Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was most probably the closeness to the river that was the deciding factor in choosing the site , for the state of the roads at that time made it easier to travel by water . |
| 2 | Heterosexuality among English writers , it was being implied , was so much the exception to the rule as to demand special treatment . |
| 3 | It was n't just the flight to New York , the tedium of the long-drawn-out customs and transport formalities , and the helicopter trip between JFK airport and Manhattan that had been so tiring . |
| 4 | And even in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries , when feudal tenure was no longer the key to social organization or , in the main , to recruitment , kings like Edward III and Henry V of England were popular precisely because they led their noble colleagues on warlike adventures . |
| 5 | I was in the middle of the kop for this game , and in the first half it was very much the place to be . |