Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was altogether too appealing when he did that , and he was probably well aware of it . |
| 2 | He was altogether too dignified and courteous for the rough and tumble of politics , was not a good debater , and left after less than eighteen months . |
| 3 | Science in this context was altogether more dogmatic than in Royal Institution Discourses ; there was a syllabus to be got through , and right and wrong answers to questions at the end of it . |
| 4 | Undoubtedly , there were echoes of an earlier campaigning style , but the rhetoric of the Federation — as reflected in the pages of The Pensioner — was altogether more direct and biting , more tangible . |
| 5 | Emily was altogether more cheerful than I would have expected from her circumstances . |
| 6 | ‘ There wo n't be any over , ’ Cathy sighed , and she was right as far as the blinis went , though we all ate lamb in the end . |
| 7 | Southey 's life was published in 1820 and even then its tone was rather more prophetic than a reference to an " evil " which already existed . |
| 8 | The situation was rather more fluid than this suggested ; ‘ almost ’ might have been better expressed as ‘ not sufficiently ’ . |
| 9 | Thatcher 's friends , such as former United Biscuits boss Sir Hector Laing , used to implore her to give British industry the kind of support that was rather more consistent than those who bought and sold its shares in the City . |
| 10 | The double header was rather more expensive and had seats to spare that were partly filled by a late special offer . |
| 11 | ‘ It was rather more difficult when I was based in London between foreign postings . |
| 12 | In its first twenty or thirty years of life the new Board was rather more active than the Lords of Trade ; between 1720 and 1760 effective executive power passed to the Secretary of State in charge of relations with France and southern Europe , though the Board still served as the main clearing house for the American pressure groups which could keep up London connections ; in the last twenty years of its life , when Gibbon was a member , it was as complete a sinecure as he could have wished because power had now passed to the holder of a new Secretaryship of State . |
| 13 | This article analyses the constitutional aspects behind the formation of the first and second National Governments , examining in particular the role of the king in the formation of the two governments — a role which , as will be seen , was rather more important than is usually thought . |
| 14 | ‘ And anyway , ’ whispered another voice , and one that was rather more matter-of-fact because it was her own , ‘ there 's a young eagle out there called Creggan who needs to know a few things if he 's going to survive and be free . ’ |
| 15 | It seems as if the Central Court at Phaistos was rather more public than that at Knossos . |
| 16 | But after the All Blacks had won the Second Test 59–6 Mains was rather more relaxed and in fact exuded some confidence about the prospects of his new-look team . |
| 17 | Erm I now accept that that was a misreading of Harrogate District Council 's resolution which was rather more ambiguous than I have represented it here . |
| 18 | Now that she saw Rupert again he was rather less interesting than she had remembered — a little older , slightly inhibited in his conversation , and unresponsive to her semi-flirtatious looks and remarks in a way that puzzled her . |
| 19 | But the basis of any such programme must be experimental result : ‘ Experimental proof was vastly more persuasive that theoretical prediction in controlled thermonuclear research , where an unexpected experimental outcome was more the rule than the exception . ’ |
| 20 | Someone like Cabochon was wholly more attractive and surely preferable to a girl like Ari . |
| 21 | Charles was the grandson of Louis X of France , and had a claim to the French throne which was arguably as good as Edward III's . |
| 22 | Dismissing all but a single guard who was burdened with a lantern on a pole , he began to lead them by the bridges and passageways which cut across the streets in a way which was arguably more direct and certainly less likely to be barred by persistent celebrants . |
| 23 | The Letter is clearly concerned to give a favourable impression , but the situation was presumably fairly stable when Cnut returned to England in the spring of 1020 . |
| 24 | Antislavery thus had a further institutional base but it was thereby also vulnerable as regards united action to the outbreak of warfare amongst religious parties . |
| 25 | Firstly , when we were first discussing the sale , the market was somewhat more buoyant than at the present time . |
| 26 | All the same , the result was somewhat less decorous than the usual ‘ clean ’ execution , for scars like the one which marked his face split open upon such a death . |
| 27 | That at Hyderabad with its wide cornices and balustraded roof detail was somewhat less austere than its more utilitarian neighbour at Secunderabad . |
| 28 | Thiercelin was somewhat less interested than he would have been a few days earlier . |
| 29 | The reality of Citrine 's position was somewhat less dramatic than was sometimes imagined by contemporaries . |
| 30 | The pain that tugged at the muscles of his stomach and chest was so intimately hurtful that he knew it was nothing but useless unspent emotion . |