Example sentences of "[was/were] also a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I understand from some of my students that their OT banks were also a useful source of questions for playing ‘ Strip accountancy ’ . |
| 2 | Station Officer Steven Sansbury said unattended pans of food on cookers were also a major cause of fire deaths and smoke detectors would lead to more safety in the home . |
| 3 | In 1963 , the BBC was allocated a second TV channel ( BBC 2 ) and by the end of the decade there were also a large number of local , commercial , and non-commercial , radio stations . |
| 4 | There were also a whole range of ways in which children could contribute to the household economy through domestic labour and child care , both within their own households , and as part of the pattern of exchange between kin and neighbours . |
| 5 | But there were also a fair number of ‘ imported ’ protesters , in Leipzig on Monday , including rightwing skinheads and supporters of the CDU youth wing . |
| 6 | There was also a broad uniformity in the hours worked by those in manual occupations both across gender and geographical area . |
| 7 | Nicolae 's sister , Elena Barbulescu , who administered the family 's birthplace like a feudal domain , was also a typical representative of this corrupt élite . |
| 8 | Once again , the intensity of contact spread over such a long time in the field makes this form of self-monitoring difficult to maintain , and there was also a general resistance from below to the management 's instruction . |
| 9 | Apparently it was also a general storehouse for things from the house , and by the wall was a bicycle . |
| 10 | It was also a strategic move towards the long-term goal of gaining international recognition for its struggle , and as such it had been resisted steadfastly by Ramos 's predecessors . |
| 11 | The 1980s was also a golden age for the quality of wine . |
| 12 | There was also a deep sense of isolation amongst professional development teachers who regretted the lack of mutual support which arts advisers were able to enjoy through regional subject meetings with HMI . |
| 13 | The southern region embracing Saigon and the Mekong delta was the colony of Cochin-China ; the central area with its imperial capital at Hue was the protectorate of Annam ; and the northern region , Tongking , was also a separate protectorate with its capital at Hanoi . |
| 14 | He was also a key factor in transplanting New England religion to the newer Northern states , especially Ohio . |
| 15 | He was also a key figure in the National Trust and chairman of its executive committee between 1912 and 1931 . |
| 16 | The abrogation of article 6 was also a key demand of striking miners in the Arctic coalfields . |
| 17 | There was also a certain amount of frustration involved , we were trying to diversify musically and our audience did n't seem in the least bit interested . |
| 18 | There was also a certain amount of natural fun and horseplay in the maltings themselves when the foreman or piece-walker was out of sight . |
| 19 | Throughout the 1980s there was also a gradual change in the list of qualifying councils . |
| 20 | Thus , at Montrose , Boswell took a sharp likeness , in which we see the other side of the opinionated , often pompous , astonishingly patronising Johnson , the man with a statement on everything , the clumping , farting , knob-faced denouncer ; Johnson was also a thoughtful man of good manners and pensiveness , a quiet , reflective , astute man who had been knocked around . |
| 21 | There was also a healthy increase in margins at Bunzl 's biggest business — distributing disposable paper and plastic products — aided by its departure from paper trading , which also accounted for much of last year 's drop in sales . |
| 22 | It was also a serious blow to the credibility of the system of independent prosecution of federal officials , set up following the Watergate affair . |
| 23 | As most of the higher ecclesiastical posts were held by Germans , there was also a nationalist element to the movement . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | There was also a small priory at Brimpsfield , but it is not certain if the church was the priory church . |
| 26 | There was also a great spirit of unity among the workers and , although the statements were coloured with rhetoric , it was emphasized that at Wolverhampton , ‘ The whole of the workers stood firm and were prepared to fight to the bitter end ’ and that at Hull there was ‘ Alarm — fear — despair — a victorious army disarmed and handed over to its enemies . ’ |
| 27 | Birch was also a great believer in the corrosion-resistant qualities of cast-iron columns , and this confidence was fully vindicated by time . |
| 28 | He was also a great friend of ACHILLES , whom he taught music and hunting ; according to ancient myth , Chiron taught Achilles to run so swiftly by setting him to chase wild deer and eat their raw flesh . |
| 29 | He was also a great supporter of both the Medics ' and Dentists ' Football Club and the Medical Students ' Rugby Club . |
| 30 | There were photographs and postcard and letters pinned up and pasted on tables and walls , and amongst these more adult decorations , there was also a great quantity of carefully arranged and ancient toys , of a precise and coloured charm ; there was a doll 's house , a glass jar of marbles , a toy iron on a small brass stand , a heap of rag dolls , a row of painted wooden Russian dolls , a nest of coloured eggs , a tower of bricks , a weather house , a huge pendant snowstorm globe containing a small palace and a small forest with small ferny trees . |