Example sentences of "was an [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this is combined with the fact that the Republic was an overwhelmingly Catholic country whose constitution recognized the special superordinate position of the Catholic Church , it is easy to see how any state recognition of the Pope or the Catholic hierarchy could be seen as a ‘ constitutional ’ issue . |
| 2 | It was an overwhelmingly Conservative seat , made up in large part of Mayfair and Belgravia . |
| 3 | Reagan 's party had won control of the Senate , which was most unusual for a Republican president , by 53 — 47 and this was an undeniably important material and psychological gain . |
| 4 | Wayne Larkins did not begin quite so strikingly but was an undeniably happy man . |
| 5 | ‘ The heavy metal … ’ said Henry , in what he hoped was an offensively knowledgeable tone . |
| 6 | It was an incredibly rich time for woman artists with the whole area of debate around the body and representation opening up . |
| 7 | This was an incredibly accurate valve amp sound which more than one person commented had the character and warmth of an AC30 , especially when using the A2 through the solid state Stadium power amp into a Proamplifiers speaker cab . |
| 8 | Athena Gardens was an incredibly green place . |
| 9 | He says his ancestor was an incredibly brave man . |
| 10 | He was an incredibly handsome man , Marianne a stunningly attractive woman . |
| 11 | With his dark brown hair and expressive violet eyes , he was an incredibly handsome boy , not yet fifteen , but tall and with a broad back which was a legacy from his boyhood in the mines . |
| 12 | As Ross watched her gazing fondly down at the babies , whose heads were already covered with dark hair , and — so Laura had firmly informed him — were carbon copies of their father , he knew that he was an incredibly lucky man . |
| 13 | The 1982 dispute was an altogether typical example of industrial action in the health service . |
| 14 | ‘ I said have another , ’ the Trunchbull said , and now there was an altogether sharper edge to her voice . |
| 15 | De Gaulle was an altogether subtler animal , with a good intellect , equal to the better teachers at Toronto . |
| 16 | He was soothing someone , his voice gentle , and when he came back into the room there was an altogether different look on his face . |
| 17 | The expression on Hurley 's face when George told him the news was reward enough in itself , but there was an altogether different reaction from the DIA when Coleman reported in about El-Jorr and his key role as the DEA CI fronting for Eurame . |
| 18 | Taking British Rail itself into the VIP train market was an altogether different matter . |
| 19 | It was n't just some inevitable reserve because of the age difference , and it was n't just that she was an intensely private person whose public persona did n't tell the whole story . |
| 20 | His Protestantism was an intensely private religion in which the effects of devotion were directed inwardly to produce change of heart or mental illumination . |
| 21 | For someone with his intellect , his was an intensely frustrating position . |
| 22 | At her side , in popular myth , was an amiably aproned husband demonstrating ‘ Togetherness ’ , the new wonder ingredient in marriage . |
| 23 | This was seen as a very significant move , given India 's longstanding insistence that Kashmir was an exclusively bilateral issue , but subsequent statements by the Ministry of External Affairs emphasised that purpose of the meeting was purely to give information and that India was not asking for international mediation . |
| 24 | Back then I think my girlfriends and I took it for granted that washing regularly was an exclusively feminine pursuit . |
| 25 | Incredibly , there was a time when we liked to think that sophisticated tool use was an exclusively human domain . |
| 26 | The occasion was an immediately recognisable lunch party , after which Comfort and some of the other guests had gone off to swim in the nearby river , while Anthony and Julia had sat together , digesting and beginning to explore the edges of the feeling that was growing between them . |
| 27 | What was needed was an easily modifiable vector format that was n't restricted to just simple curves and lines . |
| 28 | For those times it was an environmentally sensitive organisation . |
| 29 | It was the best private house in Hochhauser , and after all , he was an internationally famous name . |
| 30 | Yet she was pardoned , because she was an internationally famous actress . |