Example sentences of "[adj] was a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a relief to Watt who had been in Cornwall for a while supervising the engine business there . |
| 2 | The metalwork department is run by a woman and Khan felt that male and female students received equal treatment , with an even gender balance amongst staff and students ; she remarked that this was a relief after school , where it was assumed only boys were suited to metalwork . |
| 3 | However , this was a commonplace in Wales and the fact that Tyrell received numerous grants from local landowners anxious to have his good will implies that he at least was a force to be reckoned with . |
| 4 | However , this was a commonplace in Wales and the fact that Tyrell received numerous grants from local landowners anxious to have his good will implies that he at least was a force to be reckoned with . |
| 5 | Alix herself was not mimicked , or not that she could see : she did not know whether this was a sign of affection , contempt , or indifference . |
| 6 | We should have realised that this was a sign of things to come . ’ |
| 7 | The boys knew from long experience that this was a sign of trouble . |
| 8 | Paul knew that this was a sign from God . |
| 9 | And it was proving almost impossible to secure any exhibition for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning until a booking became available at a London showcase cinema , and the audience turnout proved this was a film with legs . |
| 10 | This was a Court of Appeal decision not on the substantive issues , and merely established that there was an arguable case , but it does mean that purchasers and investors alike should be cautious about relying on warranties if they have actual knowledge of breach at the time the contract is made . |
| 11 | It had become obvious a few years back that this was a problem for Britain . |
| 12 | That this was a problem of significance is suggested by the request of bishop Dalmatius of Rodez , that his successor should not be a stranger to the diocese . |
| 13 | For Courtney this was a return to Africa , for he had been a big-game hunter and had once canoed down the Nile from Lake Victoria . |
| 14 | As in previous years this was a competition between teams of three chemistry students representing Hong Kong 's five tertiary institutions . |
| 15 | This was a passage of history hardly known even to the ablest scholars or the twelfth-century Renaissance , and very imperfectly known to those of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries who self-consciously implanted the democratic institutions of republican Rome and ancient Athens in their own Florence . |
| 16 | No point in his getting any ideas that this was a bed of roses for her . |
| 17 | Well , this was a cue for music and more sherry , and I gave up as Boy Darren wiggled his hips , and my Basil and Jan swapped dressmaking hints . |
| 18 | For the Right , this was a conflict between freedom and totalitarianism . |
| 19 | For the Left , this was a conflict between capitalism and socialism . |
| 20 | But this was a music of thought , not sound , and its purpose was to stimulate an alternative state of consciousness . |
| 21 | We studied the map to discover that this was a village near Parma , a city in what is known as the Pianura Padana , the great plain in northern Italy through which the River Po flows on its way to the Adriatic . |
| 22 | According to The Times of Dec. 29 this was a reference to events in Eastern Europe and a warning to the Soviet Union not to interfere in China 's socialist system . |
| 23 | This was a reference to Mr Mellor 's month-long holiday in Spain in August 1990 — paid for by Mona Bauwens , daughter of the PLO 's chief fund-raiser , at a time when Iraq was invading Kuwait . |
| 24 | Even then , this was a blend of press relations and promotional work . |
| 25 | This was a building of secrets , a part of British Military Intelligence , but not linked to Cheltenham 's GCHQ , and a place for only the most covert communications . |
| 26 | This was a state of affairs that OPEC was determined to change . |
| 27 | Beneath this was a message from Editor Smith . |
| 28 | It was held that this was a contract for sale and the plaintiffs were therefore able to sue for the price . |
| 29 | This was a rejection of Arnold 's view that the change from ‘ childhood to manhood … ought to be hastened ’ in favour of that expressed by Warden Sewell of Radley College : ‘ How I dread mannikizing a boy … |
| 30 | This was a departure from tradition , since the illuminated cars had hitherto only been decorative . |