Example sentences of "was [adj] and [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The performance of the EEC during the Uruguay round of GATT discussions was instructive and probably a foretaste of what is to come . |
| 3 | The King , however , made it clear that neither mother nor son was welcome and so the journey to England had to be resumed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was adventurous and yet a bit modest and down-to-earth . |
| 6 | The West saw revolution coming through military struggle , misunderstanding that the appeal of Communism was sociological and thus the struggle was political . |
| 7 | The success was phenomenal and soon the company opened factories in other parts of the United Kingdom . |