Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite Anthony Fauci 's assertion that ‘ the virus is the major factor in HIV disease , ’ it was clear that a shift in emphasis is taking place from direct antiretroviral strategies to immune-directed therapies . |
| 2 | With the wisdom of hindsight it 's obvious that Mark Ring , who in his Pontypool days looked as if he might be the answer to all our no.10 prayers , was unfit and a liability in the match against Australia . |
| 3 | Well that , thought Dalgliesh wryly , was better than a note in the parish magazine , a telephone call to the daily papers or a sermon next Sunday on the phenomenon of stigmata and the inscrutable wisdom of providence . |
| 4 | ‘ He was unruly and a distraction in class and made an enemy of most of his teachers . |
| 5 | There was melancholy and a feeling in the air of being cheated . |
| 6 | It was uncertain whether a ballot in 1984 would obtain the needed support , and so Scargill developed an alternative strategy to achieve a national strike without calling one . |
| 7 | There we were , messing around with his things , and all the time he was dead as a doornail in Paris . |