Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it was possible to examine only a sample of such studies , what follows is aimed to reflect the fact of risk related fertility patterns rather than to give an accounting of the extent and paths of influence . |
| 2 | Assuming it was impractical to produce immediately a system which would do everything that personnel management wanted , which were the most important factors ? |
| 3 | In or about February 1983 , I received a message via my branch director that the deputy Director-General of MI5 was prepared to consider favourably an application from me for a telephone intercept on a member of the Communist Party within C.N.D. John Cox , a Vice-President of C.N.D. , was selected since he was well known as a member of the Communist Party and had been involved in C.N.D. practically since its inception . |
| 4 | ( Though in fact she would not have said ‘ lumbered ’ , not because she was afraid to put forward an unpopular view , but because she was an honourable and exact woman . |
| 5 | There was more than one kind of love and he was lucky to have even a small share of hers . |
| 6 | President Bush was admirably fast in identifying the problem inherited from the laissez faire Administration of his predecessor , and was quick to put together a $164billion rescue package — by far the largest in the history of finance . |
| 7 | By running a marginal operation that staggered from week to week , he was unable to put together a long-term plan for success . |
| 8 | These seemed to be excellent local background material and I was able to use quite a number of facts from the pamphlets , giving the appropriate reference in each case . |
| 9 | I was able to study only a few of these birds but Brosset 's ( 1978 ) research on the Malimbus weavers of the Gabon forests has usefully extended the story . |
| 10 | This group of three- and four-year-olds were quite happy on their own , but by listening their teacher was able to learn quite a lot about their use of words and understanding of their meaning . |
| 11 | After months of sifting through scores of reports from observers at sea and on dry land , the geologist in charge of the Dutch investigation , R.D. Verbeek , was able to piece together a comprehensive account of the events of the two fateful days , Sunday 26 and Monday 27 August . |
| 12 | Each time they did a take , or reshot to get an angle , it was necessary to smoke almost an entire joint . |
| 13 | I was surprised to find there an air of prosperity and sophistication , large hotels catering for tourists , much activity at the harbour and more people on the streets than I thought there would be … |
| 14 | I was surprised to find quite a few patches of snow near the summit , which I reached at about half past ten . |
| 15 | The rest of the cabinet was still reluctant to commit the taxpayer , but it was ready to take seriously a scheme put up by Lionel Rothschild for an international trust fund . |