Example sentences of "[was/were] an [noun sg] of [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I went for a check-up but , in my heart of hearts , I recognised that it was an attack of panic more than anything else , " she remembers . |
| 2 | They therefore adopted the view that faith was not a work because it was an act of God rather than of the human person . |
| 3 | This was an issue of detail rather than principle . |
| 4 | Wings Pieter Hendriks and James Small were devastating and there was an air of control throughout . |
| 5 | And it was well known , too — and there was an element of guilt here — that East Germany was West Germany 's dustbin for toxic and other wastes and plain rubbish . |
| 6 | There was an element of criticism there of which I was informed by the Chief Whip and the Lord Chancellor , just as there was an element of criticism of Hailsham , and it seemed quite possible that the Whips would prefer a compromise candidate . |
| 7 | If there was an element of self-pity there it was also a statement of fact . |