Example sentences of "[adj] was [adv] an " in BNC.
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| 31 | This was clearly an old and bitter theme . |
| 32 | This was already an element in the 1475 will , in which Edward left instructions for the continuance of grants made to ‘ divers of the lords as well of our blood as other , and also knights , squires and divers other our true loving subjects and servants ’ . |
| 33 | This was already an element in the 1475 will , in which Edward left instructions for the continuance of grants made to ‘ divers of the lords as well of our blood as other , and also knights , squires and divers other our true loving subjects and servants ’ . |
| 34 | This was more an increase in efficiency than in output . |
| 35 | Hungry for political office , they knew this was only an inoculation . |
| 36 | But this was now an outdated view , or on the verge of being so . |
| 37 | This was nonetheless an opportunity … for a clear and comprehensive understanding to be reached by the Bank . ’ |
| 38 | This was obviously an issue that could have affected other EPHs , and , after consultation with the OIC and the responsible officers at the department headquarters , it was agreed to pursue the development of a user requirement that would reflect the needs of this establishment and others within the local authority as a whole . |
| 39 | Visible for miles around , this was obviously an important signal station , serving the supply depots and fort of the Newstead settlement at the foot of the hill . |
| 40 | This was obviously an exceptional case . ) |
| 41 | This was still an employment-centred locale . |
| 42 | On the western side this was always an area characterised by a militancy which is presumably going out of fashion now too . |
| 43 | However , they did not seek to achieve these ends merely for reasons of age prejudice , though this was always an important consideration ; indeed , many of the other reasons grew out of this prejudice . |
| 44 | This was always an unofficial research body , but it employed full-time staff , was housed at Central Office , and used the full machinery of party publicity to make itself known . |
| 45 | The received wisdom about reform came to be that ‘ research shows that nothing works ’ , that ‘ whatever you do to offenders makes no difference ’ , although this was always an exaggeration . |
| 46 | This has been dealt with above , and it stands on a quite different footing from the other forgeries in three important respects : first , it was never mentioned by Lanfranc ; second , it was not concerned with the claim to primacy but solely with the survival of the monastic community at Canterbury , and this was never an issue after 1070 ; and , third , unlike the forgeries with which we are now concerned , it was actually submitted to Rome and approved . |
| 47 | This was quite an achievement as there were many well-known archers at the meeting — the captain had arranged for the northern championship meeting to be held at the same venue on the three days prior to the Scorton shoot . |
| 48 | This was quite an accomplishment and the boss was very pleased . |
| 49 | This was quite an achievement for an organisation only a few months old . |
| 50 | Since the Province has a population larger than that of England , this means that this was quite an important personage roughly equivalent to the Minister for Higher Education in Britain . |
| 51 | This was indeed an odd location for Benjamin and Elizabeth to choose : there were , to put it mildly , more fashionable places in London to celebrate one 's wedding . |
| 52 | This was indeed an English performance straight out of the text-book of over-ambition being thwarted by grim reality . |
| 53 | This was certainly an underestimate , and altogether between 1962 and 1976 there were records for the breeding season from 35 sites involving a possible 38 pairs ; breeding was proved in 12 sites . |
| 54 | As much of his work makes clear ( see particularly Labov 1982b ) , the chief objective was not to describe relationships between speaker and linguistic variables , although this was certainly an interesting by-product of quantitative method which for some might comprise its main significance ; it is certainly of great practical interest to a number of professions ( see chapter 9 ) . |
| 55 | A comparison of 1970 and 1983 shows that the share of the poor sections of the population declined in favour of the higher income groups : this was mainly an urban phenomenon . |
| 56 | This was once an important industry there and survived until the 1870s . |
| 57 | It is instantly evident to a visitor to Alford that this was once an elegant and thriving market town . |
| 58 | For NIREX , the great white hope of the nuclear industry 's waste management policy , this was hardly an auspicious start . |
| 59 | Though Hunt was grateful , this was hardly an ideal solution . |
| 60 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ This was purely an editorial decision and was nothing to do with BSkyB . |