Example sentences of "it was the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the final heartbreaking disaster for Joanne Smith and fiance Maurice Jones as their new home was engulfed by stinking brown flood water . |
| 2 | ‘ It was the late great Jack who only went to London once in his life and did n't like it , ’ he said . |
| 3 | He said it was the crucial first step in the process of removing the scars from the Lanarkshire landscape . |
| 4 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
| 5 | It was the one shared walk of the Rambles and I had forgotten the golden rule when introducing someone to the hills , never to stretch them beyond their ability . |
| 6 | He was , after all , on holiday even if it was the all-important 5th August , the day of the Grand Banquet , of the arrival of the Prince of Wales . |
| 7 | When I was a boy Milford Street always seemed very busy , maybe because it was the nearest main thoroughfare to my Culver Street home . |
| 8 | Most likely it was the continued upward pressure on the sterling exchange rate over the weekend . |
| 9 | ‘ It was the finest organised rescue in which I have ever been involved . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps it was the Mancunian manic depressive bliss that was so alluring . |
| 11 | However , it was the New English Bible and the Church of England 's Alternative Service which took the brunt of the prince 's speech as he presented the Thomas Cranmer Schools prize , sponsored jointly by the Spectator and the Prayer Book Society , at St James 's Church , Garlickhythe , in the City . |
| 12 | However , it was the New English Bible and the Church of England 's Alternative Service which took the brunt of the prince 's speech as he presented the Thomas Cranmer Schools prize , sponsored jointly by the Spectator and the Prayer Book Society , at St James 's Church , Garlickhythe , in the City . |
| 13 | It was the first official visit to Turkey by an Iranian head of state since 1975 . |
| 14 | It was the first official visit by a South African President since 1975 . |
| 15 | It was the first official visit to Northern Ireland by an Irish head of state . |
| 16 | It was the first official declaration that British passports mean nothing if their owners are black . |
| 17 | It was the first official agreement between the two countries . |
| 18 | He ate pork chops in tomato sauce with us that evening , and claimed it was the first good meal he had had in six months . |
| 19 | It was the first such measure passed in any state , although similar measures were on the ballot papers for November in Colorado and California . |
| 20 | It was the first such treaty to be concluded between Spain and an Arab country . |
| 21 | It was the first such game to be played at the Sheffield stadium since 95 Liverpool fans died there in 1989 . |
| 22 | It was the first such appointment world-wide and increased the momentum of changing attitudes . |
| 23 | perhaps the major significance of the Council of Europe rests in the fact that it was the first European organisation with a political flavour . |
| 24 | It was the first violent act , and she knew the sort of man who had perpetrated that act far too well to naively believe that the slaughtering of Suki would be the beginning and the end . |
| 25 | It was the first suitable wind free morning since they had reached first jump status , and this was it . |
| 26 | According to the Xinhua news agency on May 3 it was the first Soviet delegation led by a Defence Minister to visit China . |
| 27 | It was the first two categories of capital murder in particular that discredited the Homicide Act . |
| 28 | When the 28-bedroom Sundial opened it was the first new hotel in the town for 240 years . |
| 29 | It was the first general strike call made by the 45,000-member union , and on June 15 about 17 of 32 members of the MWU 's national council signed a communiqué denouncing MWU general secretary Mohammed Ould Rahdy for launching what they claimed was a politically motivated strike . |
| 30 | Apart from the Cuban missile crisis , it was the first political event really to break into my late adolescent consciousness . |