Example sentences of "it [was/were] also the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't just the slight pain that stopped her sleeping , it was also the mental shock of what she had done . |
| 2 | 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 ] . |
| 3 | 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 ] . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was also the first time he had driven with navigator John Anthony , a retired fire officer from South Nutfield . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ It was also the first time that steam , which is the lifeblood of THORP was introduced into the highly active area . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It was also the first colony gained by conquest . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was also the 1992 Formula 1 champion 's first victory on Australian soil . |
| 14 | In most traditional farmsteads it was also the central point to which the other buildings related . |
| 15 | It was also the finest love song since Joy Division 's ‘ Love Will Tear Us Apart ’ . |
| 16 | It was also the only country to post an increase in the number of patents received in foreign countries . |
| 17 | It was also the terrible pleasure it gave her when he touched her . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | That it was also the major provider of adult education in the region was evident through the growth in its classes and courses from 156 in 1938–39 to more that 350 by the end of the war in 1945 . |
| 22 | It was also the last test flight for the station 's long serving test pilot … and his colleagues had lined up a surprise . |
| 23 | It was also the last time she ever mentioned his mother . |
| 24 | It was also the rising time of the women 's liberation movement ( mid-century phase ) and with it an outspoken refusal of conventional fashion . |
| 25 | More incredible was that all of this violence , all of this blood and gore , all of this inhumanity and human sacrifice was being conducted in the corner of our living rooms , because suddenly it was also the nightly fodder of the television stations , who were only just realizing the potential of on-the-spot coverage of such despicable yet compelling viewing matter . |
| 26 | It was also the same day and night and throughout the year , even though the earth was rotating on its axis and orbiting around the sun . |
| 27 | It was also the mortal enemy of horses and would rip them apart in seconds with its mighty talons . |
| 28 | ‘ It was also the third shut-out in a row for Andy Goram . |
| 29 | His games connection that year was more than just a marketing one ; it was also the third time he had been chosen for the Scotland team as a pole-vaulter . |
| 30 | It was also the national cause that prompted Law to accept a junior position ; he took the Colonial Office himself , a backwater in wartime , and Liberals retained most of the major posts . |