Example sentences of "were [adv] a [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in Egypt , aromatics were literally a way of life . |
| 2 | If it were merely a matter of eloquence , or energy or conviction , the education system , like other male institutions , would have been transformed by women already . |
| 3 | But formal requirements of this kind were merely a recognition of reality , of the fact that few diplomats could hope to live on their salaries . |
| 4 | If it were only a matter of alcohol , would a body care ? |
| 5 | And which is natural because you know , the very early motor cars were only a sort of toy for the rich as it were and er when it came to you see er grocer 's vans or , or er laundry vans made out of old pr private cars . |
| 6 | You were only a sort of number in a bakery and er worked at a table along with the rest . |
| 7 | In the latter union these changes ‘ were less a surrender of power to the shopfloor than a formal accommodation to the reality of decentralisation which had occurred during the post-war years ’ ( Hyman , 1983 , p. 42 ) . |
| 8 | They were not a subdivision of Judaism , propounding one or another theological position . |
| 9 | The general form relied on the argument that the riots were not a form of protest against the insufferable social conditions of inner-city areas or the actions of the police , but a ‘ criminal act ’ or a ‘ cry for loot ’ . |
| 10 | So all their efforts to create helium from hydrogen hat been fruitless ; the traces of helium that they saw had been absorbed from the environment and were not a product of fusion . |
| 11 | All types of medicines reputed to be the equal of branded goods except that generally they were just a load of rubbish . |
| 12 | His hands are gently folded over it as if it were just a bag of laundry on his lap . |
| 13 | After the whambamthankyouma'am of the sixties , the seventies barely existed in their own right , but were more a kind of dream time when no one wanted to admit the good times had gone , or indeed had never really been . |
| 14 | These years were more a time of disturbance within the Church as Archbishop Theodore sought to reorganize its diocesan structure . |
| 15 | Full-time football and a career at a more glamorous club were both a matter of time . |
| 16 | ( 5 ) Setting limits on future punitive and compensatory damages on a sliding scale according to the size of the company , and empowering juries to decide the appropriate damages within these limits ( which were also a subject of compromise between the White House and Danforth bill supporters ) . |
| 17 | They were also a symbol of hope as they lit the fire , the signal sent out to get rescue . |
| 18 | Cattle were also a source of food . |
| 19 | There were also a number of cave mouths , a few yards below the plateau . |
| 20 | Of the part-time tutors , about a quarter were local schoolmasters , and there were also a number of parish clergy , local government officers and retired professional people ; only two of those so far booked for courses were women , although when the programme was finalised there were three . |
| 21 | A spokesman said the majority of thefts took place in the West End but there were also a series of car break-ins in the Parkside area . |
| 22 | Buckingham Palace were n't a lot of help in the matter yesterday . |
| 23 | Were n't a lot of choice was there ? |
| 24 | There were n't a lot of bleach in it . |
| 25 | There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ? |
| 26 | Now , if child survival were simply a question of affluence as you might think it was , there 's no way you could explain these figures . |
| 27 | It is not clear if there were particular economic motives for these killings , or if they were simply a matter of xenophobia . |
| 28 | But if the move from history to hystery were simply a matter of role reversal it would be relatively unproblematic . |
| 29 | She was quite near the plane now and there were quite a lot of newspaper photographers around her , but she did not stop walking . |
| 30 | There were quite a lot of loss right enough . |