Example sentences of "was also the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also the chance that the man himself would go for the test . |
| 2 | There was also the chance that I would recover from the madness . ’ |
| 3 | Secondly , there was also the chance that the commotion of the brief struggle might have attracted other human enemies , who might even then be closing in on him . |
| 4 | There was also the chance to see this baby alligator at close quarters , but not too close . |
| 5 | There was also the story , this time true , that she had splashed out $250,000 on a luxury home in the suburbs of her native Melbourne , only to rent it out while she stayed at home with her beloved parents . |
| 6 | The cars loaded in Talbot Square by the side of the Clifton Hotel , which was also the terminus of the Marton route , and were shedded in an enlarged Marton depot . |
| 7 | But there was also the realisation that the economy was in trouble and the country was facing many problems . |
| 8 | It was also the realisation of the fundamental concept behind page description languages , in that they were originally intended to be used for creating displays rather than driving printers , and the beginning of Adobe 's attempt to create a standard for graphics systems , now known as Display PostScript . |
| 9 | It flashed on me that it was also the smile that Conchis sometimes wore ; as if he sat before the head and practised it . |
| 10 | On Sunday afternoons , because our parents would not let us go out unaccompanied in the evenings , we used to go to the local cinema , which was also the theatre . |
| 11 | ‘ Not only was he the outstanding leader of our tax practice , ’ said Grant Thornton managing partner David McDonnell , ‘ he was also the architect of its development in the early days . |
| 12 | It was designed by Henry Alsbroke and the brickwork looks similar to that of Tattershall Castle for which he was also the architect . |
| 13 | The use in these works of an unusual form of surface trellis indicates that Alexander was also the architect of the great parochial towers in Grantham and in Newark-upon-Trent , Outside the circle of architects to the Crown , Alexander was one of the most significant masters of the mid-thirteenth century , and his Lincoln vault ( copied at Ely before 1250 ) was the source of future development . |
| 14 | There was also the necessity of waking up in time to catch the transport to work . |
| 15 | The answer is thus : Stuart Watson , who is responsible for the D12 , was also the originator and creative force behind the Trace Elliot range . |
| 16 | It was the photographic equivalent of sawing a lady in half , except the photographer was also the lady . |
| 17 | Discussing how practitioners can not only be involved in research , but may conduct research studies themselves , with many potential pay-offs for workers , managers , agencies and the field , the writers suggest : The importance of the integral relationship between research and practice was also the subject of discussion by Lord Rothschild , head of the Central Policy Review Staff whose paper ‘ The organisation and management of Government research and development ’ ( 1971 ) did much to lay the foundations of the structure of research in the public sector . |
| 18 | The Open University was also the subject of debate between Alix Bowen and Teddy Lazenby of the Department of Education and Science : Alix 's face was expressing a most delicate mixture of disbelief , disapprobation and polite attention as Teddy , somewhat indiscreetly presuming on their long , if long-interrupted , acquaintance , revealed what were clearly his own opinions on the inadvisability of wasting money on the education of housewives and taxi drivers . |
| 19 | She was also the price her mother had to pay for her freedom . ’ |
| 20 | This was also the university library , as well as containing the national newspaper and periodicals archive . |
| 21 | There was also the defence of present practices . |
| 22 | But it was also the decade in which , successively year after year , proposals for a general moratorium were rejected by the Commission . |
| 23 | This was also the decade of leisure ; sneakers were everywhere , sports shops blossomed and tennis star Bjorn Borg fused fashion and sport with his trend-setting striped headbands . |
| 24 | Not simply was a market the only effective mechanism for the exchange of commodities and services in a large-scale modern society ; it was also the foundation of democracy , as it provided the economic independence that made a dictatorship impossible . |
| 25 | It was during the five years he spent in Orkney that he began to make a name for himself in the field of English-language studies ; he was also the writer of the ‘ Orcadian Boatman 's Song ’ . |
| 26 | Union Chapel was also the home from 1852 to 1892 of Henry Allon . |
| 27 | It was also the home of the Brooklands Automobile Racing Club whose motto , ‘ The right crowd and no crowding ’ , neatly summed up its attitude — not for nothing has it been called the Ascot of the motor racing world . |
| 28 | It was also the cradle of the nation 's aircraft industry , starting with A V Roe 's historic flight in 1908 . |
| 29 | In 1953 , he was voted best actor and director for his theatre work , this was also the year in which he directed NAGARIK ( THE CITIZEN ) , the first of the eight feature films that he completed . |
| 30 | It was also the year in which the train robbers were sentenced and France and England agreed to the principle of a Channel Tunnel . |