Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was we arrived in Hong Kong a day late , and quite late in the evening , and our journey to China proper was due to start early the next morning . |
| 2 | Now , still clutching the slices of unyielding satin to her , Nicandra wondered how it was possible to acknowledge fitly the immediate and selfless gallantry she had seen . |
| 3 | What now became clear was that Cadwallon was prepared to tolerate neither the family of Eadwine nor that of Aethelfrith as rulers of the northern Angles . |
| 4 | In contrast alto Ameral Gunson , replacing Carolyn Watkinson , grew with the performance and her recitative The Man That Was Lame conveyed just the right tone . |
| 5 | As the argument developed , I understood him to submit that as the remedy sought by the plaintiff was itself an equitable one , talk of strict estoppel was inappropriate , and he was content to put forward the alleged assurance and other matters to be considered in the exercise of my discretion . |
| 6 | Danger to the stability of his Europe appeared , instead , for the first time in the Balkans , where it was impossible to muffle forever the basic clash of interest between Austria-Hungary and Russia . |
| 7 | Because of the scale of the disaster , it was agreed that it was impossible to recreate so the decision was taken to concentrate on the rescue of a particular individual , Martin Baptie . |
| 8 | From more than a few feet it was impossible to tell even the sex of the figure . |
| 9 | But it was impossible to forget entirely the rumours that William had been involved with some very undesirable people over the last few years . |
| 10 | Any move of this kind towards the " summit diplomacy " of our own day was likely to undermine somewhat the position formerly enjoyed by the heads of great diplomatic missions . |
| 11 | Its founding members were drawn heavily from former members and supporters of the DLP , and there was speculation that its intervention in the presidential contest was likely to damage further the chances of Kim Young Sam securing victory . |
| 12 | In particular the central committee had been deprived of its ultimate power to dismiss the general secretary or the full politburo ( since the majority of politburo members sat ex-officio ) , while the composition of the politburo was likely to reduce drastically the frequency of its meetings . |
| 13 | Hence it was not surprising that Britain declined the invitation to join the proposed coal and steel structure , ostensibly because it was unwilling to accept beforehand the principle of a new and binding supranational authority . |
| 14 | it was just that her imagination , so strong and enticing , was apt to sweep away the barrier between itself and reality . |
| 15 | Sharp was unable to name specifically the brands which had most successfully taken this approach , but confirmed the list was dominated by the large US multinationals such as Ford and Coca-Cola . |
| 16 | Reid , who was unable to complete both the Singapore and Malaysian Opens , has flown to Australia , where she hopes to receive attention on her injured thumb . |
| 17 | But in this case the enlightened engineer was concerned to do precisely the opposite , and as the digger pulled back the rubble , he exposed an area of wall which looked for a moment as if it was made entirely of shiny cream bones . |
| 18 | Each subject was able to adjust both the height and the angle of a toilet seat by remote control . |
| 19 | In the 1830s and early 1840s Palmerston was able to handle both the Belgian question and the Near Eastern crises of 1832 – 33 and 1839 – 41 with little interference from parliament , so that in 1839 an acute observer of British politics could say with much justification that " foreign affairs are never discussed except at the House of Lords " . |
| 20 | The front panels were clad with shiplap , and because only fairly short pieces were needed , I was able to cut away the ends where the shiplap had previously been nailed . |
| 21 | Food was unlikely to provide exactly the right nucleic acids ready-made , and it was more likely that they were being built up from their components . |
| 22 | The problem is that since the NEP was first put forward the nature of the game has undergone considerable changes . |
| 23 | OWN FINANCES A spokesman for Cleveland education department said it was difficult to assess accurately the total cost of vandalism across the whole county because many schools now controlled their own finances . |
| 24 | It was difficult to redirect rapidly the thinking of the Department of Industry , which had traditionally been interested in regional , not urban , policy . |
| 25 | Just walking down the hall was enough to make even the bravest shy violet hide her petals under her leaves . |
| 26 | The dark outline of the forest was enough to discourage even the boldest mutineer . |
| 27 | By the early 1920s it was evident that the monarchical system in its existing form was ill-equipped to negotiate successfully the difficult transition from ‘ oligarchic ’ liberalism to genuine democracy . |
| 28 | He was slow to use even the basic idea of evolution in his paleontological work , and did so only in the mid 1860s after reading the work of the German evolutionist Ernst Haeckel . |
| 29 | Legal tenancy in common gave rise to great difficulties in the tracing of titles to land , because it was necessary to investigate separately the title of each tenant . |