Example sentences of "was part of the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Bob Anderson , an American climber and Everest veteran who was part of the successful Kangshung face team that put Steve Venables on the summit , was the second Western climber to speak to Krishchaty .
2 The train was part of the successful enthusiasts ' weekend on the West Yorkshire branch .
3 The ÖVP in Carinthia , although it was part of the provincial governing coalition dominated by Haider 's FPÖ , nevertheless supported an SPÖ resolution passed by the Landtag calling for Haider 's resignation .
4 There was fear of poison gas , in a nation where Zyklon-B was part of the collective memory .
5 Originally a ford , this crossing made Frodingham an important crossroads in medieval times and even earlier was part of the southern Viking route from Flamborough to York .
6 The native does not ( or did not ) own the land he inhabited : the land , so to speak , owned him ; he was part of the ecological mixture .
7 During January controversy arose between Ukraine and Russia over whether the Black Sea Fleet was part of the strategic forces , placed under the control of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) by the agreement signed in Minsk on Dec. 30 [ see p. 38655 ] .
8 The garage was part of the stable block and had been made out of the old coach house .
9 This project was part of the pre-project phase of the New Technologies and the firm initiative ( F/24 )
10 Frank was sure that the cause was not physical but was part of the mental unsettlement .
11 That was part of the early days . ’
12 To start at the very beginning , as Pamela Hine did , the game or sport of halma was part of the ancient Greek pentathlon .
13 It was part of the intensified scrutiny of female behaviour and the sexual habits of the urban poor , under the impact of social and political conditions in mid-nineteenth-century Britain .
14 The first church on the site was built by Ansperto da Biassono , archbishop of Milan when the city was part of the Carolingian empire .
15 If you have time , it is worth climbing on to the observation terrace on the site of the tiny Chapel of Holy Mary of Einsiedel which was part of the Theatine Monastery below .
16 When a colony was launched as the property of a single owner he , or one of his family , might go out to oversee the administration but he was unlikely to cut his links with England , if only because it was important to be able to maintain the court favour which was part of the political strength needed by anyone who wanted to run a colony on his own .
17 A simple design of diameter some 65 feet , was part of the administrative centre in the agora in Athens .
18 ‘ In the 19th century , a series of cases forced upon the Commons and courts a comprehensive review of the issues which divided them , from which it became clear that some of the earlier claims to jurisdiction made in the name of privilege by the House of Commons were untenable in a court of law : that the law of Parliament was part of the general law , that its principles were not beyond the judicial knowledge of the judges , and that it was the duty of the common law to define its limits could no longer be disputed .
19 It was part of the general understanding that supporters would be asked to express preferences for all the UUUC candidates in any one constituency .
20 The plan was part of the general peace formula worked out by Lebanese leaders and the Arab League in Taif in 1989 .
21 This was part of the good life , and they were not to be denied it .
22 The demand for kerosene for lighting led to an oil rush in the 19th century , when Azerbaijan was part of the Russian Empire .
23 It was part of the deep past of this country , a past that could always be felt .
24 All this was taken for granted ; it was part of the Pahlavi style .
25 That provision was part of the international public order and applied to all ships which sailed on the seas .
26 This project was part of the Inner city in context programme ( award reference D/03/25/0001 )
27 This project was part of the Inner city in Context programme ( award reference D/03/25/0001 )
28 Eating was part of the serious business of training your body and keeping it fit .
29 Perhaps this , too , was part of the total social fact .
30 It was also that free admission was part of the great Victorian philanthropic tradition , part of the vision of Britain which the Establishment felt they were called to safeguard .
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