Example sentences of "was [noun sg] [prep] the [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This effect was dur to the shorter MCTT after miglitol ( 107 ( 14 ) minutes ) as well as after acarbose ( 106 ( 13 ) ) in comparison with placebo ( 139 ( 18 ) minutes ) ( paired t =2.16 , p=0.023 and paired t =1.98 , p=0.032 respectively ) . |
| 2 | On another , it was part of the wider Middle East conflict involving all Arab States in their war against Israel . |
| 3 | In particular , both women considered that the attitudes to them was part of the broader set of links made between Catholicism and the status of women who should be based in the family and the home rather than in the world of work . |
| 4 | It was part of the larger movement of self-improvement by working people and not surprisingly , given Nonconformist domination , it used religious language and insisted on ‘ conversion ’ and renunciation . |
| 5 | Kemsley 's disposal of his provincial papers in 1959 , of course , was part of the larger sale of his national newspaper interests . |
| 6 | But his frustration was part of the larger crisis which now confronted him , as it did everyone else . |
| 7 | Yes , ma'am , I understand ; and I have worked with children before … well , when I was at the nuns ’ school , it was part of the older pupils ' duty to be in charge of two or three of the younger ones to see they washed properly and … well , things like that , and just before I left I was doing this . ’ |
| 8 | For while Hartnell was couture for the older royals , its demise followed the shocking news that the higher-profile Edina Ronay house , which counts Princess Diana and the Duchess of York among its customers , is in serious trouble . |
| 9 | There was respect in the older man 's eyes as he looked at her . |
| 10 | There was steak in the lower section of the fridge , also bacon and sausages . |