Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [that] it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not very clear whether section 17(2) adds a third element or is subsumed in ( b ) , but it is clear that it was intended to be more difficult to obtain an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases than in others . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , problems still remain with regard to delivery and it seems that in the case of an individual delivery will still be necessary as the old law still applies , with the result that a document will be treated as delivered when it is clear that it was intended by one of the parties that he was to be bound by the terms of the document . |
| 3 | Whatever the material it is likely that it was primed in white and on this the scenes were painted ; the shiny black of the red-figure vase must give a quite contrary effect . |
| 4 | The Dutch courts applied Roman-Dutch criminal law in the Low Country , though it is unlikely that it was adhered to by headmen or officials trying minor offences . |
| 5 | I knew it would n't be here this week you know I mean if they 've told her there 's another three to four weeks it 's unlikely that it was gon na be last weekend . |
| 6 | But in October 1341 , relieved of financial pressure by the desertion of some allies and by the bankruptcy of his Italian bankers , Edward repealed the offending statutes , though it is significant that it was done with the advice and assent of the earls , barons and other wise men . |