Example sentences of "was [adv] and " 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When she spoke again it was slowly and with great emphasis . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He looked up when Donna Frizzell came in through the back door , and was startled to see that her hat was awry and her makeup smudged beyond repair . |
| 12 | The Soviet contention that military bases in the Third World could generate dangerous East-West tensions was forcibly and unexpectedly underlined by the crisis initiated by Soviet attempts to establish a nuclear missile base on Cuban soil in 1962 . |
| 13 | If you played it out to the left of the fairway it was down-wind and a difficult shot . |
| 14 | Dr John Gauden , who had managed to hold the Deanery of Bocking successively as an Anglican and as a Presbyterian , secretly claimed that ‘ This book and figure was wholly and only my making and design ’ , and demanded his reward . |
| 15 | And the of heaven was within and the waters returned to the earth and abated after the end of a hundred and fifty days . |
| 16 | Chapter 3 of the Constitution on the Church , spelling out the doctrine of collegiality , was theologically and dogmatically at the very heart of Vatican II 's debate and contribution to Catholic self-understanding . |
| 17 | It was skilfully and entertainingly acted . |
| 18 | Two broad themes were apparent : first , there was a growing recognition that elderly people were mentally and physically capable of far more than had been previously assumed , and that it was medically and socially possible for them to maintain an independent and active life . |
| 19 | Many of the applicants who had looked suitable had been rejected and I deduced that I had been selected because I had not tried to glamorise my life history , and because I was medically and physically fit . |
| 20 | From its familiar title it indicates something like a ‘ school ’ , centred on the ideas of one writer , and this is not unreasonable , since in the 1790s there were conscious ‘ Godwinians ’ and Godwin 's best known work , Political Justice , was widely and directly influential . |
| 21 | Moreover it was widely and probably correctly felt that good diplomats were formed by experience rather than by study , by mixing in good society and watching negotiations in progress rather than by poring over documents in archives . |
| 22 | Variously influenced in youth by Freud and Marx , by Richards and T. S. Eliot , he emerged defiant of his sources to adopt a view of civilisation which , by the time he came to write Milton 's God , was fiercely and outrageously his own . |
| 23 | That second night in the porch was enough and I resolved to move on the following day , whatever happened . |
| 24 | Sisterlike or not , Frau Nordern 's word was enough and Erika found herself with a glass of light Hungarian wine and enjoying it , too . |
| 25 | Other critics shared his view that enough was enough and gave both Marilyn French 's The War Against Women and Susan Faludi 's Backlash a pretty cool reception . |
| 26 | As he had already been interviewed four times and been in police custody for over 24 hours , the expectation would be that a solicitor might well consider that , at least for that evening , enough was enough and that he ought to advise his client not to answer further questions … . |
| 27 | I got some more sedatives in anticipation , and eventually had to turn him out when he decided one night that enough was enough and kicked several large holes in the stable wall . |
| 28 | The other two , a couple of weak-kneed cowards , had thought that was enough and run off . |
| 29 | The bonanza went on until the church thought enough was enough and so on a Sunday evening in August , a concerted effort was made and strong sermons were preached from every pulpit against bee wine and its evil effects . |
| 30 | However , J. came to the decision that enough was enough and all he wanted now was to get out of the RAF and pursue a civilian career . |