Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [pron] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The College was itself uneasy about the lack of ‘ coordinated opinion ’ among three engineering boards which had recently visited it , and an Academic Board sub-committee considered that undue emphasis had been given to the question of policy for full-time and sandwich courses , ‘ to the detriment of more important issues involved in the preparation of courses of degree level ’ . |
| 2 | When I took it over from Matt I realised that a wilderness was something different from the average person 's orderly life . |
| 3 | His dismissal was his second of the season , and the side 's sixth . |
| 4 | Tory legal-constitutionalism was nothing new in the early eighteenth century — it is in evidence during the years of the Exclusion Crisis and Tory reaction , and its roots can be traced back to the Clarendonian position at the Restoration . |
| 5 | West Indies , whose victory was their ninth in the past 10 limited overs matches against Pakistan , scored 196 for five in 41 overs after their opponents made 194 for seven in their 45 overs . |
| 6 | In 1962 she had to deliver the Huxley lecture seated and the next year was her last in the field . |
| 7 | Morrissey 's goal was his third of the season leaving him halfway to last season 's tally of six . |
| 8 | Athenian activity by sea was nothing new in the fifth century . |
| 9 | It sighed and groaned and creaked so that sometimes it was easy to believe ghostly footsteps were padding about ; but this noise was something different from the usual spasmodic little creaks — it seemed regular and deliberate . |
| 10 | Cierva was himself dissatisfied with the required forward run of the aircraft , he wanted vertical lift at take-off . |
| 11 | In fact , he claims that his flyingboat course was his last in the RAF and certainly the most fortuitous for himself and subsequently the RAF . |