Example sentences of "was [adv] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some investigators found that oxygen gave direct symptom relief , others suggested that any benefit was mostly the placebo effect of air on the rhinopharynx . |
| 2 | It was mostly the village pub at Bourn we went to , or the similar one at Great Gransden , where we would sit in front of the fire and have a few drinks , and Henry would try to get Rosemary into a corner . |
| 3 | Jim Moodie , who was rather a surprise winner of the earlier 600cc , showed he had lost none of his talent when leading all the way to out-gun Brian Reid with third place going to another Scot Ian Simpson . |
| 4 | Second , Northampton was predominantly a rugby centre . |
| 5 | The Minister said that all of the activities of the civil rights movement had indicated that it was predominantly a Republican body , and activities in Derry did not disprove that . |
| 6 | The UK was effectively a back number from that moment . |
| 7 | In August , Charlotte ( Cecil ) Leitch , the English Champion , returned partnering Lady Rathcreedan against Mr. and Mrs. Norman Craig ( M.P. ) , in what was presumably a celebrity match . |
| 8 | That was presumably the District Council 's view at that time , yes . |
| 9 | Individual rebels , talking much later to the American press , would sometimes profess to be ‘ born again ’ , and this was presumably the hint North was taking . |
| 10 | But the lesson had not been learned , and when Benn fought Eubank as a champion 18 months later , he believed the fight was merely a stepping stone towards big-money outings in America . |
| 11 | As for Sparta , perhaps her first vote was merely a warning shot , and her second was for peace ; she was publicizing her own resolve to abide scrupulously by the terms of the Thirty Years Peace : Samos was ‘ possessed ’ by Athens in 446 and so she had a right to keep it . |
| 12 | Wothorpe House , because of its ruinous state , its unusual design and its proximity to the site of Wothorpe nunnery , is also a victim of such mythology , but it was merely a dower house for widows of the earls and marquesses at Burghley . |
| 13 | To assess whether this before — after difference was merely a fluke occurrence the Wilcoxon Test was undertaken and the result proved statistically significant , that is , Z=-7.7565 , 2-tailed , P=0.0000 . |
| 14 | The Council was merely an umbrella organization for a large and expanding number of countryside and amenity organizations , but it became an invaluable integrator , particularly on the issue of National Parks when it set up its own Standing Committee . |
| 15 | ‘ My father would have said it was merely an animal bribe to turn away the wrath of strangers . |
| 16 | The soft glow of the Enlightenment was merely the surface heat of a great fire that exploded in the volcanic fury of the French Revolution . |
| 17 | In this initial phase of allied bombing , it was less the material damage than the psychological shock of the helplessness of the Luftwaffe either to prevent the attacks or to retaliate in due measure which was harmful to morale . |
| 18 | The fact that she was basically a kind soul did not mean that she was soft on Sally-Anne or herself . |
| 19 | William Green was basically a family man . |
| 20 | The deal , which was basically a barter arrangement for 1991 , was Bulgaria 's first intergovernmental agreement with a Soviet republic . |
| 21 | He was obviously a city kid through and through . ’ |
| 22 | The pillowcase on what was obviously a chair cushion was also presumably his . |
| 23 | And of course Gramps had never left his wife — because he had never been going to , because he had n't been the father ; but that was obviously the story Marie O'Donnell had put about — the story her family believed . |
| 24 | The French boy nudged Joseph as a tall , white-haired Moi who was obviously the village chieftain slowly descended the stepped tree trunk that led from his hut to the ground . |
| 25 | For starters it was n't locked and for seconds it was obviously the farm garage . |
| 26 | Standing awkwardly in the doorway of what was obviously the family room , and for the moment unnoticed by the three people present , she stared round her . |
| 27 | The rate seems to have been about half that of an ordinary return and was perhaps a day ticket , although no mention of that condition is made . |
| 28 | The Commission 's report was perhaps the turning point , for while it paid respect to the management it found ‘ to be totally dedicated to the railway with a high degree of pride in the service which came before financial reward in importance ’ , it made thought-provoking recommendations about management style and the need to set clearer financial objectives . |
| 29 | What with the ‘ Shake 's Callahan breaking sweat and strings in bullish fashion and Stereolab set adrift on Sean O'Hagan 's organ-ic flights of fancy , this was perhaps the choice threesome of the entire bash . |
| 30 | Lineage solidarity was perhaps the reason people told an idealized history , one consisting of the rights and duties a man had and met , rather than the devices he had to resort to , to survive . |