Example sentences of "[det] was [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was largely as a consequence of his undoubted materialism , according to which all that exists is matter in motion . |
| 2 | This was largely as a result of Eliot 's own initiative ; and what we knew of it was derived from the works of Jacques Maritain , which were largely the source , I suspect , of Eliot 's own knowledge . |
| 3 | There had been some war damage but this was not on a scale which lent itself to large-scale redevelopment . |
| 4 | She rarely smiled but this was not through a lack of good nature : her responsibilities had given her a serious expression . |
| 5 | This was partly as a safety measure , but also as a result of a campaign by local councillors , who have been told about several near misses at Ruswarp . |
| 6 | This was partly as a result of inherited policies , but was also because of the council 's desire ‘ to be seen to be doing something ’ to support its traditional political base of the skilled manual working class . |
| 7 | This was more like a pause in the struggle . |
| 8 | But this was only for a second . |
| 9 | Well they 've got the depot at Rochdale which services up to Blackpool and this was out on a limb . |
| 10 | This was so despite a provision in the Articles of the company defining " the board " as including " any committee authorised by the board to act on its behalf " . |
| 11 | That was why as a child I often had anxiety dreams about her . |
| 12 | Still got an hole here , that was just with a pellet gun that was . |
| 13 | Yes , I , I think that was that was still when the I think that was still in a sense under the auspices of the old agrarian er of the of forty seven was still being given by . |
| 14 | The war was apparently in the way , but that was more as a result of misunderstanding than anything else . |
| 15 | ‘ But that was only on a Sunday . |