Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [subord] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a delicious ice-cold soup with tostones , croutons , chopped pimiento and chopped cucumber , which were added as it was served . |
| 2 | The meeting comes after months of turmoil at Ferranti , from the discovery of a series of bogus contracts at the International Signal subsidiary , most of which were committed before it was bought by Ferranti in 1987 . |
| 3 | The jobs of men were threatened when it was announced last year that the Ladas Drive facility would be replaced by a £250 , fire station at Carryduff . |
| 4 | In the event , few attempts at car restraint were made because it was assumed that the money would be found for reconstruction , but in the crisis-ridden post-1960s British economy , available funds never approached the levels needed for a widespread application of environmental area principles . |
| 5 | In January 1920 a conference with milk retailers agreed on a voucher scheme through which 76,764 gallons were supplied until it was decided in August , because of the continued difficulty of guaranteeing uncontaminated milk , to substitute dried milk powder . |
| 6 | Many involved with its setting up feel deeply unhappy that they were misled when it was set up because the Government encouraged them and they believed that they would get direct financial support . |
| 7 | The radios and transmitter of one firm were seized after it was discovered its cars were operating without a Department of Transport licence , and officers uncovered a total of 56 traffic offences . |
| 8 | He added that other vehicles were despatched when it was realised the press were in attendance and that other people in area might be there . |
| 9 | But memories of the Flockton Grey affair of 1982 were revived when it was revealed that the horse was bred by Ken Richardson . |
| 10 | These suspicions were fuelled when it was discovered that one of those killed was not employed at the mine . |
| 11 | I have said it before and will say again that I am one such beneficiary , and probably not the sort of beneficiary that was intended when it was decided that a discount would be required . |
| 12 | In 1987 the ‘ Black Album ’ of pop singer Prince was withdrawn before it was issued , and only a few genuine copies ‘ escaped ’ . |
| 13 | In his annual report to the Supreme Soviet Matiukhin said that he had resigned because ( i ) the government had taken no effective steps to solve the cash shortage ; ( ii ) inter-enterprise debt stood at 2,000,000 million roubles for which the Bank was criticized although it was following government policy ; and ( iii ) the Supreme Soviet was demanding a reduction of the 80 per cent interest rate to 50 per cent . |
| 14 | In some cases setting was criticized because it was argued that it was producing underachievement in certain pupils , although many teachers did not accept this . |
| 15 | As he walked between the lines of cars he saw that one of them was parked so it was sticking out . |
| 16 | This was agreed in February 1906 and at the same time the order for a further 14 cars of the smaller type , to work the Sutton route , was cancelled when it was realized that the fifteen ‘ Croydon & District ’ cars dumped on the site of Mitcham Road Depôt ( Aurelia Road ) would have to be taken into the South Metropolitan fleet . |
| 17 | Two days after its signing , Joyce went to England and joined the army , but was discharged when it was discovered that he was only sixteen . |
| 18 | The cows are not as good for milk as the Aubrac or Salers : there was crossing with Durham Shorthorns in the eighteenth century to help milk yields from an essentially draught-and-meat animal but this was discarded when it was decided to concentrate on beef from the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 19 | The Government initiated proceedings against Mr Marsh in September last year , but after a lengthy delay while he unsuccessfully tried to obtain legal aid , the case was dropped because it was judged to be ‘ no longer in the public interest ’ . |
| 20 | His mistake may have been to assume the election was won before it was fought . |
| 21 | The Concentrated Reinforcement Programme was discontinued since it was considered that the very marginal improvement that it had over the Standard programme was not worth the relatively more substantial increase in running costs . |
| 22 | It looks as though the body was moved before it was buried . |
| 23 | However , nothing happened during the period from the time the mistake was made until it was discovered to affect the company 's position , nor was there any unfairness or abuse of power . |
| 24 | This theory was threatened when it was discovered that many substances gain weight after combustion . |
| 25 | What was different , however , was that formal teaching was offered when it was required , not because of a timetable . |
| 26 | Indeed , this was shown before it was demonstrated that the inferotemporal cortex was anatomically part of the visual system . |
| 27 | Now that events were moving in my favour , it was as troublesome finding out what was needed as it was getting it . |
| 28 | Suzanne Gratton , 22 , of Warwick Close , Birkenhead , was accused after it was noticed that the licence on her car had been taken out for another vehicle . |
| 29 | The GMB says Cllr Kidd was replaced before it was told of her claim . |
| 30 | The Treasury , which other departments felt had been engaging in the review only half-heartedly until mid-March ( and which was urged to take a greater role by Mr Major ) , was damned if it was going to see its VAT switch spent on anything that could be tagged ‘ son of poll tax ’ . |