Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [conj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area was so poor that even the dead rats in the street looked as though they had died of hunger . |
| 2 | And everything about her , her long nightdress and the mist she was held in , was so golden-red that even the dark gold skin of her lovely face had a reddish tinge to it . |
| 3 | The security at the Palace was so tight that even the band 's ersatz manager , Scott Piering , could not gain admittance for his close acquaintances . |
| 4 | The food was so hard that even the small denizens of the forest had left it alone . |
| 5 | His good humour was so infectious that even the fräulein managed a wan smile . |
| 6 | Labour council leader John Williams said the pedestrianisation of Skinnergate and High Row was long overdue and just the first step in a town improvement strategy . |
| 7 | Approaching Heligoland the weather was obviously unsuitable and so the mission was abandoned and the aircraft went home . |
| 8 | It was thus inevitable that whenever the official limit was declared higher than the 50 hectolitre/7,500 kilogram mark , Champagne 's critics would declare that it was over-producing and its reputation would be tarnished . |
| 9 | At the show I was disappointed by the few craftsmen apparent and felt that the show was overly commercial and really the domain of the equipment seller , indeed the price for the floor space and stands etc. would almost guarantee this . |
| 10 | Even 17.8 per cent , however , was still more than double the growth of average earnings over that period . |
| 11 | I was deeply disappointed that neither the hon. Member for Tooting , in a 40-minute speech , nor the hon. Member for Hammersmith , except in an intervention , found it possible to acknowledge the contribution made by housing associations . |
| 12 | Thereafter , however , their share increased steadily until by 1850 this market was more important than either the European or North American market , in both of which home cotton manufacture had become significant . |
| 13 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 14 | It was also apparent that both the SM2 and visceral-specific MHC isoforms were poorly represented in the rabbit uterus cDNA library , probably reflecting the fact that the ratio of SM1:SM2 in rabbit uterus is approximately 80:20 . |
| 15 | They argued that it was often non-culpable since even the most respectable workers could not always save sufficient to provide for old age — a hazard which not all could expect to live to experience and whose length was uncertain . |
| 16 | I was very shy and not the sharpest of children . |
| 17 | It was very tiring and actually the perspiration just used to be dropping off me by the time I got into the flat . |