Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] really [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | For if this were really the case , a communicative approach would have little or nothing to commend it . |
2 | Peter Davies , the 1988 winner of the silver arrow , was using a composite bow in order to have a better chance of winning , but next year he intended to shoot longbow for he thought this was really a longbow tournament . |
3 | But this was really the freedom of a lord of misrule , and generally any serious damage was undone back in the Commons . |
4 | If this was really the case then surely those Conservatives given to disguising themselves in this manner could have saved their party a lot of grief by letting the opponents of their ‘ professed stance ’ into the secret of their ‘ true intention ’ . |
5 | It does not matter whether this was really the case or not , the apparent connection between the two shots will be accepted unless there are compelling reasons which suggest the contrary — an abrupt and illogical change of location for instance . |
6 | Although the Messerschmitt 262s and Gloster Meteors were used only in limited numbers , this was really the start of a brand new generation of aerial fighting machines . |
7 | I mean that was really a breakthrough . |
8 | that was really a lot of money about twenty two pounds . |
9 | Faced with the crisis of inner city decay , for that was really the problem of mid-19th century Paris , many of today 's governments could wish for so favourable a conjuncture . |
10 | That was really the reassurance I most wanted , the knowledge that what was going to happen was only a beginning and not just an incident . |
11 | That was really the trouble . |