Example sentences of "it [was/were] [pron] of " in BNC.
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1 | They also avoid the division of parts , as if it were something of extreme difficulty , and forget altogether that it is by no means necessary to have all the voices singing all the time . |
2 | ‘ I knew it was summat of the sort . ’ |
3 | It was nothing of the sort . |
4 | This would seem to imply a super-intelligence , but it was nothing of the sort . |
5 | For instance , a book on the influence of religious tradition on the education of women in Britain and India might include substantial chapters or whole sections on Hinduism , Buddhism and Christianity ; if the indexer therefore indexed HINDUISM , BUDDHISM , CHRISTIANITY , RELIGION , EDUCATION , WOMEN , INDIA , BRITAIN , the later combination of individual facets such as HINDUISM and BRITAIN might suggest , falsely , that the book was about Hinduism in Britain when in fact it was nothing of the kind . |
6 | Indeed , it was something of a typically topsy-turvy but none the less gritty performance from Durie , who missed a match point at 5-3 and then had to wait an hour to complete the encounter after rain fell at the end of the ninth game . |
7 | In fact it was something of a school for bass players . |
8 | It was something of a turning point for the Prince too . |
9 | It was something of a pantomime , any minute now they would be saying : ‘ Oh no , I did n't ! ’ and ‘ Oh yes , you did ! ’ |
10 | For someone used to the tiny creatures we get in England it was something of a shock , and I said as much as I leapt into the air . |
11 | I expect I would have gone anyway ; it was something of an event . ’ |
12 | The CAT scan apparently showed no damage to the brain , so it was something of a shock to the doctors as well as to Dawn 's parents when she finally came round from the coma after about a week with a left hemiplegia . |
13 | Thus it was something of a surprise to hear somewhat slower accounts of the F minor and G minor Préludes , but they greatly benefit from this suspense-filled approach , and lead with inevitability to a deep-toned and wonderfully rich rendition of the final D minor Prélude . |
14 | It was something of a gamble . |
15 | In fact I had never even imagined life without fat so it was something of a challenge to create a very low fat diet for myself , first of all , and then for my slimmers — a diet which at the same time as being very low in fat included all the necessary nutrients . |
16 | But it was something of a Cinderella situation - I had to get home early or risk another hot reception from Uncle . |
17 | After her disastrous first year at the academy , it was something of a miracle that Mildred was returning there at all . |
18 | Thereafter it was something of anticlimax . |
19 | Anyway , it was something of that sort . |
20 | It was something of a shock to see one Polynesian , his face a wide grin , trot down the gangplank carrying a sack of flour on his head and one of my suitcases in his right hand . |
21 | It was something of a shock that the AUEW had invested at all , let alone met its target . |
22 | And when we come to review the whole period we shall need to consider whether , even in the very broadest terms of demand management , Keynesianism is akin to the nineteenth-century gold standard in that it was something of universal belief but of very limited practical impact . |
23 | IT WAS something of a surprise , after West Indies ' modest performances in the World Series Cup matches in Australia earlier this winter , that the selectors resisted the temptation to bring back their ‘ old guard ’ . |
24 | Terry and Middleton have become one of the country 's most reliable opening partnerships , so it was something of a surprise when , in the 19th over , Middleton was leg-before to Hooper for 27 with 68 on the board . |
25 | So it was something of a dream come true when , just a few months later , they moved into this whitewashed house in the centre of the village . |
26 | However , it was something of a tall order when the store requested that the short presentation should include drama , music and dance and be based on Emily Bronte 's novel ‘ Wuthering Heights ’ . |
27 | It was decorated with purple tulips , and it was hardly ever used , for Mrs Maugham was not unaware that it was something of an anachronism . |
28 | I do not mean , of course , that it was something that can not be explained yet , but rather that it was something of which no explanation can conceivably be found . |
29 | The phrase itself is , by rock standards , quite complex harmonically ( though to Baroque musicians it was something of a cliché ) . |
30 | ( Note : it was something of a surprise , given the above , to find that the first batch of UK product still had the American manuals … ) |