Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] was [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as a two-time General Election loser — and a perceived drag on his own party 's prospects — there were few who did not concede that his career at the top of British politics was at an end . |
| 2 | However it would be correct to say that the application of natural justice was at a low ebb prior to the decision of the House of Lords in Ridge v. Baldwin . |
| 3 | His only previous taste of international rugby was as an interval replacement against the Wallabies last year . |
| 4 | One meeting of particular significance was with a young dissenting bookseller called Joseph Cottle , whose shop stood at the corner of Corn Street and High Street , a few yards from Southey 's birthplace . |
| 5 | Montgomery 's air of massive restraint was on a par for provocation with his kindly tolerance . |