Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Imagine the boat-owners cuddled up here , planning their trip up the Severn and along the canals , whispering ‘ Do n't wake the children ! ’ — who 'd be asleep where Vern was now . |
| 2 | As a trans-Pyrenean kingdom , Navarre lasted from its foundation in the ninth century until the sixteenth century , when it got broken in two , Spanish Navarre becoming Spanish in 1512 while French or Basse-Navarre was incorporated into the French crown in 1589 , when its current king became king of France as Henri IV . |
| 3 | In retrospect it is clear that O'Neill was in an impossible situation . |
| 4 | It is clear that money was to be made honestly at this profession ; even clearer that forgery and other types of fraud were frequently used by moneyers as short-cuts to wealth . |
| 5 | Now it is clear that Falkenhayn was already beginning to lose interest in the ‘ bleeding white ’ experiment . |
| 6 | Be that as it may , it is clear that ideology was at least as important to Althusser as it was to Gramsci . |
| 7 | On Oct. 10 the bank 's governor , José Tavares Moreira , announced that Portugal would not enter the ERM until it was clear that inflation was in decline ; it was understood that a level of around 7-8 per cent would be acceptable . |
| 8 | In August , for example , de Gaulle predicted that the US would resort to force , once it became clear that Stalin was going to try to build atomic weapons . |
| 9 | They also led to some strategic thinking : it was clear that Prussia was now the dominant land power in Europe , and that the defences of Britain were by no means impressive — much of the army was always away in the colonies , and the navy on distant stations . |
| 10 | Stockman , Regan and the president all made it clear that compromise was not on offer — a position that Jones rightly interpreted as an assault on congressional prerogatives . |
| 11 | To the cynical and not so cynical , it seemed clear that Britain was seeking to secure the best of two worlds : to take advantage of the market opportunities for its own industrial goods that a free trade area would provide , while still retaining its special economic arrangements with the Commonwealth , especially its cheap food policy . |
| 12 | It became clear that Iran was still aiming at a battlefield victory , posing specific preconditions for an end to the war : reparations and the removal of Saddam and his entire regime . |
| 13 | OSF/1 was ACE 's primary Unix focus when the initiative was launched amidst much fanfare last year , but over the following months it became clear that DEC was the only major ACE member committed to using the operating system . |
| 14 | From notes of the meeting and subsequent correspondence it is clear that Jacques was unequivocal in his view that the LEA evening institutes could develop as the ‘ natural home for adult education activity ’ and he wished the District 's Chapter III courses to be accommodated wherever appropriate within the LEA 's existing institutions . |
| 15 | But it soon became clear that Washington was prepared to promise no more than a continuing exchange of views " to bring our respective viewpoints as close as possible " . |
| 16 | After a moment it became clear that Alexei was excusing himself . |
| 17 | It was clear that Alexei was startled . |
| 18 | It was clear that Korea was in political turmoil and that securing stability in south Korea and then unity with north Korea would be hard to accomplish . |
| 19 | Soon it became clear that Sarah was seriously ill with rheumatic fever and would not be able to work for some time , and another girl , Hetty , was engaged temporarily . |
| 20 | It was already clear that Lynn was to make his career as an eccentric comedian , expert in the slow burn , the double take , and the impromptu remark which would duly be noted by a grateful playwright ( Landlady : ‘ This writing of yours ai n't very clear . ’ |
| 21 | It would seem clear that Paul was doing something of which Jesus himself would have disapproved . |
| 22 | One morning , it became clear that NARCOG was not the only group using Filanta Court as a base for its intelligence operations . |
| 23 | Soon it was clear that France was overrun and men began arriving home from the evacuation at Dunkirk . |
| 24 | What is likely is that the royal burgh and its muir were set up by David 's brother , Alexander I , in about 1120 , but what is certain is that when David founded Holyrood Abbey in 1128 , or soon after , his charter makes it clear that Edinburgh was by then a going concern . |
| 25 | After they have put themselves out to help , the other person makes it clear that help was n't wanted . |
| 26 | It was clear that Chancery was doing work which the Common Law Courts could not or would not do , and without which men 's rights could not be sufficiently protected . |
| 27 | But he was clear that change was inevitable . |
| 28 | And if we look at the actual fragments , it is all too clear that Nietzsche was right . |
| 29 | Over the next few days it became clear that Jake was avoiding her . |
| 30 | During the final months of the peace Ballot campaign it was becoming clear that Mussolini was preparing to invade Abyssinia , and it was in relation to this danger that the issue of sanctions was generally debated . |