Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet de Gaulle himself was remarkably confident that the army would toe the line . |
| 2 | The sea was dead calm and the coral a glistening treasure trove of vivid gems . |
| 3 | He achieved for the COS , however , a degree of influence in government circles which was rather greater than the Society 's contribution to philanthropy . |
| 4 | To be sure , I was rather bemused but the honesty of both men was apparent . |
| 5 | I was saying that the proportion of advertising expenditure given was for that in the two lowest tar groups , which was rather less than the proportion of total sales . |
| 6 | And that was rather less than the effect these fashion fancies had on Third World local economies . |
| 7 | The ever-anxious Ford had been appointed to replace Major Richard Sharpe as commanding officer of the battalion , which of itself was cause for the Colonel to worry , for Joseph Ford was keenly aware that the Rifleman had been a most competent and experienced soldier . |
| 8 | At that time , Spain was predominantly agricultural and the interruption of normal activity during the war had resulted in serious shortages of foodstuffs . |
| 9 | ‘ But he was most keen that the thing should n't go on and on like it usually does . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ So I see , ’ said Sophia , unable to keep a note of indignation out of her tone , for it was most disquieting that the man she intended for her sister 's husband should be discovered filling the hot water bottle of another woman . |
| 11 | Training was most effective where the farmer was able and willing to identify his own training needs . |
| 12 | It was downright sinister and the fact that Glyn had picked up on her uneasy feelings left her more uneasy still . |
| 13 | The house was spotlessly clean though the furniture was sparse and the floor covered with sand . |
| 14 | Lili 's father was tremendously rich until the government sequestered all his property . |
| 15 | The service was interminably long and the congregation had to stand throughout . |
| 16 | It was somewhat ironic that the Home Office moved from its traditional defence of political liberty into a law and order stance just as the main police spokesman was advocating more liberal and socially aware arguments . |
| 17 | ‘ The missile was so close that the warning system in the cab illuminated and fired off defensive flares , ’ he said . |
| 18 | The silence was so total that the auditorium might have been empty . |
| 19 | Even Einstein , when he formulated the general theory of relativity in 1915 , was so sure that the universe had to be static that he modified his theory to make this possible , introducing a so-called cosmological constant into his equations . |
| 20 | She was smaller than Jenna with none of Jenna 's slender , willowy height , but she was so healthy-looking that the fact in itself gave her an added attraction . |
| 21 | For a moment or two she sat watching a breeze ruffle the calm surface of the hotel pool — the bright blue water was so inviting that the moment you got out you wanted to get straight back in again . |
| 22 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 23 | After the first men were made , it relates , the noise of their many children was so great that the god of the earth could not sleep . |
| 24 | The impact was so great that the effect of it was to remain with me in the months ahead and give me strength when I most needed it . |
| 25 | But , although we had tested it during the day , the drop in the temperature at night was so great that the oil in the mechanism became sluggish and thick . |
| 26 | The success was so great or the rivalry of the wealthy families so keen that during the next four years three more opera-houses were opened : the Teatro dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo , the San Moisè , and the Teatro Novissimo . |
| 27 | The stench of decomposing material was so great when the pie was cut that people were endangered as they fell on top of each other in their haste to get away . |
| 28 | There was one occasion when he went into a café and asked for tea and then while he waited he suddenly saw a solution to a theological argument which he had with Leslie Owen the warden , and his waving of hands was so convulsive that the café refused to serve him with the tea . |
| 29 | The concentration of the cast was so strong that the mood was well maintained . |
| 30 | The resistance to devolution was so strong that the government was forced to accept that the bills should be ratified by referenda . |