Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] was a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of these , Pompeii especially was a provincial town , but the chief difference between it and Rome would be in the materials and embellishments used rather than in the basic design . |
| 2 | ACTOR Denholm Elliott who died from AIDS yesterday was a secret gay , it was revealed last night . |
| 3 | So therefore the Ordo Hydra genuinely was a caring organization . |
| 4 | His relationship with David also was a good one , in which he benefited from the older man 's advice and experience . |
| 5 | ‘ Bringing Eleanor here was a good idea , ’ he murmured . |
| 6 | The corridor inside was a grey conduit for numerous pipes and fittings , lit by plain white bulbs . |
| 7 | The plateau above was a hollow basin , ringed with bold peaks and holding several large meadows where millions of mini-daffodils overhung the rushing stream which head east as the Oued Nfis . |
| 8 | She is a fine singer in her usual idioms , but her inclusion here was a bold experiment which did not come off . |
| 9 | Catholicism here was a lush affair , its two central images taken to their metaphorical extremes . |
| 10 | After Rhydoldog , Jane was invited to undertake a second phase of decoration at Remaisnil and , as one of her first gestures , removed a series of framed modern posters which Bernard had positioned up the main stairway ; the focus of the hallway henceforth was a magnificent eighteenth-century Brussels tapestry . |
| 11 | Wall Street 's early reaction yesterday was a firm thumbs down , as stocks fell fast before levelling out . |
| 12 | He says : ‘ While there is no doubt that the Causey Mounth once was a public right of way , it is likely that some sections of the route may have fallen into disuse . ’ |
| 13 | The Lady Diana Spencer who had reporters camping on her doorstep ten years ago was a fascinating mixture of fresh and vulnerable , shy and glamorous . |
| 14 | A sweet shop then was a veritable Aladdin 's Cave for children , for most sweets were sold loose . |
| 15 | It was stated that the 20-month-old child he killed twelve years earlier was a named woman 's ‘ illegitimate son ’ . |
| 16 | East Midlands There was a complete cancellation of the match programme in the eastern counties . |
| 17 | Nature too was a great balm . |
| 18 | As I 've said to you the the old bastinal used to hang on the toilet wall outside was a whole row of them you know these these big galvanized bath things that were brought in on maybe on a Friday night . |
| 19 | Yet the contrast that presented itself to me as Edward Thomas described it was dramatic : down in the valley less than half a mile away was a modern colliery with all the latest gadgetry of modern technology , while the hill farmers ( at least some of them ) were still in the Middle Ages — even earlier , as far as their material culture was concerned . |
| 20 | Having deuterium in the electrolyte clearly was a useful strategy ; as for the lithium , Fleischmann said to me : ‘ There are a lot of reasons for choosing this . |
| 21 | Madonna 's ‘ Rain ’ video also was a double winner , for cinematography and art direction . |
| 22 | The first item on the agenda invariably was a British proposition to remove some barrier to free trade : for instance to remove the pooling arrangements between airlines and to make air fares more freely competitive , or to make electricity grids around Europe more accessible to competing power companies . |
| 23 | There are Early Minoan fragments of coloured plaster from Knossos , Vasiliki , and Fournou Korifi ; the favoured colour then was a dark red , a colour which , later at any rate , came to symbolize the underworld . |
| 24 | In Asturias there was a strong tradition of early migration in the poor mountain villages . |
| 25 | It was soon evident that the comfort theme from last year 's trade fair was a long way from being played out . |
| 26 | A few yards away was a half-raised wall . |
| 27 | Some fifty yards away was a white-washed building surrounded by a stretch of asphalt ; the village school , I was to discover , where on alternate Sundays the minister from Tobermory came over to hold a service . |
| 28 | Nonetheless , within the Aegean , the Third Millennium BC was a wonderful period , when a lot of new things happened and that is particularly true of the Cycladic islands , so anything we can do to understand the international spirit of the Early Bronze Age of the Aegean is helpful . |
| 29 | On the climb-out at 100 ft there was a loud explosion and a lump of metal attached to a control wire whipped round and caught me in the groin . |
| 30 | This floor apparently was a private gallery of some sort . |