Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the early sixties … it was clear that neither the efforts made in the first post-war decade nor the developments outlined in Mr Butler 's White Paper were reducing — or were likely to reduce — the volume of crime or the numbers of persistent offenders . |
| 2 | They stood to attention , but it was clear that both the administrator and his deputy were unsure of the proper response . |
| 3 | Shearman recalled that , at first , discussion with Hickson was unpromising but eventually the appointment of Pateman to the post , vacant from 1928 , was confirmed . |
| 4 | The King , however , made it clear that neither mother nor son was welcome and so the journey to England had to be resumed . |
| 5 | Law and morality were not yet clearly distinguished , nor could one even say that the whole of law or justice was to be found in any one court ; the Ecclesiastical Courts , and Local Courts of many different kinds , administered a justice which was not the justice of the Common Law Courts ; so the thought was natural that even the King 's justice was not exhausted in the power conferred on his courts . |
| 6 | It was argued that since any payment above the standard rent would be illegal and indeed a criminal offence under section 17 of that Act , the lease itself was unlawful and accordingly the agreement for commission fixed upon the amount of the rent stipulated in it was also illegal and irrecoverable . |
| 7 | The West saw revolution coming through military struggle , misunderstanding that the appeal of Communism was sociological and thus the struggle was political . |
| 8 | The success was phenomenal and soon the company opened factories in other parts of the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | The term ‘ an efficient farm ’ has defied description from many authorities but from this survey it appeared that it was not a farm or a system or an enterprise that was efficient but rather the man who ran it . |
| 10 | It was true that both the house and the grounds had the curious quality of seeming larger than they were . |
| 11 | The time was approximately 12.30am and all was quiet when suddenly the door handle rattled . |