Example sentences of "was [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father was intensely and justifiably proud of his family , which in his own generation produced a viceroy , a general , an admiral , a Lord of Appeal , a High Court judge and a famous actor . |
| 2 | The rumbling in Mathers 's chest was gravelly and deep . |
| 3 | Seemingly valid claims by the Los Angeles County that such a proposal was economically and politically unrealistic contributed to undermining the EPA 's demands for maintaining strict attainment deadlines . |
| 4 | President Carlos Saúl Menem began an official 10-day visit to France and Belgium on Feb. 12 , continuing the efforts of his government to project the image of a new Argentina which was economically and politically stable and could be regarded by the West as its most reliable ally in Latin America [ for Menem 's November 1991 US tour see p. 38572 ] . |
| 5 | Franco 's refusal to recognize that autarchy was economically and politically untenable was due partly to his belief that liberal democracy could not bring economic well-being , and partly to his lack of understanding of the complexities of economic policy-formulation . |
| 6 | He could see that I was slowly but surely getting back to my old self , and to my own poetry . |
| 7 | This second phase ( 1945–56 ) must in turn be contrasted with the post-1956 , post-Stalinist phase during which the credibility of the Zhdanov line was slowly but irreversibly undermined , and the centre of gravity of Marxist cultural activity shifted away from orthodox socialist realism to a variety of experiments involving linkages between revolutionary politics and formalist experimentation at the level of imaginative writing , and between Marxist theory and innovations in the human sciences at the level of critical analysis . |
| 8 | Gazing into grey eyes that seemed incredibly gentle and soft , she forgot all about his reasons for being there , forgot everything except this infuriating giant who was slowly but surely destroying her peace of mind , ‘ Why ? ’ she whispered . |
| 9 | When he did rise in the chair it was slowly and grudgingly and he followed McQuaid out into the stone hallway as if he were finding it difficult to walk or move . |
| 10 | Nonconformity was slowly and unevenly moving towards the idea of a worshipping community as well as a gathered audience eager to hear the Gospel preached . |
| 11 | When she spoke again it was slowly and with great emphasis . |
| 12 | She bit her lip , feeling the tension curling in hot little spirals in her stomach as she realised that once again he was slowly and insistently drawing her into one of those disturbingly intimate conversations . |
| 13 | She refused to flinch , or back away , even though she was uneasily and acutely aware that his broad and mostly naked chest was a few dangerous inches from her own . |
| 14 | He was secretly as excited about this new Polruan ship as anyone else . |
| 15 | This was mostly because the $40.3 billion charged to its cards was far ahead of Discover 's $19.4 billion , and because Citibank had built up three times as much outstanding debt as Discover . |
| 16 | ‘ But it was mostly because he had eaten so much . |
| 17 | My mother was wild at the time , but that was mostly because when Denise 's family came to tea they used to lick the neck of the salad cream bottle . ’ |
| 18 | And this was mostly because of old machine tools being tossed away . |
| 19 | It was decisive and at times attracted public support because she seemed to be taking action which the public overwhelmingly thought was right but never thought any government would have the nerve to carry out . |
| 20 | Your first prescription was right but a new remedy is now needed . |
| 21 | They soon learned that an internally consistent paper with logical relationships to what had gone before stood a better chance of acceptance than something which was right but new : civil servants after all knew little about the industry and had little basis on which to judge proposals except consistency with what had gone before . |
| 22 | I felt I was right but my stock was low on this establishment . |
| 23 | Until the past two years Drexel was right that the total return from investing in a diversified portfolio of junk bonds overcompensated for the default rate . |
| 24 | Because of this she never had any time for her own parents : my mother could n't think it was right that they 'd parted with two of their children . ’ |
| 25 | In my village there had been historic upheaval over such questions as whether it was right that hymns should be sung in the House of God . |
| 26 | Coleridge rationalized the departure in his poem ‘ Reflections on having left a Place of Retirement ’ , asking whether it was right that he should live in beauty and solitude while his ‘ unnumber 'd brethren toil 'd and bled ’ in the greater world . |
| 27 | I told Kidsons that I did n't think it was right that I should seek re-election , which was coming up on 30 April , and left it at that . ’ |
| 28 | If he needed to be questioned again it was right that it should be at home and with his parents present . |
| 29 | I thought that it was right that I should talk to you , try and build a better picture of Michael . ’ |
| 30 | He was , as I have said , correct in ignoring article 10 and the submissions based upon it if he was right that the law is certain . |