Example sentences of "was [adv] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From then until the Battle of the White Hill in 1620 , Bohemia was effectively Europe 's first Protestant state . |
| 2 | The irony is inescapable : the trade union that brought down communism has toppled what was arguably Poland 's most reform-minded and pro-union government while achieving few of its aims and alienating a large part of Poland 's voters in the process . |
| 3 | In celebration of what was arguably mankind 's greatest achievement to put a man on the moon , Spaceprints is making you an offer which is too good to miss . |
| 4 | Robert Less ' Jump into Hell ( 1952 ) , with a story concerning paratroopers ordered to relieve a besieged fort , was arguably Hollywood 's only attempt at that time to portray French military involvement in any detail . |
| 5 | Later , the man who always insisted he was merely Fergie 's adviser would be left without a leg to stand on |
| 6 | But IBM immediately realized it faced a possible unexpected success , redesigned what was basically Univac 's machine for such mundane applications as payroll , and within five years became the leader in the computer industry , a position it has maintained to this day . |
| 7 | Houghton was not briefed on how to break the news to the media but gave the impression that it was basically Charman 's decision . |
| 8 | He was obviously Garry 's brother-in-law and he had mistaken her for Dana . |
| 9 | The idea was obviously Tylney 's ; but who arranged it ? |
| 10 | The union representative is looking into the case to see if the company have a negligence claim to answer , but at the moment it rather looks as if it was entirely Len 's fault . |
| 11 | Entering the competition was entirely Barbara 's idea and when the phone call came through to say they 'd won , Betty was quite shocked to discover that she , too , was going to London to have a makeover — but she soon came round to the idea ! |
| 12 | Thankfully , Maxim reflected that that was entirely Sims 's problem . |
| 13 | I know that my hon. Friend will recognise that this case is very much a management matter for BR , and the decision to dismiss Mr. Brand was entirely BR 's . |
| 14 | Who Is Harry Kellerman … ? was only Grosbard 's second film as director , although he had previously assisted Elia Kazan , Robert Wise , Robert Rossen and Sidney Lumet . |
| 15 | It was only Everton 's second League win of the season at Goodison Park and eased the mounting pressure on their manager Howard Kendall . |
| 16 | ‘ I was aware when I came that I was only Warrington 's third choice , after Michael Hagan and Trevor Kissell , so I feel doubly lucky that things have gone so well . ’ |
| 17 | It was only Shortreed 's family connections with the Elliots which guaranteed a friendly reception . |
| 18 | It was only Liverpool 's fifth home defeat in European competition in 28 years , and their biggest at Anfield . |
| 19 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 20 | Who would have guessed from his cold efficiency that this was only Damien 's second contest in two years . |
| 21 | But was n't that cos er it was only Turkey 's revolt though ? |
| 22 | I mean it was only Margaret 's sister , you see Margaret came from a large family , so there was always |
| 23 | Anselm arrived too late to make similar terms for the Church before the king 's coronation ; but Henry 's position was still extremely insecure , and it was only Anselm 's support which tipped the balance in his favour . |
| 24 | How could he say that there was only God 's insistence , even though He abided by no rules Himself , that His strictures should be discovered and obeyed ? |
| 25 | The significance of that result was that it was only Wales 's third win in five seasons in the competition . |
| 26 | Sigeberht 's position was possibly insecure because he was only Eorpwald 's maternal brother — that is , he was Raedwald 's step-son — and before long he abdicated to enter a monastery , and Ecgric ruled alone ( HE 111 , 18 ) . |
| 27 | In 1305 it was only Edward 's intervention which prevented him being appointed a justice in Scotland . |
| 28 | ‘ 'Er ’ was apparently Rose 's ma , and it seemed likely from Rose 's hints and sniffs that all the children had different dads , which , looking at Ma Bailey , fat , defeated and unlovely , Sally-Anne found difficult to believe . |
| 29 | The place of stones was apparently Tom 's home . |
| 30 | ACE 's decision to de-emphasise the Intel Corp architecture — see front page — was apparently Intel 's own doing . |