Example sentences of "was there [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Was there a good crowd ? ’
2 Was there a good selection of up-to-date magazines for style inspiration ?
3 Was there a good buzz in the air ?
4 Was there a good buzz in the air ?
5 Was there a good crowd for that one ?
6 Was it her imagination , or was there a faint hardening to his voice ?
7 Was there a real need to create the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members ?
8 To my knowledge , no one living in Killyleagh objected to the golf course , nor was there a concerted campaign by villagers .
9 Was there a supreme God , or was He powerless , subject to the machinations of a higher force in this universe ?
10 And if species did not owe their origins to God , was there a Divine Creator at all ?
11 Was there a middle course she could take ?
12 what , no doubt but it slightly avoids the answer , was there a specific review about updating service charges after the Telegraph article ?
13 was there a major change in government policy , why was , why did consumer behaviour change at this period , right , if we do n't have any erm er justification for changing behaviour it probably means that our original model is mis-specified we 've got the wrong variables explaining erm the variable of interest on dependent variable .
14 Was there a major breakthrough when this confession did come to light ?
15 ‘ Was I imagining things , or was there a definite hint of electricity in the air between you and the dashing doctor ? ’
16 Indeed , not only was there a tremendous rapport between the members of the company , there was also a recognizable repartee between them , led by Ken , which was so fast that unless he actually knew the language , a stranger was in foreign territory .
17 Or was there a wider , opportunistic yet deeply felt and unreflective vision of ‘ American leadership of the Free World ’ , a vision intoxicating in its sweep but one which could not possibly be presented as compatible with the UN terms ostensibly legitimating the entire operation .
18 Was there a huge hound living on the moor ?
19 Was there a natural organic synthesis ?
20 Was there a particular reason that caused you to look me up after all this time , James ? ’
21 Nor was there a satisfactory body of analysis on matters of this kind : too many of the scholars concerned had preferred to write works that were ‘ reminiscent at times of complimentary toasts ’ rather than engage in the difficult task of examining the complex nature of nationality relations in real life .
22 Was there a sudden appearance of a new species , or were there cases of gradual succession ?
23 One major problem remains : if , as seems clear was the case , the main period of depopulation in the mid fifteenth century preceded public hostility to enclosures , why was there a sudden growth of the latter from the second decade of the sixteenth century onwards ?
24 What was the social life like , was there a social club ?
25 There is certainly a case for subsidy on the social railway , but I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree with the judgment of the previous Labour Government , who said that there was no case for subsidising inter-urban services , nor was there a social case for subsidy with regard to inter-city services .
26 Only at Nairobi , where the station created the city , was there a handsome building with a deep , shady , wooden valance along the platform side and a fine tapering clock-tower in the middle .
27 While no one in bowls would deny the BLI from having their chance to hand over their green and facilities for the two day event which only comes once every eight years , why was there a full programme of league games listed on finals day ?
28 Was there a big difference between your meals and his meals ?
29 Was there a big argument was there ?
30 Was there a big trail of dust down the corridor or something as a .
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