Example sentences of "was [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was dead the last time I saw him . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But it was mostly the other thing , that he 'd had to sweat all his life and she 'd never done a hand 's turn . |
| 3 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 4 | Advocating a full multiparty democratic system and the CPSU 's abandonment of " democratic centralism " , this was effectively the first faction openly to have emerged in the CPSU since the 1920s . |
| 5 | As Tacitus informs us , all the tribes occupying that territory on the Roman side of the Rivers Trent and Avon , which was effectively the new province , were disarmed . |
| 6 | But the dramatic decline to 40 MPs in the 1924 General Election was effectively the electoral sign that the Liberal Party was no longer a realistic party of government . |
| 7 | I was pleased we were talking about girls because I felt this was a subject where Andy 's two extra years did n't really count ; I was effectively the same age as him , and maybe I even knew more than he did because I mixed with girls every day and he only really knew his sister Clare . |
| 8 | From then until the dissolution of the Empire by Napoleon in 1806 the Imperial crown was effectively the hereditary possession of the Habsburg family . |
| 9 | Some fine and competitive rallying in which was arguably the best match of the three days , saw her come very close to Audra Keller , a 19 year old form Tennessee who was playing in her third consecutive Maureen Connolly Cup event . |
| 10 | The buildings of this remarkable site included a large and elaborate bath-house and a guest-house with rooms round a courtyard and a fine pillared fore-hall , which was presumably the communal dining room serviced from the detached east wing and , as Wheeler suggested , based on the classical hostelry ( his p. 48 ) . |
| 11 | That talent was presumably the main reason for his appointment , and that 's only right and proper because if there 's one thing England can learn from Bob Dwyer , it is that you sometimes have to be prepared to let a young side lose in the short-term to gain in the long-term . |
| 12 | Government itself was rarely the active initiator in the move to criminalize immorality . |
| 13 | In bulk output , Great Britain was outstandingly the biggest producer of textiles , for example . |
| 14 | The Gore-Tex Climbing World Finals as this second British international competition was erroneously called , since it was merely the final round of a six competition series , was a great success , both from the organisational point of view and the paying spectator 's viewpoint . |
| 15 | Control was merely the essential prerequisite to constructive administration . |
| 16 | But the hatred was merely the other side of love , the element that darkened it , touching their passion with the hostility that made their lovemaking resemble fighting . |
| 17 | Increasingly referred to by its citizens as ‘ the Zone ’ , as it had been when it was merely the Soviet occupation zone , it has achieved no genuine separate identity or legitimacy . |
| 18 | If Scripture referred to the sun 's motion , and even to its standing still during the miracle of Joshua 's long day , this was merely the everyday language of common sense . |
| 19 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and him trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |
| 20 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |
| 21 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |
| 22 | Mary Hume-Rothery , for example , stressed that the sexual oppression of poor women brought to light by the acts was all the more reason to give women the vote and extend their educational provision , so that they could exercise formal political power . |
| 23 | The main factor in yesterday 's currency trading was less the French decision to remove controls and more the underlying strength of the DM . |
| 24 | The 24,000-strong Army of Africa , stationed in Morocco and commanded by General Franco , was incomparably the best fighting force in the Spanish army and one hundred per cent behind the rising . |
| 25 | This was obviously the Great Controller In The Sky having a laugh . |
| 26 | ‘ It was obviously the best way we could think of to catch the attention of the world , ’ said Bill Stokkan , CART 's chairman and chief executive . |
| 27 | She was obviously the only person around , so I introduced myself and told her what my mission was . |
| 28 | A mere two hundred miles from Washington had brought them into a different season although it was obviously the first hint of real autumn in New York : around them others were hurrying because they were too thinly dressed or tugging at coats and gloves that were unfamiliar and awkward after half a year at the back of the closet . |
| 29 | However , I have always had an interest in gardening so this was obviously the ideal hobby , ’ he explained . |
| 30 | The princes had obviously refused to select their prince as Phoenix King although he was obviously the rightful heir to Aenarion . |