Example sentences of "[noun] was [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An attraction of the older cosmology was that heaven and hell were as far apart as possible — the former beyond the outermost sphere , the latter in the bowels of the earth . |
| 2 | This religion was more rationalist and ethical , much stronger in defence of the established social order and much less populist in tone and organization . |
| 3 | Though she was a performer of indisputable talent , one was none the less left with a nagging impression that overarching each of her individual characteristics was another role , one she played to the hilt : that of the grande dame , the First Lady of the American cinema , the Duse of the double-feature . |
| 4 | The remedy was more practice in identified areas of weakness . |
| 5 | The nub of Monsieur Landes 's thinking was that Mt Pelee presented no more danger to St Pierre than Vesuvius did to Naples , a distinctly ambiguous conclusion ! |
| 6 | Subsequently , the major concern perceived with the system of legal aid was that confusion and inefficiency were created by too many people having the ability to decide whether or not to grant help . |
| 7 | BELFAST 'S Lord Mayor Herbert Ditty was this afternoon staring defeat in the face as the City Hall vote counting reached its climax . |
| 8 | ‘ He owns us , the studios from which we broadcast and the building they 're in , although by now he must have recovered whatever his original investment was several times over . |
| 9 | Yet the contradiction as seen by Castells was that capital , if it was to remain profitable , could not afford to provide such facilities itself . |
| 10 | One hears jocular allusions to AIDS in circles which would class themselves sophisticated but from this programme , it is clear that the early theory that AIDS was some kind of divine blight on homosexuals , is already discounted . |
| 11 | The depression in their share price had aborted the deal , and the net result was another 50p off Garth Enterprises shares . |
| 12 | Corman added Nicholson in the lead role and a couple of attractive females , and the result was another Corman classic , a comic-strip horror tale , silly in conception but wittily funny . |
| 13 | The result was some 2% survival of the seeds as saplings in 2 years . |
| 14 | Whether any of the grudges was strong enough to justify murder was another consideration he put on one side for the time being . |
| 15 | What good was this love that she should never have given birth to ? |
| 16 | Grandson Richard 's reply was another gale . |
| 17 | Her mind was all chaos . |
| 18 | His heart swelled with joy and gratitude to the Emperor on Earth , whose mind was that lamp . |
| 19 | What Claudia had in mind was some colouring of the evidence so that the district officer , Miles Turnbull , a harassed , overworked but popular man , who was dead — bien entendu — could be seen to have acted rashly in asking his askaris to point a gun at Tepilit , which Tepilit naturally interpreted as meaning they were about to shoot him . |
| 20 | The only thing that stuck out in a day that seemed to have been a hundred hours of confusion was that nun . |
| 21 | I think he even thought that what happened to Richard was all part of God 's plan for him , Hubert . ’ |
| 22 | It was covered in lettering and had been riveted to the trousers , as if Grandson Richard was some sort of machine . |
| 23 | He made the players feel they belonged to a great club , where even playing in the reserves was all part of an important and worthwhile enterprise . |
| 24 | The predominant over-view in this Department was that Television held a special kind of mystique ; that writing and producing drama for it demanded special levels of skill which were to be somewhere between the scopes of the Theatre and the Cinema . |
| 25 | The recommendation to the council from the borough engineer/borough architect 's and planning department was that approval should be given subject to access for heavy lorries being reviewed after three years . |
| 26 | He had not grasped that Ruby worked that day with a mere photograph and a photograph was all Rain had in her possession . |
| 27 | The main weakness of the programme was that schooling could hardly be called accessible when those who were supposed to benefit from it had to pay for tuition . |
| 28 | The suggestion offered earlier in this chapter was that pre-exposure to a stimulus , as well as allowing certain associations to be formed , might also result in a loss of associability . |
| 29 | There is a lot you can do when you get back to the original mix tape , but for us the mix was all part of the creative process and I do n't really want to remix stuff . |
| 30 | there in the Chronicle was this thing to say what a good response they had ! |