Example sentences of "there was [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More curiously still , by promoting the figure of Charlemagne , Otto has also been seen as contributing to the creation of the French state : ‘ The notion that there was such a country as France , at a time when the royal authority was very little recognised outside the narrow boundaries of the royal domain , the Île de France , was fostered by the legend of Charlemagne . ’ |
| 2 | The notion that there was such a country as France , at a time when the royal authority was very little recognized outside the narrow boundaries of the royal domain , the Île de France , was fostered by the legend of Charlemagne . |
| 3 | They would have had , but there was such a crush in the bar , there was no prospect of getting served before the curtain went up . |
| 4 | Her life , and her husband 's , bless him , were so secure , so free of the ghastly crises which afflicted other Oxford people in their mid-forties — so , in a word , if indeed there was such a word , so un-oceanic . |
| 5 | Undoubtedly , there was such a reservoir of unregulated behaviour in Dicey 's day . |
| 6 | There was such a racket from their place at night during lambing time — and that 's a twenty-four-hour job with no time to sleep . |
| 7 | Mrs Hunt has said she can not understand why there was such a delay when an ambulance station is situated less than a mile from her home . |
| 8 | It was the men there who were aggrieved , who had had better wages as the war had ended and there was such a rush on , wages had gone up , but the once the boom was got over they came down . |
| 9 | And there was such a look of stark relief in his eyes that his beloved cousin was safe , after all , that , just for a moment , to hide her own pain , Ronni had to drop her gaze away . |
| 10 | And there was such a caress in his voice that Grainne felt her heart lurch . |
| 11 | Indeed , there was such a degree of integration between the two that even modern Spain retains a powerful element of Orientalism within its cultural makeup . |
| 12 | And of course , Medoc would be sure to know if there was such a child in Ireland . |
| 13 | Their heavy-handed approach might also have deterred Madame Vassoir — if there was such a person — from co-operating , whereas Charlotte was uniquely well placed as Beatrix 's niece and Samantha 's aunt to appeal to her on behalf of the whole family . |
| 14 | The fact was , there was such a person , and there was even a daughter , now at Oxford . |
| 15 | These " no-hopers " were probably given to me because I may well have been overheard to say I did not believe that there was such a person who had gone through a-initio training as a pilot who could not get on step by step until he became an operational pilot . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the fact that there was such a change casts light on a number of other conjonctures which permanently altered the character of European society . |
| 17 | There must have been a cosiness to the street once , but now there was such a sense of decay that Jack could almost smell it . |
| 18 | Unfortunately over the years there was such a deficit for whatever reason lot 's of things were tried it was then decided that it was two options one was closing lose so much money or actually put it out to franchise fortunately enough that people were at all the money and we did n't get an income from it . |
| 19 | It is a defence for a person charged with ‘ Being in Charge ’ to prove that at the time he is alleged to have committed the offence the circumstances were such that there was no likelihood of his driving the vehicle whilst the proportion of alcohol in his breath , blood or urine remained likely to exceed the prescribed limit ; but in determining whether there was such a likelihood the court may disregard any injury to him and any damage to the vehicle . |
| 20 | She has done it much better , and there was such a quantity of it here ; I dreaded the child coming in , as much as others must have done , but for different reasons . |
| 21 | There was such a variety of activities and competitions for all ages — tennis , windsurfing , dinghy sailing , table tennis ( some of which had free instruction ) . |
| 22 | And I carried a very very big stock of sweets because there was such a variety . |
| 23 | A DTI spokeswoman said the purpose of the study was to examine why there was such a disparity between Government and local authority figures . |
| 24 | If there was such a plan then the transaction may be caught by Furniss v Dawson 55 TC 324 at 401 ( note also Craven v White [ 1987 ] STC 297 and Countess Fitzwilliam v IRC [ 1993 ] STC 502 ) . |
| 25 | After a bit , me dad went out to see what was going on and all of a sudden there was such a crash , and erm then there was two more like , you know and er we heard what , what we assumed was somebody 's house tumbling down but it was our stable unfortunately . |
| 26 | It was fortunate that there was such a man as Tonino in Fontanellato . |
| 27 | But — oh , Ellie , there was such a to-do last time , Phena carrying on as though she were the only person in the world who had been lied to , and I know it was hard for her , and Feargal would have given her all this without a blink , but she wanted to play the martyr , and now makes him pay for it in oh , so many little ways . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Well , property is so much cheaper down there and I 've always liked it and , well , there was such a hangover . |
| 29 | ‘ There was such a hue and cry about the cost of the tiny Thunderbird figures that this time round the toy company has decided to scrap them , ’ said Huge Von of Leisureworld in Belfast . |
| 30 | ‘ I thought I 'd better prove that I do n't always forget about normal times for refreshing the inner man , ’ he drawled , but there was such a twinkle in his eyes , so much charm in his manner , that Fabia felt quite overcome by it . |