Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No such ‘ dictionary ’ exists in the case of Linear A and Linear B. However , a brilliant young British scholar , Michael Ventris ( 1922–56 ) , recognized in 1952 that Linear B was the written version of a language akin to Greek , and thanks to this inspiration made swift progress in deciphering it . |
| 2 | TOP Augsburg was the second stop on Mozart 's progress to Paris with his mother in 1777 . |
| 3 | That was the fifth of January , that was old Yule was the fifth of January was January was y Old Christmas , er Chris er Yule Day was old Christmas day . |
| 4 | The system replaces the old scheme where tenants were allowed to live in temporary accommodation rent free Darlington was the only authority in the region to operate such a scheme . |
| 5 | Latin America was the first region of the South to change all that , partly because of the influence of their regional organisation of communication institutions ( FELAFACS ) . |
| 6 | For High Wood was the true home of their ringer fox — he had no more business in the small covert where they had found him than the man in the moon . |
| 7 | Newly arrived at Duxford in early October was the immaculate Bristol F.2b Fighter G-ACAA/D8084 built by Skysport for TFC . |
| 8 | One of the features which most sharply distinguished Muscovy from western and much of central Europe was the relative backwardness of her commercial , manufacturing , and urban development . |
| 9 | Amongst those who watched and then joined that route from Berkshire to central London was the future co-founder of International Times , Barry Miles from Cheltenham . |
| 10 | Although given a total of fifty-four times on two tours , which was not bad for an apprentice work mounted as a try-out , the nearest Adieu got to central London was the open-air theatre at Finsbury Park , where they danced that summer . |
| 11 | Twelve-year-old Tim was the first patient on the £500,000 scanner as he clung to life after suffering horrific head injuries in the Warrington bombing outrage . |
| 12 | At 16 years and two months , the Redcar-born Jarvis was the youngest player ever to make his debut for the once all-powerful county . |
| 13 | The 11.00 on Good Friday was the first passenger train over the rebuilt Rheidol Bridge which is a particulary fine structure . |
| 14 | In the twenties , many more people attended church and the highlight of Good Friday was the Three Hour Service of Devotion , starting at midday and finishing at three o'clock , although few of the congregation remained right throughout the service . |
| 15 | The Great Exemplar was the first life of Christ in the English language . |
| 16 | Calling on the great Khan was the highest oath in his repertoire . |
| 17 | BRITT EKLAND Swedish Britt was the original blonde bombshell |
| 18 | Indeed , a major concern of many state enterprises in early post-war Europe was the physical reconstitution of the depleted or war-damaged infrastructure of railways , power stations and so on . |
| 19 | If the meticulous Davis was the last player one would expect to lose in such a manner , the six-times Masters champion retained his reputation for sportsmanship by the grace with which he accepted the verdict . |
| 20 | Jacqueline Moore was pregnant when sentenced and her eight-year-daughter Nikki was the first child born in a Northern Ireland prison . |
| 21 | Polis life was further advanced there — Pindar speaks of ‘ the cities ’ of the Aleuads — and Greek inscriptions go back to earlier dates ( extant ones start c .550 , L. H. Jeffery ( 1961 ) Local Scripts of Archaic Greece , p. 98 , no. 1 , a sacred law ; and Pausanias ( x. 16 ) says that a statue dedicated by a Thessalian called Echekratidas was the first dedication ever made at Delphi ) . |
| 22 | Cape Town and Durban recorded the highest " yes " majorities ; Pietersburg in the conservative northern Transvaal was the only one of the 15 regions to record a majority " no " vote . |
| 23 | The Red Trafalgar was the public house called the Trafalgar Arms with its exterior painted in bright red as opposed to the Green Trafalgar , a pub of the same name , over Deptford Bridge and painted a dark green . |
| 24 | Rural Poland was the old , pre-partition Poland ; anything that came after that was hardly Poland at all . |
| 25 | The other Waaf was the aforementioned Olive , who had a face like an uncooked currant bun , even to the little black eyes . |
| 26 | Blue Rondo was the instant vision of a marketing campaign . |
| 27 | And for those for whom the name means nothing , Christian Slater was the embittered young Will Scarlet in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves . |