Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] was a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid that was a deliberate ploy on my part , ’ he admitted . |
| 2 | He was in his 30s and was a member of the Royal Irish Regiment . |
| 3 | In public life , Holford served as Conservative MP for East Gloucestershire from 1854 to 1872 and was a JP , but he took little interest in politics . |
| 4 | Sorry that was a long and complicated version to your question . |
| 5 | He offered to drive the car , but I was not convinced that was a good idea . |
| 6 | But when the woman she had given Cara 's card to hove into view her heartbeats steadied , for the person who accompanied her was not male but was a pinafore-clad woman of about the same age who , duster in hand , had obviously been brought away from her cleaning duties . |
| 7 | Precociously talented pianist Hancock ( b. 1940 ) played Mozart 's D major Concerto with the Chicago SO at the age of eleven and was a key member of the Miles Davis Quintet at 23 . |
| 8 | The experiment gave every indication that this would be possible and was a great technical success — but when the elected representatives were asked to agree a city-wide scheme , they voted against it . |
| 9 | Spectrography tests and examinations under an electron microscope confirmed that the distinctive blue paper was manufactured in Venice in 1510 and was a perfect match with other Leonardo works at Windsor . |
| 10 | Prof Montgomery graduated MD with honours in 1946 and was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Glasgow , the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh , the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Pathologists . |
| 11 | He took the cross again in 1307 and was a notable benefactor to the Franciscans and Carthusians of his homeland . |
| 12 | and I thought well , I , I asked cos I was so sure that was a male |
| 13 | For Whitehouse , Neville 's avowed ‘ revolutionary ’ stance was aimed particularly at the young and innocent and was a form of ‘ ideological warfare ’ from which they needed to be protected . |
| 14 | The fact that nobody wrote and said that he was brilliant and was a genius convinced him that it was n't Robert Bolt who was at fault or the director Noel Willman , but himself as an actor . |
| 15 | ‘ As far as I and the society is concerned that was a warm-blooded animal that can suffer pain and starvation , just like any human being , and we will not apologise for bringing it to the court 's attention , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Adam joined Lyles in July 1977 and was a conscientious employee who was always willing to help out . |
| 17 | He was in the Palace Junior team which won and then retained the FA Youth Cup in 1977 and 1978 and was a regular member of our 2nd Division Championship side of 1978–79 . |
| 18 | He also wrote the ‘ Mustard and the Cress ’ column in the Sunday Referee from 1930 and was a regular contributor to the Tatler from 1933 . |
| 19 | He joined the Labour Party when he was 16 and was a councillor in Lambeth . |
| 20 | Cagliari — population 225,000 , stadium capacity 38,800 — is a city with its own strong soccer culture , and its own football hero , Luigi Riva ( pictured below , and , left , as celebrated by a lifesize statue in a local bar ) , who played for Cagliari as a left-winger when they won their one Italian league title in 1970 and was a prodigious scorer . |
| 21 | The lower house of the National Congress , the Chamber of Deputies , voted by 88 to 76 on Aug. 16 to withdraw the constitutional immunity from prosecution of former President Alan García Pérez , who held office in 1985-1990 and was a senator for life , so that he could face trial for the " alleged charges of embezzlement , extortion , fraud and the breach of public faith " . |
| 22 | Although crew cuts had been around forever , all-over short hair of ½″ or less started in about '64 & was a conservative-suit-mod staple until '68 when it went even shorter — ¼″ and less & in '69 near-shaven styles ( baldness never caught on ) ½″ or so of hair in the 60s was not as noteworthy as a backward glance might suggest — because long hair got all the publicity , you 'd think that everyone below 25 grew their hair long . |
| 23 | A well-known walking enthusiast , he started the Darlington and district youth hostel association in the 1930s and was a founder member of the rucksack club the town 's first rambling group . |
| 24 | Dr Tull taught at the college from 1916 to 1959 and was a legendary figure among the staff at Cornell . |
| 25 | In the ensuing proceedings custody of Miss T. was granted to her mother , which is not altogether surprising as she was still very young and was a girl . |
| 26 | Lime was originally shipped as quick-lime and was a particularly dangerous cargo . |
| 27 | Together with the Ukraine and the USSR itself , Belorussia became a founder member of the United Nations in 1945 and was a member of the International Labour Organisation and UNESCO . |
| 28 | Beaverbrook , though a wartime minister and intimate of Churchill , lived until 1965 but was a spent political force . |
| 29 | This demonstrates the interaction between the excusing elements in provocation ( not just the loss of self-control , but the degree of provocation experienced ) and the justificatory elements ( to an extent , D was right to react angrily to what had been said or done , unless the alleged provocation was self-induced or was a legally justified act ) . |
| 30 | Long involved in Institute affairs , he headed its Taxation Committee from 1978 , became a Council member in 1988 and was a founder member of the Tax Faculty when it was set up in 1991 . |