Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It was possible that even a reject like him could be of use in such a godforsaken spot . |
2 | Underlining this was not only a sense of what was proper but also a sense of what was politically and socially wise . |
3 | It was interesting that quite a number saw their being easily located at their place of work as a benefit . |
4 | The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities . |
5 | The Speech Institute group was similar and perhaps a rival to the band directed by Miss Elsie Fogarty , who had done the choruses in Murder in the Cathedral , and I believe that one of them had asked me what were the chances of taking part in its successor . |
6 | The performance of the EEC during the Uruguay round of GATT discussions was instructive and probably a foretaste of what is to come . |
7 | It was adventurous and yet a bit modest and down-to-earth . |
8 | He was eighteen but still a lad , awkward , like his arms and legs were longer than he could cope with . |