Example sentences of "was [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 2 | Beeney was solid as a rock , dealt with the back pass superbly , and only kicked ONE out of play the whole match . |
| 3 | It was strange that a man who had known so much sorrow could radiate so much life . |
| 4 | It was strange that a man of considerable intellect could give so much attention and attribute such importance to a press which was wholly influenced at all times by political considerations . |
| 5 | The experiment was short-lived and a failure ; but it suggested that the young king might not be able to reckon as a matter of course on wielding all the powers of his great predecessor . |
| 6 | Since the scale was twenty-three miles to an inch , it was possible that a deviation of two or three miles would not be marked , but that could not account for the tarmac . |
| 7 | He was asleep but a voice from behind me might have curdled anybody 's dreams . |
| 8 | He or she was poorest when a child when the maternal family had most dependents , in early middle life after marriage and the arrival of young children and again in old age . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) The system was specific and a lot of re-programming would be required to make it work elsewhere . |
| 10 | Times were not so hard for businesses then and I was grateful when a year of events raised £107,000 . |
| 11 | What the hell was that but a declaration ? |
| 12 | Briefly ( for MM will reappear later ) , their point was that whether a firm raised its money through debt or equity did not , itself , affect the firm 's value . |
| 13 | Because it was easier than a bra and panties she had donned an ivory , gossamer-light teddy . |
| 14 | Apart from dog sitting , she was free and a year later the two are still together ! |
| 15 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 17 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 18 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 19 | ‘ I found that delivering babies was exciting and a bit scary , but I noticed that the environment was not comfortable for women . |
| 20 | It was interesting but a bit comical , really . |
| 21 | The man 's heart , even in captivity , was light as a bird . |
| 22 | That he was high as a kite on Ecstasy and had thought they were larking about ! |
| 23 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 24 | Pericles , in the funeral speech attributed to him by Thucydides , was clear that a withdrawal by the citizen from public life into privacy was not acceptable : " Here each individual is interested not only in his own affairs but in the affairs of the state as well … we do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business ; we say that he has no business here at all . " |
| 25 | With the formulation by Schrödinger in 1925 of the wave equation for an electron , it was clear that a solution to it could pave the way to a direct quantitative predictive method for most , if not all , chemical phenomena by using the values of a small number of physical constants . |
| 26 | Despite Anthony Fauci 's assertion that ‘ the virus is the major factor in HIV disease , ’ it was clear that a shift in emphasis is taking place from direct antiretroviral strategies to immune-directed therapies . |
| 27 | That was clear as a succession of batsmen joined Gooch in the ignominy of having their stumps knocked over . |
| 28 | She was old and a snob . |
| 29 | On her way to her desk she tried to collect a beaker of iced water but the machine was empty and a knot of querulous men were standing around it demanding something be done . |
| 30 | He would have turned down millions if the woman had been ugly or ill-bred or disagreeable He liked Anna ; he thought she was charming and a credit to himself , and he meant to look after her . |