Example sentences of "was the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the immediately post-war period when , presumably because of the years they had spent in the services and munitions factories , there was a great movement for women to return to purely domestic functions . |
| 2 | It was the utterly excellent Yahweh who told the malefactors to go to hell . |
| 3 | Filming nut cracking and other behaviour in the dark forest was difficult enough , but it was the inherently fast-moving activity of hunting that provided the real challenge . |
| 4 | Further , whatever subjects were chosen , it was the tutor who was the critically important factor in success or failure . |
| 5 | It was the overly loquacious Lord Macaulay who called him the Smith of Smiths . |
| 6 | Among them was the overly rigid , early commitment to ‘ approved ’ computer hardware . |
| 7 | Behind me , in the dark , was the similarly undisturbed sheet of crust known as the South American Plate . |
| 8 | The eventual product of their lengthy discussions was the strongly Presbyterian Directory of Public Worship , which was accepted by parliament in early 1645 as a blueprint for the new ecclesiastical establishment . |
| 9 | Another concern was the exceptionally low turnout , estimated at only 21.09 per cent over both rounds . |
| 10 | The impetus for this work was the seemingly low prevalence rates generated by the Melton Mowbray study . |
| 11 | One of the most noticeable results was the unexpectedly high number of claims from women . |
| 12 | The Ironclaw 's chief rival was the Broken Tooth tribe , whose leader was the notoriously huge and brutal Crusher Zogoth . |
| 13 | That was the notoriously comic side of his social failure . |
| 14 | Number 4 Brays Buildings , Lower Road , Islington , was the decidedly seedy-sounding location for Benjamin 's new enterprise : ‘ Miscellaneous Repos ’ … |
| 15 | Fast approaching was the immensely lucrative Christmas market , and their biggest selling act had no plans nor any desire to throw product into the mad spending spree . |
| 16 | By 1830 Miloš was the internationally accepted ruler of a virtually independent state . |
| 17 | Though some churchmen protested , on the whole they accepted royal exactions as the price of protection and corporate power : they saw that the alternative was the wholly unsystematic despoilment and privatisation of church property not only by laymen but by individual ecclesiastics too . |
| 18 | The Patrimony of St Peter was the rather emotive name for the area subject to the pope in the immediate vicinity of Rome where the people held sway . |
| 19 | Then there was the rather sharp bout of questioning , which had had , on both sides , a sort of wariness about it . |
| 20 | After a curious military episode — he ran away from Cambridge to join the 15th Dragoons — he arrived in Bristol in 1795 full of plans to establish a new system of society , called Pantisocracy ; this word is explained on p. 80 , but what it meant in practice was the rather grandiose idea of founding a new American colony . |
| 21 | Because of this case and because of the studies of the supporters of primary surgical intervention an objection , until now , was the rather short follow up periods of the larger series . |
| 22 | Another movement to become involved in these efforts — one with a certain amount of membership in common with the NAM — was the rather younger ICO . |
| 23 | A second factor weakening the Heath government 's attempt to dictate to the unions on the basis of its ‘ mandate from the nation ’ was the rather agnostic attitude taken up by large employers . |
| 24 | Oh , she had the chic that seemed to be the birthright of all French women , but she had nothing else at all , unless it was the rather fine dark eyes , the only thing she had in common with her tall and impressive son . |
| 25 | Sylvia , the elder married one , was well-built and healthy , but that was the best that could be said for her ; Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests . |
| 26 | This might not have led to a massive reduction that saw the rabbits left at the lowest desirable number , but it was the best that could be done under the circumstances . |
| 27 | Spices suited this situation very well : they had a high value in proportion to their weight , they could not be produced in Europe , and they were always valued by rich people who used them to mask the taste of the not-too-well preserved meat which was the best that anyone could hope for in the winter . |
| 28 | Mammalian meiotic chromosome preparation has progressed considerably since the early days when a good squash preparation was the best that could be achieved . |
| 29 | The first is that even if we concluded that a representative democracy was the best that could be achieved under modern circumstances , the idea or principle of representation is far from being fully or effectively embodied in existing political arrangements . |
| 30 | On the whole I bore the strictures with courage in the firm belief that what had been done was the best that could be done . |