Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [subord] it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It arose from a groundswell of opinion in the EC that the internal market would be a success only where it had the support of both ‘ sides ’ of industry and if it was designed to benefit every citizen of the Community . |
| 2 | Of the 10 cardinals , three had refused to sign the verdict , Francesco demanded a pardon and when it was refused he persuaded his brother to make life ‘ imprisonment ’ that of house arrest in the home of a sympathetic bishop . |
| 3 | The specification called for a fast vehicle with a low silhouette and when it was built , it proved to be the fastest tank in the British Army . |
| 4 | The whole point is , Chairman , the planning officers , both at the site inspection and when it was discussed er er er they were under no misapprehension that it was the height of the building which had been objected to actually . |
| 5 | The Health Authorities at this time maintained that the maximum aluminium level had been 109 mg/litre , but the Ahrenses still had their jar of water and when it was analysed at Somerset Council 's laboratories it was found to contain 620 mg/litre , 3,000 times the EC limit . |
| 6 | I think all it , well , the only things that are different with the continuous pro er , surveys that we 've got , from ad-hoc surveys is actually the content of the questionnaire and when it was analysed , really . |
| 7 | She made a harbour with a jetty and when it was finished to her satisfaction , got up to find pieces of stick to float in it . |
| 8 | Commercial contractual relations had become valuable rights which could be regarded as entitled to at least some of the protection given by the law to property and while it was argued that the plaintiff ought to be satisfied with his action for breach of contract against the party induced , the latter might be incapable of paying all the damages . |
| 9 | The consignment was brought over in the same way and after it was left in a lay-by in Lymm , Cheshire , Customs officers pounced when Scott arrived to collect it . |
| 10 | What we did at that point , was to get together a task force of people to examine the idea and where it was going : the people doing the work and the people who were likely to understand the most likely market — put them together in one room to reason their way through to the fact that we really ought to drop the project . |