Example sentences of "[noun pl] were an [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the hon. Gentleman 's words were an invitation to me , I shall take up that invitation . |
| 2 | They could be bound together by the belief , found in Bacon , that religious controversies were an impediment to science . |
| 3 | But he did advertise his book saying that caves were an exception to the general difficulties , so he can hardly object if that is how his book is judged . |
| 4 | His pupils neatly all felt ( particularly the first pupil of the morning , at ten a.m. , who watched him lay down his steel-nibbed pen with an air of resignation ) that tutorials were an interruption to what he considered his real work . |
| 5 | The moderation with which these dealt with the divine rights and historical origins of kings and bishops were an embarrassment to the High Church and ardently Royalist party which was now in power . |
| 6 | Deborah told her new boss what she believed the company needed : ‘ Principally the clothes were an insult to the country girls they were trying to portray … they were n't suitable for country wear but they were selling very cheaply to secretaries in towns . |
| 7 | But it took a trained observer to follow her through the quicksands of her disapprobation ; a false step on the part of one of the aunts , for instance , could have reversed her attitude , and led her into a eulogy of black , into a martyred position whence the garments of all the others were an insult to her lone and exclusive widowhood , into a position where she alone had the right to flout the weight of tradition . |
| 8 | The American papers were an inspiration to people like John Lloyd , as they were to the group gathering 400 miles down the A1 . |