 | What the hell was that but a declaration ? |
| 29 | It would be nice to say that the tiny frogs thought long and hard about the new flower , about life in the old flower , about the need to explore , about the possibility that the world was bigger than a pool with petals around the edge . |
| 30 | and Jacobitism than it had been in the previous year , yet Craigbarnet 's plight was serious and a failure to help him would offend many . |