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 | To open the door and step inside was to leave the atmosphere of a hospital . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Thus was born the science of radio astronomy . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Thus was born the 30 km/h zone idea . |
| 17 | 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 ? ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Thus was set the standard for my spell in the Production Department … |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Thus was founded the Royal Veterinary College Medical Society , later known as the RVCVMA , and now the RVCMA . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | My father meanwhile was taking the tickets and having the luggage labelled . |
| 26 | Persia meanwhile was digesting the experience of conquest by the Arabs which had begun with Qadesiyah . |
| 27 | The most difficult job physically was digging the foundations . |
| 28 | And when nothing further was wanting the limbs began to move and unite themselves together , and both the maidens opened their eyes and were once more alive . |
| 29 | LEYTON ORIENT chief Frank Clark yesterday was appointed the managers ' manager . |
| 30 | Part of the ritual of returning home was hearing the loud injunction to passengers to remind them to change if necessary : ‘ Fontanellato , Soragna , Busseto , Noceto , Medesano , si cambia ! ’ |