Example sentences of "[was/were] the [adj] [noun] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission argued that this was the best system because it would avoid both tax evasion and double taxation . |
| 2 | I remember Germaine Greer slagged me off , but it was the best review because it was an intelligent one . |
| 3 | He was the only candidate when it came to the vote in the Congress , but initially there had been two other nominations for the post . |
| 4 | This was the first experience where it was obvious that the machine was working against itself — something was n't quite right . |
| 5 | Ramsey ended the week with a conviction that Temple 's quiet explanation of a Christian philosophy of life was the right way to expound Christianity in modern society and that the emotional popular mission was the wrong way because it appealed to the wrong emotions . |
| 6 | My first choice of tide for this book was The Offshore Island because it reflects a return to our seventeenth-century political and military status , and our true position in the world today . |
| 7 | Jimenez was always the better fighter inside , although McKenzie was the tactical master when it came to jabbing and crossing with the right . |