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 … )
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