Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the same letter to Katkov Dostoevsky also claimed that the murder was itself the merest peg ; ‘ I am only taking the accomplished fact ’ ; and he went on to assert that the human type ‘ which corresponds to this crime ’ was the creature of his imagination .
2 Held , dismissing both appeals , the tape recording of an interview was itself the primary exhibit , although as a matter of convenience it was usual for the prosecution , with the consent of the defence , to provide an abbreviated transcript of its contents for the use of the court and the jury .
3 Among the issues the Palestinians wanted in their memoranda of understanding was what the Middle East International of Aug. 16 described as " the legal reference point of the conference " in addition to detailed US interpretations of UN Resolutions 242 and 338 and the US position on East Jerusalem .
4 Even on what became its own home ground , however , the pluralist approach was not unchallenged , nor of course was it the first chronologically .
5 The curved orbit was itself the natural path . ’
6 The creation of this magical vortex was one the first and greatest acts of the High Elf mages of Ulthuan .
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