Example sentences of "work was the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central to much of this new wave of work was the increased attention that was paid to political parties and interest groups . |
| 2 | Subsequent examples included Moreton Hall , Whalley ( 1829 , demolished ) , while a further dimension of his work was the occasional introduction of details of a localized vernacular derivation — as in his unexecuted designs for a house in Rydal , Westmorland , for William Wordsworth [ q.v. ] ( 1827 ) which incorporated the cylindrical chimneys characteristic of traditional building in the Lake District . |
| 3 | Her only other published work was The Metrical Miscellany ( 1802 , 2nd edn. 1803 ) , an anthology of fugitive verse by contemporary celebrities , in which she also published twenty of her own poems ( including the hitherto uncounted prefatory verses of 1802 by ‘ The Editor ’ ) . |
| 4 | Infrastructure work was the bright spot in 1991 , output rising by 4 per cent . |
| 5 | Added to this war work was the heavy railway rolling stock build-and-repair programme . |