Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adv] the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was also the first of many operations at Poole in which I was involved on the cutters . |
| 2 | Although the most comprehensive , this was only the latest in a long series of hard-hitting reports on Indian prisons , most of which echoed familiar themes . |
| 3 | Like the other Pyrenean divisions , Béarn is medieval ; this was once the largest of the furiously independent mountain states , a viscounty which came into existence as early as 820 , was at different moments of its history the vassal of Aragon and England , became joined by marriage with the powerful viscounty of Foix and with Basse-Navarre , and finally , when Henri IV , ‘ le grand Béarnais ’ , became king of the whole of France in 1589 , was integrated with the Crown . |
| 4 | If all that was not the ultimate in human proximity to God , way above all ordinary mortals , she could n't imagine what else could be . |
| 5 | The failure of the Masai to ‘ come out ’ on the side of right was embarrassing enough , but that was not the worst of it . |
| 6 | That was n't the last of the day 's raptors . |
| 7 | Vice chairman Alan Noble resigned his seat on the board because of business commitments , but that was n't the last of him . |
| 8 | Mind you , that was n't the biggest of the week . |
| 9 | ‘ When I had the accident , that was n't the worst of it . |