Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The services provided at … [ the[ premises were of a particularly revolting and perverted kind . |
| 2 | Harold Wilson did consult me from time to time , in the sense of asking me to ascertain from the Biafrans what their attitude would be towards a visit by him and matters of that sort , but my interventions were of a pretty futile nature and achieved no results . |
| 3 | Porno Dreams were of a notoriously low standard , blurry beyond the bedroom , giving the dreamer the feeling he was dybbukking a deep-sea diving suit rather than a human body . |
| 4 | And you would n't have come down here in such a tearing hurry , and be accompanied by an expert in nuclear weaponry , unless the bombs were of a rather nasty variety . |
| 5 | Those used on the remainder of the system were of a rather heavier design . |
| 6 | The third and fourth operations were of a rather different order . |
| 7 | These were of a markedly superior quality to anything which could be produced in Europe at the time ; indeed , by comparison , the British had not by then developed any significant dyeing technology . |
| 8 | In most cases these skills were of a very general nature ; in a few cases they were highly specific to the particular organisation . |
| 9 | The newspapers were particularly impressed by the appearance in Marylebone court of 88 people in a single day , 70 of whom were charged with disorderliness of some sort , although The Times ( 16 August 1898 ) observed that ‘ the majority of cases were of a very ordinary kind ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ We are pleased with the state of our grounds and proud that many visiting clubs have felt they were of a very high standard . ’ |
| 11 | It is worth noting that of the course proposals which fell at this hurdle most were of a very high standard . |
| 12 | The scripts were of a very high standard and , even when the obvious was about to happen , Raymond Allen 's writing and the performances of Crawford and Michele Dotrice — especially their comic timing — provided moments of dialogue to treasure . |
| 13 | This year they were of a very high standard and much appreciated . |
| 14 | Moreover , the lunar seismic signals were of a very different nature from those seen in the Earth , and this can be explained by the prevalence of a fragmented medium in the outer regions of the Moon . |
| 15 | The recommendations finally made were of a highly practical nature , but they established a tradition of careful selection which was easily glamorized in both the public and the official mind . |
| 16 | The plaza was a place for nocturnal meetings , although the majority were of a far simpler , far older kind than two men planning international espionage . |
| 17 | The new clergy houses were of a quite different , selfless and holy Gothic architecture . |
| 18 | Pardy 's previous convictions were of a relatively trivial nature , being ordered out of several county towns by magistrates for persistently collecting without a licence in the street — rattling his tin in support of a variety of causes but only very recently turning his attention to those connected with animals . |
| 19 | A more difficult problem was ensuring the extra judges were of a sufficiently high calibre . |
| 20 | Later vehicles were of a more standard type , such as the Bedford 3-ton and 30 cwt lorries and the 5 ton Leyland . |
| 21 | The Armagnacs were in a particularly vulnerable position as a result of the geographical location of their lands . |
| 22 | [ Bailey ] related a story of an officer who read the Fairie Queen to his men when they were in a particularly difficult situation . |
| 23 | I liked this flight because we were in a nearly full open canopy which enables you to see clearly all around . |
| 24 | His thoughts were in a strangely distant turmoil , as though they were no more the workings of his own mind than the far — below hubbub of the party was his own voice . |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't go as far as to say that but I 'll admit you were in a rather nasty pickle . ’ |
| 26 | Grandparents were in a uniquely strong position as substitute parents , for they were both progenitors and chosen friends . |
| 27 | John Davies , medical director of the Harley Street Sports Clinic , said that football managers were in a uniquely stressful position . |
| 28 | However , in spite of having continually plundered Arabia through the centuries and taken thousands of its best horses , by the beginning of this century few of their descendants remained and those that did were in a very sorry state of deterioration . |
| 29 | To that extent rural distress , the fate of the agricultural sector at the hands of the industrialization policy and the countryside 's position in the official ideology were in a very real sense major contributory factors to the disastrous warfare of 1937–45 . |
| 30 | In industries like coal , railways , and power the unions were in a very strong bargaining position . |