Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [det] [was/were] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Samuel Rudder 's description of Fromebridge mills in 1779 makes it clear that this was a busy and important place . |
| 2 | But — so long as it was made clear that this was a genuine option , and entirely voluntary — we are in favour of lenders in this country at least recommending insurance and pointing out its advantages . |
| 3 | Chief Superintendent Large had been polite but made it clear that this was a matter for professionals and he had everything sewn up . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Ross 's evidence is clear that this was a deliberate action by Mr Garvey . ’ |
| 5 | Everyone 's house , and that 's another thing , if you wanted to paint as your house inside , the cupboards and the doors , they were painted brown and that was a lifetime 's job , they were never done again , not like you do now with this freshening up of paint every so often . |
| 6 | As we 'll see another if this was a black book of Freud 's , and in some ways you would say this was one of the blackest . |
| 7 | Although age and sex did not influence the results , enhanced synthesis of lipoxygenase products has been reported in the synovial fluid and tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis or spondyloarthritis and it is possible that this was a confounding variable . |
| 8 | Again and again he swiped at Chloe , but she remained convinced that this was a game and every time her friend approached she darted away and went to sit somewhere else in the clearing , her tail brushing the ground frantically . |
| 9 | So do n't forget that , I think that 's more comprehensive and that was a Monday night was n't it ? |
| 10 | Railway bills were utilitarian but this was a different matter the thin end of a wedge that placed aesthetic and sentimental considerations above the rights of property . |
| 11 | I was conscious that this was a quite extremely double-faceted character ; she had two definite sides . |
| 12 | Er doctor says not only was the taxing officer right in what he did , but he should of gone further and as I say he should of erm disallowed more interest , the basis of which erm doctor puts forward that submission before me seems to be two fold , first he points out that in fact the plaintiffs failed to perfect the order of Mr Justice er , er sorry Mr Justice erm , until the twenty fifth of May nineteen ninety three and that was a , I think he would say a probable failure on part of the plaintiffs and their solicitors to do with what his solicitor had asked them to do in the letter of the twenty third of April nineteen ninety one . |
| 13 | No , we sold off thirty acres to a developer in nineteen seventy-three and that was a lot easier than-working . |
| 14 | Ramsey was sure that this was a first in history ; the settlement of the choice of an Archbishop of Canterbury by telephone . |
| 15 | Wanting very much to hear ( because he was sure that this was a lover calling , from the voice ) , the man used the boxing match as an excuse , and he came and stood in the kitchen doorway with a wet plate and the cloth in his hands , and looked at the television . |
| 16 | An elderly lady rose in the front and demanded to know what we were going to do about North Sea Gas since she was quite sure that this was a dangerously explosive substance . |
| 17 | As European financial controller Ton Canta says : ‘ We felt confident that this was a company that would remain committed to its products well into the future ’ . |
| 18 | I was n't sure if this was a reproach that he deserted her the rest of the year . |
| 19 | Keith Richardson says … that he thinks every first division club needs a pre season tour … it does not have to be italy but that was a good place to go and you have more much more time than any training sessions back home |
| 20 | Such movement was especially great in the 1960s and 1970s because this was a time of rapid change in industrial technology , calling for new investments , and capitalists preferred to make ‘ drastic adjustments , such as massively replacing living labor by machines and/or disciplining their labor forces ’ ( p. 129 ) in areas of low-intensity class struggle . |
| 21 | Nathan was n't sure whether that was a truthful answer or not . |
| 22 | I 'm not quite sure whether that was a pat on the back or what but anyway erm and when Martin offered you for a drink I actually took it as a cup of tea actually so |
| 23 | No one was quite sure whether this was a good idea , however , as some of the old party 's members refused to recognise the new party , though they hedged their bets by saying they might consider applying for membership . |
| 24 | Bob was n't sure whether this was a compliment or not , but continued regardless . |
| 25 | Not sure whether this was a good move giving him the job . |
| 26 | I put it to you that it is unlikely that such widespread invasive tumour arose from one small marker lesion and the surgeon concerned that this was a staging error initially . |
| 27 | In retrospect it is quite evident that this was a doomed endeavour . |
| 28 | However , it is evident that this was a development of old problems of racism , racial disadvantage and poverty exacerbated by unemployment and particular styles of policing . |
| 29 | Only one patient who had been receiving NSAIDs was still anaemic and that was a man with rheumatoid arthritis whose haemoglobin concentration was 12.7 g/dl . |
| 30 | Sandison interrupted , unsure whether this was a genuine mistake on Maidstone 's part or a little test . |