Example sentences of "[noun pl] be that it was a " in BNC.

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1 My view was obscured by a pillar and I have n't seen replays yet but the wisdom of the surrounding scousers was that it was a foul .
2 The chances are that it was a bar , somewhere not too far away .
3 Her first thoughts were that it was a great shame to turn such a wonderful building into a restaurant and hotel .
4 For Marx , what was most important in the gens is that it was a group based totally on communal principles , where individuality and selfishness did not exist and where private property had not begun to appear .
5 Once dealers had time to digest more of the Chancellor 's speech , however , the consensus around the trading screens was that it was a broadly neutral budget , and a late rally reduced the fall to 3 points to leave the index at 2,919.30 at the close .
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