Example sentences of "was [adv] in [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These materials had not always been associated ; it was only in the nineteenth century that iron smelting came to the coalfields because of technological and economic convenience . |
| 2 | So it was only in the nineteenth century when all the loopholes had been stopped up that marriage became in fact what it had always been in theory , indissoluble . |
| 3 | The level of British farming declined sharply and it was only in the first decade of the twentieth century that it began to get on its feet again by shifting its emphasis to specialities like beef-fattening and vegetable-growing . |
| 4 | The Edinburgh men had dominated the opening 40 minutes , but it was only in the 39th minute that No8 Dave McIvor popped over the Jed line for his side 's only try . |
| 5 | It was only in the tenth and eleventh centuries that it became normal or common for giant churches to be built . |
| 6 | ‘ Every time Subotica looked to have her beaten she came at him again and it was only in the last two strides that she lost . |
| 7 | It was only in the last six or seven years of his life that he discovered that his talents lay elsewhere : in polemics , above all , and in what Waugh in his letter of thanks for Animal Farm had called ingenious and delightful allegory . |
| 8 | ‘ It was only in the last years that you knew us . ’ |
| 9 | It was only in the last week or so that the two of them had fallen out . |
| 10 | He had been named after his grandfather , whose nickname magnus , originally meaning the " elder " or " senior " one , was already in the ninth century acquiring the connotations of greatness it has kept ever since . |
| 11 | This was just in the first half kids . |
| 12 | When any number of heads of diplomatic missions were assembled in one place , even on the most innocent social occasion , there was always in the seventeenth century , as much as in the preceding one , a likelihood of trouble . |
| 13 | ‘ The one positive sign I 've seen recently is that public sector spending was up in the third quarter of 1993 . ’ |
| 14 | He was out in the last over before tea after completing his 15th Test century . |
| 15 | The threat was sufficient to alarm the king 's sister Adela , and she warned the king , who was now in the last stages of planning his final great attack on his brother 's duchy of Normandy . |
| 16 | But he was now in the last stages of his infirmity . |
| 17 | I 've got an idea they 're a Cornish family and that 's why the old lady was here in the first place . ’ |
| 18 | Any organic material must inevitably reflect its origin , and can not contain what it was n't in the first place . |
| 19 | Marion ? and I was n't in the last week so I doubt whether |
| 20 | So , establishment for staphylococcusorius is often not an important feature because in the majority of infections we 're talking about an endogenous infection , the organism was there in the first place . |
| 21 | But they used the Fleet Canteen which was there in the first war . |
| 22 | Why do you think the body was there in the first place ? |
| 23 | Erm you know , and these achievements , he 's not saying that you know re rev revolution 's the way forward , he 's actually saying look what 's happened before under the system that existed er previously , er well it actually existed , you know , at the time he was talking about , there does seem to be an effort by the peasants erm you know to , to improve their lot and therefore wha while he cites revolution in a way you , you can argue it is a bit strange because they seem to be , according to him , have improved their lot under the system that was there in the first place , erm |