Example sentences of "[adj] was a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boys knew from long experience that this was a sign of trouble . |
| 2 | The appearance in the skies of a bright ‘ new ’ star would certainly have influenced the ideas of our astrology-prone ancestors : this was a sign of major import . |
| 3 | Alix herself was not mimicked , or not that she could see : she did not know whether this was a sign of affection , contempt , or indifference . |
| 4 | We should have realised that this was a sign of things to come . ’ |
| 5 | According to them , this was a sign of a country on the verge of bankruptcy . |
| 6 | He told the rector at Boston that this was a person of unusual spiritual powers ; that how to train him for the whole Church was a responsibility ; that he was anxious that these abilities should not be confined to academic spheres . |
| 7 | This was a bit of a problem . |
| 8 | This was a bit of a bombshell , but after determined encouragement from the chaplain the party managed to sing several verses of ‘ The Church 's One Foundation ’ , and were , in fact , rather pleased with themselves as several members had been able to put in the tenor and the bass . |
| 9 | He was known to abscond from the ward — this was a bit of a nuisance as there were only two nursing staff on duty at any one time . |
| 10 | This was a bit of a poser , but Sally-Anne , never at a loss , said , thinking of kind Uncle Orrin who would surely look after her and her three younger brothers if anything happened to Papa and Mama , ‘ An uncle took them in , but he said that he was n't prepared to keep a great girl , and that I must fend for myself , and find employment , which I have done , ever since . ’ |
| 11 | This was a Court of Appeal decision not on the substantive issues , and merely established that there was an arguable case , but it does mean that purchasers and investors alike should be cautious about relying on warranties if they have actual knowledge of breach at the time the contract is made . |
| 12 | That this was a problem of significance is suggested by the request of bishop Dalmatius of Rodez , that his successor should not be a stranger to the diocese . |
| 13 | He came to no more meals , and Roland feared Fergus thought this was a function of his , Roland 's , resentment . |
| 14 | There is no doubt that this form of target language is unacceptable to English speakers , who might dismiss the interpreter or , more likely , assume that this was a function of the deaf person 's lack of knowledge of English ( and feel that the interpreter was doing a good job ) . |
| 15 | This was a function of the increasingly competitive international economy , and the crises which many stalwarts of British corporate life were facing . |
| 16 | This was a function of the domanial estate-structure ( sometimes known to English-speaking historians as the manorial system ) , that is of a central directly-farmed agricultural unit , having peasant-tenements grouped around it and owing labour-services on it , and more distant tenements associated with it owing other types of dues and services . |
| 17 | In part this was a reflection of the great strain on small financial resources which building , maintaining and perhaps in time enlarging workhouses imposed , but it also reflected the greater difficulty in an effective and controlled administration of out-relief in the more anonymous and densely populated towns . |
| 18 | This was a passage of history hardly known even to the ablest scholars or the twelfth-century Renaissance , and very imperfectly known to those of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries who self-consciously implanted the democratic institutions of republican Rome and ancient Athens in their own Florence . |
| 19 | No point in his getting any ideas that this was a bed of roses for her . |
| 20 | The result of the tests was to illustrate that the failure of the right stabiliser on G-BEBP occurred because of an inherent inability of what was believed to be a fail-safe structure to carry the flight loads subsequent to the fracture of the rear spar top chord ( a primary load bearing structure ) ; this was a feature of the basic design and construction rather than some factor specific to G-BEBP . |
| 21 | But this was a music of thought , not sound , and its purpose was to stimulate an alternative state of consciousness . |
| 22 | This was a principle of fundamental importance . |
| 23 | Even then , this was a blend of press relations and promotional work . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This was a building of secrets , a part of British Military Intelligence , but not linked to Cheltenham 's GCHQ , and a place for only the most covert communications . |
| 26 | This was a state of affairs that OPEC was determined to change . |
| 27 | This was a lady of 50 who came with chronic sinusitis , so severely blocked in fact that X-rays showed black over the frontal sinus . |
| 28 | Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment . |
| 29 | This was a decision of the House of Lords 25 years before the pronouncement of Lord Diplock previously quoted , and no doubt has been cast upon it . |
| 30 | This was a decision of main committee , on page eight . |