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 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 It was very tiring and actually the perspiration just used to be dropping off me by the time I got into the flat .
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