Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knelt to check the old man 's pulse only to discover that the President was uncaring rather than unconscious . |
| 2 | ‘ That you ’ Is normally proved by the officer who saw the defendant driving etc. , or another witness who can swear the defendant was driving etc. or by the defendant 's admission . |
| 3 | It was an idle question ; Melissa 's mind was far away but , for the second time in three days , she recognised Dora 's need to confide . |
| 4 | Indeed , most companies responding admitted to employing headhunters principally for such strategic positions as Gozzard indicated , so inevitably their usage of search was exceptional rather than everyday . |
| 5 | Dr Clarke contends that while Keynesianism was overthrown on the pretext that it did not ‘ work ’ , the collapse was political rather than theoretical . |
| 6 | At the same time as these developments were being implemented , the new town corporations were being disbanded and a massive privatisation programme was well underway as industrial and domestic property in the new towns was sold . |
| 7 | His intention was philanthropic rather than commercial . |
| 8 | The soloist , Crispian Steele-Perkins , plays it almost impeccably yet , once again , I felt the effect was decorative rather than assertive . |
| 9 | Nigel had the same beak of a nose , but , without the dark eyes , its effect was comic rather than forceful . |
| 10 | His approach to modernism was aesthetic rather than sociological or mechanistic , although he built a fine primary school at Whitwood Mere , near Castleford , Yorkshire ( 1939 ) . |
| 11 | The robbing was bad enough though the insurance companies could afford the losses and money had no soul . |
| 12 | The bar was empty now except for a couple of old boys playing dominoes . |
| 13 | I think Con was strong enough and single-minded enough to do what I should have done years ago . |
| 14 | Well at that particular time on the bureau , the means test was prevalent then and you were getting twelve shillings a week . |
| 15 | But the beloved was unattainable either because she belonged to another or because , like his muse , she forever eluded him as she was only a figment of his imagination . |
| 16 | In 1939 fashions were similar to the 1960s vogue , which may explain why Mr Cross believed the girl was real rather than an apparition . |
| 17 | The security search fee was non-returnable even if a loan was not granted , and increased by a shilling for every mile the searcher had to go beyond two miles . |
| 18 | The seller was liable even though by a simple process of warming , the bulk could have been made soft . |
| 19 | The classical tradition held that Nature became beautiful only when subjected to reason ; the romantic view , that Nature was beautiful precisely because she was uncontrolled and was therefore in opposition to Reason . |
| 20 | These two offices , coupled with the less formal influence Gloucester derived from his closeness to the king , ensured that for contemporaries the duke 's importance was national rather than purely regional . |
| 21 | These two offices , coupled with the less formal influence Gloucester derived from his closeness to the king , ensured that for contemporaries the duke 's importance was national rather than purely regional . |
| 22 | On this occasion congress exercised its constitutional right to declare war , but , in retrospect , this seems to have been no more than a case of going through the motions — the age of crisis was well underway and the constitutional balance of powers would never be the same again . |
| 23 | I had convinced myself the diet was necessary even though I found it tough going and particularly rough after a major operation and great weight loss . |
| 24 | The more closely the dynamics behind mass unrest are examined , the clearer it becomes that mass political militancy was generated from below rather than whipped up from above , and that ‘ intelligentsia initiative was successful only when it reflected … basic popular impulse . ’ |
| 25 | What he was thinking of doing was risky enough as it was . |
| 26 | Political intervention was advisable even when an applicant had the necessary financial strength to make a purchase , and if a gift of a commission was a greater compliment , permission to purchase was nonetheless gratefully accepted . |
| 27 | ‘ According to the roster , your husband was due here but never turned up , ’ he said sternly . |
| 28 | The room was pleasant enough but had an unused , lonely feel . |
| 29 | The room was restful partly because it was anonymous . |
| 30 | The sight of his old foe was bad enough but Boro 's new boy would happen to choose Hendrie 's peg on which to hang his clothes before his debut training session . |