Example sentences of "it [was/were] another [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was another kind of January , a January of sudden snow storms and hard frosts at the end of the month , when a rabble of Catholic Jacobite clansmen under the nominal control of John Erskine , Earl of Mar , came to burn the protestant villages of Dunning , Muthill , Blackford , Auchterarder and Crieff .
2 Stories started about the unsafe state of Ribblehead viaduct ; it was another case of closure by stealth .
3 In fact it was another hour before Thursday let me out .
4 It was another victory for David over Goliath .
5 It was another image for Preston to carry into his dreams , or nightmares , of Uncle Titch in the dock and the twelve little dwarves grim and silent on the hard wooden benches .
6 It was another sort of omen ; a confirmation …
7 It was another product of pressure for improved conditions .
8 I thought it was another book on Mediterranean cooking there somewhere
9 When Countess Spencer died in 1972 , it was another loss for Diana to cope with .
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