Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] also the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theirs was also the only three-wheeler in the Monte Carlo Challenge , run over the traditional route , and their 1933 Morgan completed the gruelling 2,000-mile distance to finish 82nd out of 100 cars , half of which travelled from starting points in Berlin and Oslo . |
| 2 | She was also the first woman painter to achieve this status . |
| 3 | She was also the first Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro . |
| 4 | She was also the tutelary deity of music and love , usually depicted with a drum or rattle . |
| 5 | Yes , she was also the only woman since Freddie and the Dreamers had a hit who still drank port and lemon . |
| 6 | We were also the first sponsor of televised croquet in association with Granada TV and we have since launched a competition to stimulate schools involvement in this fascinating sport . |
| 7 | We were also the first place in southern Africa to be converted to Christianity , and different religious beliefs of all kinds already thrive there . |
| 8 | ‘ But they were also the only evidence as to the identity of the kidnappers , ’ protested Golding . |
| 9 | But they were also the golden age of doctrinal clarification . |
| 10 | It was n't just the slight pain that stopped her sleeping , it was also the mental shock of what she had done . |
| 11 | It was also the first opportunity for the Sandinistas to assess their opposition role after losing elections in February 1990 to the right-wing National Opposition Union ( UNO ) coalition of President Violeta Chamorro de Barrios [ see p. 37236 ] . |
| 12 | It was also the first opportunity at national level for the electorate to deliver its verdict on the DLP , which had been formed by Roh in January 1990 through the merger of his minority ruling party with two of the three main opposition parties [ see pp. 37187-88 ] . |
| 13 | It was also the first occasion on which the bishop of Rome is known to have invoked the text of Matthew 16 : 18 to justify his primatial jurisdiction . |
| 14 | It was also the first time he had driven with navigator John Anthony , a retired fire officer from South Nutfield . |
| 15 | It was also the first time that her 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi , Allen 's new lover , was not at the traditional family meal . |
| 16 | ‘ It was also the first time that steam , which is the lifeblood of THORP was introduced into the highly active area . ’ |
| 17 | It marked the dedication of a new city church … but it was also the first time a Roman Catholic cardinal had preached before the Monarch since the time of Henry The Eighth . |
| 18 | It was also the first time Liverpool had gone ahead of their rivals — 45 wins to 44 — since the derby series , than at 127 games , began . |
| 19 | It was also the first colony gained by conquest . |
| 20 | This is no doubt why much the commonest comment made about credit cards in the main 1979 survey ( by nearly half those questioned ) was that they encourage you to spend too much ; it was also the commonest comment made about stores accounts . |
| 21 | In public health , this was the method used to establish that cigarette-smoking is a major cause of lung cancer , and it was also the key technique used to identify some of the factors involved in the spread of HIV infection . |
| 22 | It was also the 1992 Formula 1 champion 's first victory on Australian soil . |
| 23 | In most traditional farmsteads it was also the central point to which the other buildings related . |
| 24 | It was also the finest love song since Joy Division 's ‘ Love Will Tear Us Apart ’ . |
| 25 | And breakfast was not only a leisurely start , it was also the only Sunday meal when he could be sure that all the members of his family would be together at table . |
| 26 | It was also the only country to post an increase in the number of patents received in foreign countries . |
| 27 | It was also the terrible pleasure it gave her when he touched her . |
| 28 | We agonised over the decision before selling to the management and I 'm absolutely convinced with hindsight that the decision was not only right in people terms but it was also the right business decision for the shareholders as well . |
| 29 | For the common people , as much as their political representatives , it was also the ultimate affirmation of the rightness of the American way , of the moral ascendancy of the United States . |
| 30 | Terry Bunce , from the Flying Club , tells me that they have a wings night every year for the new people , and as it was also the 25th anniversary of the Ulster Aviation Society they decided to invite the veterans along . |