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 .
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