Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soviet leaders were interested only in a kind of ‘ non-alignment ’ for Afghanistan comparable with that of the radical pro-Soviet members of the Non-Aligned Movement ; they did not hanker for Afghan neutralism of the pre-1973 variant . |
| 2 | The evening arrived ; the soup was served , and the bowls were empty again in a few seconds . |
| 3 | It might be thought that such tenets were unambiguous enough in a democracy to be assured the most rigorous defence . |
| 4 | He embalmed a child in 1717 so skilfully that he deceived Peter the Great , who thought the infant was alive yet in a state of normal repose . |
| 5 | Orchomenos was the only state in Boiotia other than Thebes which had any natural claim to rule all Boiotia ; Tanagra 's brief attempt was possible only in an unusual period when Thebes after her medism was in temporary discredit . |
| 6 | Standing in the queue were problems of the economy , of the development of the productive forces , which , with regard to agriculture , was conceivable only in a form of the growth of petty-bourgeois economy . |
| 7 | That was lucky really in a way |
| 8 | If armour-plates of internal snobbishness divided millionaires from the rich , and these in turn from the merely comfortable , which was natural enough in a class whose very essence was to climb higher by individual effort , it did not destroy that sense of group consciousness which turned the ‘ middle rank ’ of society into the ‘ middle class ’ or ‘ bourgeoisie ’ . |
| 9 | It is actually a very good performance of the piece , so it is possible to conclude that Ravel was present only in an advisory capacity , if at all . |
| 10 | The imperialist attitude was accommodated in his books all the more easily because he put the emphasis on service and sacrifice rather than on nationalist domination or material gain : an approach that may seem hypocritical to present-day readers was sincere enough in a man who set out to be a philanthropist and reformer and became a best-seller . |
| 11 | Because of these misleading signs which said ‘ road closed ’ not ‘ flooding ’ the school buses turned back even though the road was passable even in a small car . |
| 12 | He never reacted hostilely to any such suggestion , except to say to me that she was difficult enough in a friendly association and matters might be worse ( his own words ) if he took any action to remove her from his political scene . |
| 13 | However , the role played by literature in tailoring this common resource meant that it was common only in a highly idiosyncratic sense . |
| 14 | It mingled with the smell of dog 's dinner which was simmering casually in a huge open vat : nameless portions of meat floated occasionally to the surface , nudging aside whole carrots . |