Example sentences of "[noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] was [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it was said that looking at the employee 's base was not the be-all and end-all . |
| 2 | The first and chief result of the enhanced importance of the martyr 's cult was thus the reshaping of the sacred topography of late antique towns . |
| 3 | The Body Shop 's support was undoubtedly the most high-profile in 1991 , which was offered as a direct result of one of our advertisements in the press . |
| 4 | Virgin 's application was just the bargaining chip the Americans had been looking for . |
| 5 | The Commission 's report was perhaps the turning point , for while it paid respect to the management it found ‘ to be totally dedicated to the railway with a high degree of pride in the service which came before financial reward in importance ’ , it made thought-provoking recommendations about management style and the need to set clearer financial objectives . |
| 6 | The Consul 's house was where the meetings were usually held . |
| 7 | Leitmotif of this year 's conference was certainly the invocation to provide for American Indian representation in the host country 's cultural life . |
| 8 | This year their new year 's dinner was not the traditional pig , but 12 ounces of frozen chicken a head and three bottles of rum to a family . |
| 9 | Ooh my dad 's suit was definitely the thing every week . |
| 10 | An application to the court for judicial review of the Minister 's decision was not the appropriate means by which the council should seek to ventilate or pursue its differences of opinion with the Minister . |
| 11 | The pope 's request was all the odder because there was already in existence a special papal commission discussing birth control and related issues . |
| 12 | ‘ I studied his work at university , ’ she replied , thinking that the story of a man condemned to death for murder after failing to show proper grief at his mother 's funeral was not the happiest choice in the present circumstances . |