Example sentences of "[noun sg] was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was why religion was the one subject required by British law to be taught in schools . |
| 2 | Religion was the first vehicle for general thoughts about existence . |
| 3 | Religion was the only subject treated by the Khmer artists of the Angkor period : temples were lavishly embellished with sculptures of gods and goddesses , and bridges represented the rainbows that united people and their gods . |
| 4 | Until the eighteenth century , religion was the only force to speak to the central concerns of human beings , the only explanation for human suffering which was available . |
| 5 | Religion was the political issue which aroused the most passionate emotions amongst the population at large . |
| 6 | Religion was the greatest difficulty : the thin crust of philosophic theism was hardly capable of containing the wilder emotions of prophecy , ecstasy , mystery and ritual cruelty . |
| 7 | Their general aim has been to recreate a perceived ‘ golden age ’ , to secure a return to a status quo ante , where , they believe , divorce rates were low , children respectful of adult authority and , most importantly , where religion was the binding force , the ‘ social glue ’ which provided moral authority . |
| 8 | His sense of isolation was the chief suffering of his life in Cambridge . |
| 9 | The usual remedy was the special action of trespass on the case for negligently allowing one 's fire to escape in contravention of the general custom of the realm which we first hear of in Beaulieu v. Finglam . |
| 10 | The 1989 collapse of Keating 's California-based Lincoln Savings and Loan Association was the largest of the national thrift failures . |
| 11 | For the past two years , I have been questioning whether the Lawn Tennis Association was the right organisation to continue to be responsible for the development of a new generation of men and women tennis players who would be able to take on and compete on level terms with the rest of the world . |
| 12 | Matching the model club conditions in its advanced thinking was the first-class training headed by Chapman 's right-hand man Tom Whittaker . |
| 13 | But , whatever their knowledge , of far greater importance in official thinking was the strategic value of a power source which lent itself naturally to centralized control , which was operated by a well paid , reliable work-force and which would continue to keep the miners at bay . |
| 14 | Gregson was the first in and he looked across at Scott indifferently as Finn entered , smiling thinly by way of a greeting . |
| 15 | I wanted a child so much that , if AID was the only route , I 'd be prepared to take it . ’ |
| 16 | Many felt sympathy with Morrissey 's stance over this , but many did n't , preferring instead to follow Julie Burchill 's line that Bands Aid was the first record in the history of popular music that actually achieved a positive result ; that Band Aid made the likes of The Redskins quake in their Doc Marten 's and feel totally inconsequential . |
| 17 | The economic situation and the persistence of unemployment did help but the most obvious factor pushing Labour forward was the General Strike , which occurred between 3–12 May 1926 . |
| 18 | For more than 100 years the Works Brigade was the sole protector of the Urban District against fire , and was also called to villages , and to larger fires in nearby towns . |
| 19 | The Uzi sub-machine gun with the folding stock was the main armament . |
| 20 | The famous Swedish Don Giovanni , John Forsell , declared that the young Tauber was the greatest Ottavio he had ever heard , and he was noted for the intense conviction with which he declaimed to his Donna Anna ( in the German text then still generally in use , even at festivals ) the solemn oath , ‘ Ich schwöre ’ . |
| 21 | His returned warranty card was the first drawn out for the month of April under a new scheme to encourage registration of pumps and a faster system of repair as featured in February 's Newsround . |
| 22 | The foul was committed with the referee only a few yards away and a red card was the inevitable punishment . |
| 23 | The Tokyo-based company refused to confirm the price , but said the deal was the first of ‘ a number of long-term investments in Britain' . |
| 24 | Courtaulds had explored the possibility of creating its own melt-spun operation but the capital investment required and the problems of market penetration suggested a collaboration deal was the best way forward . |
| 25 | The inspiration for the experiment was the German Jugendherbergen accommodation which had long been popular with English trampers and cyclists . |
| 26 | Another important Culham experiment was the 8-metre theta pinch Ion which New Scientist 's present editor worked ) . |
| 27 | Production-wise , The Quatermass Experiment was the same as The Time Machine , save for two small , but significant additions . |
| 28 | The clash came as Mr Kinnock exploited the apparent contradiction between Mrs Thatcher 's claim that she did not know why Mr Lawson resigned and the former Chancellor 's assertion in last Sunday 's Walden interview that he had made it quite clear to the Prime Minister that Sir Alan Walter 's continued presence as her economic adviser was the only issue . |
| 29 | M. Mitterrand was well aware that the French electorate was the most communautaire in the EEC : the Community had , after all , been created by Frenchmen with French interests in mind and had succeeded admirably in furthering those interests . |
| 30 | Oudran was the first police officer to be convicted for his conduct during the demonstration . |