Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] a [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use of home workers was unrelated to use of temporary workers ( Table 3.14 ) , and only in the private service sector was there a clear and significant positive relationship between use of freelancers and use of agency workers ( Table 3.15 ) . |
| 2 | He had a healthy respect for his old ally , but as the little dwelling was about a hundred and fifty feet above the beach , he could not really complain . |
| 3 | The question was often a difficult and delicate one given radically different perceptions of what was necessary or right in the changed circumstances , the different styles of polytechnic directors and their senior staffs , different approaches to organizational development . |
| 4 | Judge Brian Wall , heading the tribunal , said it had yet to rule on the authorities ' submission that the obstetrician and gynaecologist was not a fit and proper person to practise medicine . |
| 5 | The pattern was not a simple and consistent move towards concentration , either of titles or of circulation . |
| 6 | But in the second half of the eleventh century and in the early twelfth , liege homage was still a new and growing force in France and England : an experiment which was proving widely acceptable as a solution to the intolerable problem of divided loyalties . |
| 7 | The division between labour and capital was therefore a nationalist and ethnic one rather than a class one , even though Zuwaya cast themselves in the role of capitalist entrepreneurs , for example when they defended free markets against state-controlled ones . |
| 8 | He acted as the principal connection between King , Council , and Parliament ; for , until Robert Cecil went to the Lords in 1604 , the Secretary was usually a commoner and was normally the Crown 's principal mouthpiece in the Lower House . |
| 9 | The affair was both a personal and a professional humiliation and she looked as though she could cry . |
| 10 | The year was also a busy and satisfying one for the Scottish Council 's Committees . |
| 11 | The average attendance was about a hundred and had particular appeal to young women factory workers and those in domestic service . |
| 12 | The public house known as the Brewery Tap was quite a large and tall building having a big yard with stables at the left hand side . |
| 13 | The sacking was actually a complex and protracted affair . |
| 14 | The effect of this was that young fans rarely got the opportunity to travel on the Supporters ' Club coaches and , since travelling by British Rail was often a hazardous and expensive venture , alternative arrangements were needed . |
| 15 | Making overtures towards another who mirrored our own disquieting and long-buried Chinese identity was both a fearful and exciting prospect , and neither of us quite got up the nerve to take the initiative . |
| 16 | In his racing days , Clay was both a crazy and a hard man . |