Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response was a tightening up of Poor Law policy from 1871 . |
| 2 | The response was a forgery purporting to be a letter from Gregori Zinoviev , president of the Third International in Moscow , to the British Communist Party , urging it to promote revolution and to foment mutiny in the armed forces . |
| 3 | In fact , the only bird of prey I ever saw hovering over the park was a kestrel . |
| 4 | The conscious articulation of the ideology was a product both of political crisis — the fear of social disintegration for which the breakdown of familial and sexual order became a striking metaphor — and of the self-development of an increasingly dominant class . |
| 5 | ‘ I messed around with it and got into this thing of splitting up the amps because I always thought that the guitar was a bit flat in mono . |
| 6 | When I was 15 , my handicap was 1 , so in my teenage years sport was my main thing and the guitar was a hobby . |
| 7 | Because it solved a business problem , the reduction was a step forward . |
| 8 | The beard was a kind of super beard , a beard to end all beards , a great reprise on some of the world 's finest and most significant beards . |
| 9 | The link was a woman : she lived with the allies , raised their children , arranged further marriages between them and her brothers ' children . |
| 10 | He knew the Prince was a connoisseur of luxury , deeply influenced by the new designs from the prosperous Italian states . |
| 11 | Their Lordships agreed that the plan to immobilize the base was a purpose ‘ prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State ’ as required by the words of the section . |
| 12 | At the base was a terrace with one stool on it . |
| 13 | Possibly it could have led to gastric ulcers and an early coronary , so perhaps the change was a blessing in disguise ? |
| 14 | All that now remained of the Hôtel was a couple of tall stone gateposts some thirty feet apart . |
| 15 | Reportedly leaving these shores to become part of the National Air & Space Museum in Washington , DC , the Nieuport was a show-stealer during its sojourn with the Shuttleworth Collection . |
| 16 | A further attribute declaring whether the solid was a sub-space of the void or vice versa , would have established whether the pin finished below the surface of the block or extended above it . |
| 17 | As the trial was a comparison of two systems of care the prompted care group subjects could be referred through the system to hospital outpatients , while the hospital clinic group patients could consult their general practitioner for diabetes related reasons . |
| 18 | And the award was a certificate from the home secretary a very treasured certificate from a highly respected member of the cabinet , and erm where it 's gone from there we had a meeting at the home office |
| 19 | With characteristic modesty she added : ‘ I felt that the award was a tribute to the teamwork of others over the years . ’ |
| 20 | ( 6 ) Where an award has been given in the absence of a party , the arbitrator shall have power on that party 's application to set the award aside and to order a fresh hearing as if the award were a judgment and the application were made pursuant to Ord 37 , r 2. ( 7 ) With the consent of the parties and at any time before giving his decision and either before or after the hearing , the arbitrator may consult any expert or call for an expert report on any matter in dispute or invite an expert to attend the hearing as assessor . |
| 21 | The catalyst was a judgment by the French Court of Appeal in favour of Paul Touvier , the first Frenchman to be charged with crimes against humanity , for his actions as head of information of the Lyon branch of the ‘ Milice ’ . |
| 22 | In the early years , the prize for the winner was a piece of multi-coloured Persian taffeta , 3 ells long and 3/4 of an ell broad ( 343 × 85cm ) to the value of £20 Scots . |
| 23 | Stellato says he has paid for his crime , but believes the sentence was a mistake . |
| 24 | Stellato says he has paid for his crime , but believes the sentence was a mistake . |
| 25 | Maybe the sentence was a bit short but I 've served my time on remand , I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether , but I do think they made a mistake I do n't know why . |
| 26 | Maybe the sentence was a bit short but I 've served my time on remand , I 've been in prison six times and have served about thirteen weeks altogether , but I do think they made a mistake I do n't know why . |
| 27 | To examine the possibility that the calculations and checks used to obtain the measure were a waste of effort or even erroneous , graphs were plotted of simultaneously obtained measures and ( scaled ) pixel counts . |
| 28 | He clearly thought the Greek who leant against the doorjamb was a hoot . |
| 29 | Following the donation at the United Reform Church , in Whiting Street , Bury , she said the money was a tribute to local slimmers who had developed cancer in the past year . |
| 30 | ‘ The spirit has been good through all these bad days we 've had lately , but it was even better today and everyone hoped the money was a sign things are turning round . ’ |