Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So presumably that was quite a popular piece of er legislation ? |
| 2 | Neville Cardus wrote , ‘ Bradman did little that was more wonderful and so highly charged with his own force of character than his dazzling improvisation , his neck-to-nothing brilliance , in the face of the ruthless challenge of Jardine . ’ |
| 3 | Luckily that was quickly detected by alarms . |
| 4 | The most northerly was apparently undivided , though only its southern ditch lay within the excavated area . |
| 5 | The most popular was undoubtedly the stripping policewoman or traffic warden — always good for a laugh among London 's paranoia-ravaged motorists . |
| 6 | But it gave me satisfaction and comforted me for much that was otherwise missing from my life . |
| 7 | It rapidly instituted one under the New Deal administrations of Franklin Roosevelt , however , despite the problems of Federal initiative in what was deemed by the Constitution to be an area of State responsibility , plus the challenges to the legality of much that was initially proposed and enacted . |
| 8 | The Crown was dependent upon Parliament for its important legislation and for much that was less significant too . |
| 9 | Of the 1,274 joint ventures with foreign companies registered by the end of 1989 , only 184 were actually operating . |
| 10 | At any rate , he disapproved , but perhaps that was partly for my mother 's sake . ’ |
| 11 | Perhaps that was partly the trouble . |
| 12 | Perhaps that was just a case where , in the early stages of the life-cycle , corporate managers acted more like private consumers than industrial purchasers of large-scale equipment . |
| 13 | It crossed my mind that my father looked worried , but he was good at acting and perhaps that was just what he wanted me to think , so deep down I remained unconvinced . |
| 14 | perhaps that was just because I 'd got up . |
| 15 | On second thoughts , perhaps that was loosely phrased . |
| 16 | Well , perhaps that was all to the good . |
| 17 | And perhaps that was all she could hope , that her pain , her regret for what might have been , would be anaesthetised . |
| 18 | Perhaps that was too grudging a position . |
| 19 | Or perhaps that was only his imagination . |
| 20 | So that was obviously that was well well before the flats were built |
| 21 | Erm but obviously that was only a two metre mix . |
| 22 | Of the 99 members elected in 1972 , only 70 were still alive at the start of 1990 . |
| 23 | Here was a man who would have no trouble with women , Jane thought , strong and handsome , but cruel — perhaps cruel was too harsh a word , but hard certainly , it showed in the set of his mouth . |
| 24 | In a survey conducted between 1983 and 1987 , the Independent Wildcat Working Group found that out of a group of 42 " wildcats " , only eight were genetically distinct from the domestic cat . |
| 25 | So that was most popular , very busy person and er , since then more and more shops er have been bought by the Asians and now I think er we cater for , for every need and there are some pubs as well which have been bought by the Asian and The last straw I think is the Conservative club and bought by Mr and two of his er partners . |
| 26 | ‘ Mr. Preston , if I may say so that was pretty cold blooded of you to leave her lying on the floor until I came in . ’ |
| 27 | we were lucky cos it did n't start to rain did it till we got back in the coach ? so that was well planned . |
| 28 | So that was just like an ordinary |
| 29 | Adjustment is not complete , it 's partial alright , so we 're going to say that supply adjusts in the following manner , right , according to the partial adjustment hypothesis alright , so changes in actual supply alright , will be delta of the difference between the desired level of output for T , right and the actual level of input T minus one alright , plus er alright , so that was just our partial adjustment model that we looked at last week , right , we 'll call that equation three okay right . |
| 30 | So that was just that one er nineteen ninety-three |