Example sentences of "was [adj] [be] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was odd was that the wizard was obviously struggling with it , and it appeared to be singing to itself . |
| 2 | But what was interesting was that after I began modding my gear , a lot of big-name guitar players — Brian May , for instance — if they saw our show , would come up afterwards and say , ‘ What is that you 're using ? |
| 3 | What I thought was interesting was that the vital points at the end of the day were supplied by some of the unheralded members of the team . |
| 4 | But what was clear is that editors , believing that the play was about the intrinsically moral Brutus , could not accept a feigning Brutus and so explained away , or repressed , the scene where that role playing is most formally represented . |
| 5 | The allegations were unverifiable , but what was clear was that the mixed population was not around to enjoy day one of its newly-bestowed freedom . |
| 6 | What was clear was that the new department was intent on circumscribing medical influence within the state . |
| 7 | He said that one thing which was clear was that when management addressed the problem , improvements usually flowed . |
| 8 | What was different was that there had been something else mixed in with the raw hunger blazing in his eyes . |
| 9 | One of the things that was popular was that the smaller things like rabbit clubs when people could then get food for them officially if they did that . |
| 10 | What was intriguing was that after the gentleman in question had filled in his first , second and third name there was room on the form , if he felt so inclined , to tell us the ‘ forename or nickname by which you are popularly known ’ . |
| 11 | But what finally convinced me that the emission was real was that the spectrum of the emitted particles was exactly that which would be emitted by a hot body , and that the black hole was emitting particles at exactly the correct rate to prevent violations of the second law . |
| 12 | What was unforgivable was that he had systematically lied to me — and I had let him do it . |
| 13 | What was frightening was that this new mass entertainment seemed altogether outside the established auspices of middle-class culture and seemed unconstrained by any of the sanctions of proper society . |
| 14 | What was incredible was that during an eight-year period , Keaton shot a short film every month and two feature films every year . ’ |
| 15 | What was evident was that they had all expected Comrade Andrew to join them , even Alice , who knew he disapproved . |
| 16 | Oh yeah , he told me afterwards right , that he , the only reason he was angry was because Friday night reminded him of the time in his past or something ! |
| 17 | What was crucial here as far as Chicago was concerned was that it could now boast a movie theatre as good as anything in New York and that the movies had been decisively disassociated from ‘ immoral ’ ragtime music by now being coupled with the Symphony . |
| 18 | The general social and political advantages of the newly enlarged audiences were obvious but in cultural terms what was really significant as far as the subsequent history of the movies was concerned was that the showmen who made and presented the movies were no longer thinking in terms of a homogeneous or class audience . |
| 19 | What was important was that in the event of a START treaty marking the end of the START process — the discussion on nuclear disarmament between the main nuclear powers — the secondary nuclear powers , such as ourselves , France and China , should try to retain , maintain or , indeed , establish a dialogue with the Soviet Union . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , what was important was that it occurred because Leeds were caught out ( again ) at the back and Jones was thundering in . |
| 21 | All that was important was that she leave here immediately , as soon as Kirsty had gone to Carol 's , and start working on driving him out of her heart . |
| 22 | What was impressive was that each group had something different in the way of experience to contribute , whether about uranium mining or leukaemia clusters or the advantages of energy saving . |
| 23 | It is idle to speculate on the source of leaks — that I did learn in my years in Government — but what was certain was that the Telegraph story could not have appeared at a worse time . |
| 24 | Yet what was certain was that God would strike punitively at the first sign of sin , and the worst sin in a ruler was pride . |
| 25 | What was certain was that an announcement of the take-up rate would cause Blue Arrow 's share price to fall , and would probably damage County 's reputation . |
| 26 | What was certain was that he could no longer use the escape key . |
| 27 | What was certain was that throughout its duration she felt wasted by an emptiness that no extremes of violence , and no throes of humiliation , could even remotely begin to fill . |
| 28 | What was certain was that she would put in an appearance that evening at Jeffrey Archer 's great party ; the one social event in the Brighton calendar which was quite definitely not to be missed . |
| 29 | One thing I thought was nice was that one little boy , was more noisy than the others but it started thundering once and he came and held my hand as he was scared . |
| 30 | One reason I was disappointed is because what it says in these minutes , Robert 's people reported they 'd been speaking to the R and Abbey Leisure Service in London that had been considerable interest in the Edinburgh Festival Programme and in everything |