Example sentences of "was [adj] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intentionally or not , Sharp 's collection was strong where the museum 's was weak ; among his treasures were an exceedingly rare Adam Elsheimer copper of ‘ The flight into Egypt ’ , Annibale Carracci 's ‘ Boy drinking ’ ( the primary version of the ex-Ellesmere canvas now in a private collection , Zurich ) , Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo 's ‘ Boy with a flute ’ , Guido Reni and G.A . |
| 2 | Her skin was sallow since the fever , and her little face was pinched with the cold so that there was nothing attractive about her . |
| 3 | I could n't afford to go anywhere , I cant walk far , so I had to buy stuff locally where it was dearer because the bus fare was 64p . |
| 4 | When he had sex , he secretly fantasised that he was the woman but even that was confusing because the concept of being with a man repulsed him . |
| 5 | Although Mondello was convicted of lesser charges , including riot , his acquittal on the murder counts was unanticipated because the evidence against him was generally considered to be stronger than that which had led to Fama 's conviction . |
| 6 | The ratio for the Dow Jones Industrial Index was 0.6673 while the average for the 34 funds was 0.633 and only 11 of the funds had ratios higher than that of the index . |
| 7 | I think he was right because the painting must ultimately speak for itself . |
| 8 | This was understandable since the Fellowship cultivated a quietist spirit remote from active engagement in politics . |
| 9 | It was only in the more enlightened judgments that it was held that resistance was unnecessary where the complainant was overcome by fear . |
| 10 | However , Chiddingfold 's joy was short-lived as the spot kick was fired wide of the post . |
| 11 | The conjoint condemnation of enlightened reform from above and a radicalism which derived from doctrines of popular sovereignty was useful because it allowed conservatives to discredit any effort to reform traditional society ; it was possible because the generation of 1760 included pious bureaucrats like Floridablanca , esprits forts like Aranda , and cosmopolitan experts like Olavide ; it was made plausible by the Janus-like face of reform itself . |
| 12 | Inside the Iguanodon men of science were entertained to dinner ; this was possible because the beast had been made horizontal . |
| 13 | Are are you saying this is all that was possible because the peasant really was a capitalist at heart ? |
| 14 | But he was helpless as the Australian threw seven birdies at him . |
| 15 | Everyone was asleep before the night nurse came on Rim , hunched and still , a smile on his wasted features in the soft halo of torchlight . |
| 16 | I hoped that would clear the whole thing up , so it was unbelievable when the cab driver picked me out . ’ |
| 17 | It was shortly before ten o clock this mornng that an inmate took a civiliam employee hostage at Woodhill jail in Milton Keynes.Unconfirmed reports say the prisoner was on remand on a robbery charge , but was unarmned when the hostage was taken . |
| 18 | Situations vacant in particular showed a very , a very big drop and erm , and in fact we , the yield was lower than the year before , but we 've er , continued with our pac press rationalization programme and er , I think as I mentioned at the interims , the Basildon Evening Echo is now printed on the F T's presses , which incidentally has got the contract to and is printing er , . |
| 19 | It offered no defence ; and defence was needed , for on the opposite side of the yard a wall ran right up to the house and although it was lower than the roof an agile man might easily scramble from it up on to the roof itself . |
| 20 | Simon , for all his shambling manner and muttered speech was a highly articulate young man and Markby had learned upon enquiry that he was the product of a minor public school — although it was doubtful whether the school would have cared to broadcast his presence amongst its alumni . |
| 21 | Of these seven patients , six had potential aetiological factors other than use of gangliosides ; protopathic bias was detected in five , and in the remaining one it was doubtful whether the drug could be blamed . |
| 22 | The council was doubtful whether the public would want to pay for the changes . |
| 23 | I got on to the roof : the upper levels of mortar had crumbled so much that it was doubtful if the stack would survive the next gale . |
| 24 | It was doubtful if the equipment had been used for years . |
| 25 | Although there was no visible difference in china , we felt it was cleaner because the water was far hotter than the hand could bear . |
| 26 | The great advantage — let us talk about the advantages — to many single people was that the community charge was fairer than the rating system . |
| 27 | The It was different because the haystack was r rounded , you see ? |
| 28 | The relationship was strongest where the father showed a wide range of disturbed behaviour : excessive drinking , desertion , arrests , failure to support the family and a tendency to change jobs frequently , with long spells of unemployment . |
| 29 | Fortunately the house was empty when the bomb exploded , no one was injured and no contents were damaged . |
| 30 | The kitchen was empty because the kitchen maid had special leave of absence to attend a party given for her aunt who was making her profession in the Religious Life . |