Example sentences of "it was perhaps the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enormity of ‘ one roof ’ had taken her by surprise , and it was perhaps the way that had stiffened her which made her now feel so free , so beyond obligation . |
| 2 | She briefly wondered if it was perhaps the work of Earth Reptiles , but swiftly dismissed the idea , since not only did the style not match theirs , but there was no sign of their hibernation hives . |
| 3 | It was perhaps the influence of the three ladies that brought about a re-casting of five-part writing : two sopranos , alto , tenor , and bass supplanting soprano , alto , two tenors , and bass . |
| 4 | The 1959 decree did not fundamentally change the existing situation — argue Missika and Woltons — but it was perhaps the text that , more than any other , showed that ‘ public service broadcasting ’ would not develop on lines akin to Britain 's BBC . |
| 5 | It was perhaps the miracle of the decade that BR was allowed to invest so heavily in a new generation of multiple units . |
| 6 | It was perhaps the argument that this imposition of middle-class morality was holding back the British cinema which led to the matter becoming an issue of public concern . |
| 7 | Earlier he had heard that a young clerk from the Post Office had shot himself while lying in bed … he had left a young widow , to whom he had been married in Calcutta during the previous cold season ; this act of despair had moved him more than any other of the many deaths he had witnessed since the beginning of the siege ; it was perhaps the fact that the young man had been lying in bed when he had shot himself that the Collector found so sad . |
| 8 | When I saw your hair — ’ touching it lovingly , fingering the fiery strands ‘ — it was perhaps the trigger that sprang the flame . |