Example sentences of "was an [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tact , as she often proudly said , was as alien to her as hygiene — ‘ The sign of a bourgeois mind ’ — but this was an occasion for affection above even a fine disregard for tact . |
| 2 | But it was an occasion for spectators rather than bidders and only two lots exceeded expectations , Eric Gill 's fine , if slightly sweet , stone carving , ‘ Mother and Child ’ ( lot 20 , est. £25,000–35,000 ) , described by the auction house as his most important sculpture to come to the market for ten years and bought by a telephone bidder against the Fine Art Society for £56,000 ( $85,680 ) , and Graham Sutherland 's boldly coloured ‘ Palm Palisade ’ ( lot 88 , est. £40,000–60,000 ) which was acquired by Agnews for £68,000 ( $104,040 ) after competition with private dealers Ivor Braka and underbidder Jamie Maclean . |
| 3 | There was an earthquake in Tokyo recently but I 'd be surprised if you 'd heard about it . |
| 4 | " 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 . |
| 5 | They therefore adopted the view that faith was not a work because it was an act of God rather than of the human person . |
| 6 | But this was an excuse for confrontation rather than a cause . |
| 7 | On the main highway leading to Charleroi and Brussels the Dragoons were clattering along at a fine pace , almost as if this was an exercise in Provence instead of war . |
| 8 | This was an issue of detail rather than principle . |
| 9 | Wings Pieter Hendriks and James Small were devastating and there was an air of control throughout . |
| 10 | It 's just strange that Laidlaw was with Delta and the murdered man , Barak , was an informer for Delta here in Beirut . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If there was an element of self-pity there it was also a statement of fact . |