Example sentences of "[prep] this [was/were] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The justification for this was expressed to be that it would thus be open to a court at a later date to review the matter of sex determination Ormrod J. 's decision , much cited and approved of in the House of Commons debate , evidently will remain the law . |
| 2 | One of the principal reasons for this was considered to be the existence of the defence for men under 24 . |
| 3 | In July it was disclosed that the Soviet Union was owed the equivalent of 87,500 million ( 25 per cent in convertible currencies ) , but much of this was believed to be for arms sales to poorer countries who were unable to repay it . |
| 4 | All of this was admitted to be long term . |
| 5 | The reparations on this were going to be cosmic . |