Example sentences of "[adv] was [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Stealing the show on Sunday ( the 40th anniversary of the prototype Vulcan VX770 's first flight ) and Monday was Vulcan B.2 XH558 , which put on a stupendous display , and quite rightly was awarded the trophy for the most meritorious display .
2 She transplanted it and before long was harvesting the world 's first crop of green apples , soon to be famous all over the world .
3 It was rivalry that tamed a continent , harnessing the resources of harsh environments and creating an economy that before long was to give the United States the industrial leadership of the world .
4 From some depth of courage and purpose she who had been silent so long was finding the will to speak at last .
5 Hale 's choice to retain the medieval approach to consent in the case of married women only was to shape the course of the law up to the present day .
6 Not only was maintaining the British war effort imposing an ever-increasing burden , but subsidies to allies seriously inflated that burden .
7 Really that 's very interesting and I accept that erm I personally was do the figures include the anticipated increase which we already know ?
8 Hypnosis and levitation and poltergeists were all very well , and so was remembering the page of a newspaper , but what on earth did devils mean ?
9 His purpose in doing so was to create the illusion that major political decisions were not taken by one man , but in a collegiate way , by the representatives of the people .
10 Old Joseph had by now grown so blind that he rode with a child in his lap to guide him , and so was spared the sight of this first intrusion .
11 ‘ Because he regarded you as a rival , both on the tracks and off , and by claiming paternity he was claiming he 'd made love to me first , before you , and so was claiming the superior position . ’
12 Paige dragged a hand through her hair , very much aware that the darkness closing in was enforcing the sense of intimacy .
13 The creature that Fergus had carried in was sipping the milk , crouched , shivering , near to the fire .
14 And the one that I added in was to identify the options available to the group regarding future ownership .
15 To open the door and step inside was to leave the atmosphere of a hospital .
16 Thus was born the hardware of the BR Sprinter units , but their business environment needs discussing in depth because of the fundamental re-thinking which resulted from the need to maximise the potential of those trains .
17 Thus was born the science of radio astronomy .
18 Thus was born the idea of the W particle , which , according to the latest versions of the theory , should weigh in at some 85 times the proton 's mass , just as two teams at CERN found earlier this year .
19 Thus was born the 30 km/h zone idea .
20 Eventually it was agreed to throw the debate open to a wider audience and thus was born the idea of the ‘ Is West Belfast Working ? ’
21 Thus was born the technique of intense study of typical ‘ quadrats ’ or squares marked off to define a sample of the vegetation for the surrounding area .
22 One further adopted measure thus was to offset the carriageway or create a chicane by using planting on one side only and switching the right-angle parking from one side to the other ( Figure 6.50 ) .
23 Thus was introduced the time when the Created God ceased to be produced solely from all that was good in the struggle for existence , and entered the period , still going on , when mankind itself began to influence the nature of that God .
24 Thus was set the standard for my spell in the Production Department …
25 Thus was opened the Grand Union , aptly named , for it forged the last link of the ambitious grand design to connect the East Midlands coalfields to London , a total distance of 168 miles .
26 Thus was founded the Royal Veterinary College Medical Society , later known as the RVCVMA , and now the RVCMA .
27 Yorkshire , too , despite having many talented players and one great one in Hutton , were unable to reclaim their pre-war supremacy and Yardley 's best was to share the championship with Middlesex in 1949 .
28 My father meanwhile was taking the tickets and having the luggage labelled .
29 Persia meanwhile was digesting the experience of conquest by the Arabs which had begun with Qadesiyah .
30 The most difficult job physically was digging the foundations .
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