Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately the bridge was empty as was the long road of sycamores to the church in its dark evergreens . |
| 2 | Robert Wilson , RTZ 's chief executive , said Nerco 's coal business was large and profitable and was the main target of the acquisition . |
| 3 | There was a small cutter parked at the jetty , and a sign taped to the Eberhardt window said that for $15 each she would take us right up to the foot of the Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers which spilled from the southern tip of that immense high-altitude sheet of white that was the Patagonian ice-cap . |
| 4 | She said Lilian did n't talk to anyone , but I 'm not sure that was the complete truth . |
| 5 | As on that first night , Shelley looked down at the glowing rectangle of blue that was the floodlit pool . |
| 6 | Some freeholders were just as keen as was the average burgh councillor to retain close ties with the government ministers . |