Example sentences of "was [art] [adv] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that Robert 's already gone over , but I actually got the impression that erm I that you did n't feel relaxed in what you were doing , you knew what you were talking about but erm you did n't feel relaxed and if I 'd 've been your customer then I , I certainly would n't have felt relaxed either and and that 's the impression that I got which was the completely opposite of Robert . |
| 2 | Only one woman out of the forty actually claimed unequivocally to like ironing , and she said she knew she was unusual , particularly in the satisfaction she gets from ironing shirts , an activity which many of the other housewives said was the most intolerable of all . |
| 3 | Albin reported that DMSO was the most effective of seven methods used to treat the resulting brain damage . |
| 4 | Every country in Europe was facing an explosion in demand for health care ; every country in Europe was spending substantial public resources upon health ; and in many ways our centrally run , centrally financed system was the most effective in controlling costs . |
| 5 | However , before describing the dispute and the practices of the two main schemes to emerge out of the compromise , it will be useful to look more closely at the work of the ASEA which , in its legacy to the service , was the most influential of all the voluntary agencies . |
| 6 | It was doubly difficult for Unionists to resist the substitution of Sir Henry Wilson for Robertson , for Wilson was the most Unionist of all the General Staff and Robertson had not enjoyed good relations with Unionists ; Derby 's weakness at the War Office and Law 's loyalty to Lloyd George were sufficient to defuse the situation . |
| 7 | The Gondola was the most graceful of illuminated trams , and was built in 1925 on the base of an old tram . |
| 8 | This , Merrill decided dizzily , was the most perfect of evenings . |
| 9 | ‘ Wang Zhen was the most troublesome of all the old men , ’ a Chinese analyst said . |
| 10 | Lord … he was the most famous of the lot … why ca n't I remember his name : Lord Russell ! |
| 11 | At the end of the war Churchill was the most famous of those who wished to give the highest priority to close and continuing ties with the United States . |
| 12 | Undoubtedly the cloth industry was the most famous in late medieval England , but one should remember that its importance may have been exaggerated by its being par excellence an export industry , and , because its products paid dues on export , being better documented than those which met domestic requirements . |
| 13 | Marie Stopes was the most prominent of the later campaigners . |
| 14 | It was the most prominent of a number of paramilitary groups which had emerged in Georgia and which had created a climate of growing instability characterized by frequent gun battles on the streets of Tbilisi and other towns [ for Mkhedrioni involvement in September 1990 pre-election violence see p. 37723 ] . |
| 15 | Eliot was the most orderly of men , and Anne Bradby ( who became Mrs Ridler shortly after ) was , I am sure , a methodical young lady ; but typescripts did get lost or mislaid , though other people suffered more than I did . |
| 16 | For me , it was the most teasing of all things , variations on a theme , slight changes . |
| 17 | The restructuring of the UK Refining and Chemicals businesses was the most extensive of all the rationalisation remits , but has now been brought to a successful conclusion . |
| 18 | The barrage was the most devastating in a series of recent rocket attacks on Kabul by the Western-backed mujahedin . |
| 19 | In the long term , this final measure was the most momentous of all . |
| 20 | The legislation which was to become the Criminal Justice Act 1967 , a long statute of 106 Sections and seven schedules , was the most comprehensive since the 1948 Act . |
| 21 | American import Gerald Kennedy was the most impressive for Belfast as he delivered some superb scores and combined extremely well with Pat ‘ Trick ’ Lynch . |
| 22 | Finished eight years after Opera and Drama in 1859 ( though not performed until 1865 ) , Tristan was the most impressive of his works up to that time , and yet one in which the music , irrespective of its dramatic significance , dominated the word utterly . |
| 23 | The overseas economy of Kent was the most developed in early Anglo-Saxon England ; so strong is this overseas flavour of the Kentish economy and its society ; that it can almost be seen as part of the Continent rather than the rest of England at this time . |
| 24 | Genesis 3 , Verse 1 : ‘ The serpent was the most subtle of all wild beasts in that garden God had made . ’ |
| 25 | But there were also two major objections to Skybolt : it was the most expensive of the air mobile options ; and the Americans pointed out that the technological risks were so high that the project might well fail . |
| 26 | The exit on to the Naas road was the most dangerous in Kildare . |
| 27 | He was in effect the news " general " and I was the most junior of his three assistants . |
| 28 | It was the most tender of caresses and yet Isabel felt a tingling sensation shoot straight up her leg to the most secret part of her . |
| 29 | Of all the children , Diana was the most affected by the sudden loss of her mother . |
| 30 | Certainly she was the most elegant of ‘ Mr Dawson 's potato scratters , November 1921 . ’ |