Example sentences of "[subord] it [was/were] [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , even where it was acknowledged to be still relevant — in the colonies of the European empires — the Congress of the International was no more clear . |
| 2 | To check for a developmental role for these hypersensitive sites , the presence of the transgene was tested in newborn mice and where it was shown to be expressed ( data not shown ) . |
| 3 | For a child of five this was a terrifying experience , although it was meant to be a birthday treat . |
| 4 | It was a good question , and suggested strongly that the Argyll interest was less powerful than it was believed to be by the community at large . |
| 5 | There is a bleakness which centres on Patrick 's infidelities : but it may also be true that the rudeness and aggression with which Jenny , their sex object , is treated by various chuntering males has grown grimmer with the years than it was reckoned to be , by the author , by me and by many of his readers , at the time . |
| 6 | Higher-than-expected entitlements levels , according to the Congressional Budget Office , is one of the main reasons why the deficit is bigger than it was expected to be in the 1990 budget agreement . |
| 7 | Would an extra three days really make the final parting that much worse than it was going to be already ? |
| 8 | partly this was because the current account deficit appears much smaller in current ( 1980s ) data than it was thought to be by contemporaries ; mainly , it would seem , because the invisible position was actually much better than was then realized . |
| 9 | It looked like it was going to be a doddle . |
| 10 | Mm , mm , we might even manage , I mean , we , we might talk later on about this , but , perhaps you know have two or three people working on a campaign if , if , if , if it was felt to be better that way , mm , mm . |
| 11 | Oddly the land on which it sits was actually called Folly Hill before the building was added , as if it was fated to be there . |
| 12 | They regretted that there appeared to be no suitable places of safety in Orkney if it was found to be absolutely necessary to remove children from their homes . |
| 13 | On Nov. 9 the International Maritime Organization ( IMO ) was reported to have indicated that it would consider halting the shipment if it was found to be unsafe or shown to be vulnerable to accidents and piracy , as claimed by some IMO member states . |
| 14 | I 'm , I 'm certainly as I was going to come on to explain and the way you will see ourselves working , is not people who sit in the Town Hall and just turn out reports , I mean the kind of work we do and the way we work means that were actually very much involved in the community groups , but I mean if it was , if it was thought to be an issue that we needed to have greater community involvement , i.e. to resurrecting that forum then that 's something that , you know , we may need to address , but I never saw it as operating like that anyway , I mean I saw it as it 's almost like in a cabinet of members mainly . . |
| 15 | ‘ It had quite an effect because only the other day a London record store asked if it was going to be released again . ’ |
| 16 | This college seemed as if it was going to be the best thing that happened to me . |
| 17 | ‘ Well ma'am , there 's some scraps of food left over and … it 's bold of me to say so … but if it was going to be wasted I know my cousins would feel the benefit . |
| 18 | ‘ It made it seem as if it was going to be superficial . |
| 19 | If it 's no I think what we agreed Glynis if it was going to be a stone it could go in the wall where it could be seen from outside . |
| 20 | He glanced up at Doyle to see if it was meant to be a joke , but Doyle was not smiling . |
| 21 | If it was meant to be it would be , I would n't have to do a thing about it . |
| 22 | Kenya 's tranquillity could vanish if it were shown to be involved : the killing prompted the first of last year 's riots . |
| 23 | All these transactions were secret , for there would be little use in keeping a paper alive if it were known to be owned by a political party . |
| 24 | If it were thought to be worth estimating then a design involving more blocks and partial confounding would have to be used . |
| 25 | But anyway , we created that whole idea that no-one could photograph him , no-one could do do a story on him unless it was going to be a cover story , which was outrageous because he was virtually unknown in America . |
| 26 | The question was then what should be done with it — and there was no point in setting up the collection unless it was going to be a working library . |
| 27 | Before the 1967 Act , the company acquiring the computer would have no remedy for this innocent misrepresentation , unless it was deemed to be a contractual term , as it would be too late to have the contract set aside . |
| 28 | As Sir Ronald Syme has pointed out , the Romans had a special veneration for authority , precedent , and tradition , and they greatly objected to change unless it was thought to be in accord with ancestral custom , which meant in practice the sentiments of the oldest living senators . |
| 29 | This was a crucial consideration , especially for the unskilled , because it was seen to be their only asset . |
| 30 | It was not quite an oration because two days earlier speech had been phased out because it was discovered to be the ‘ root of all evil ’ , by somebody who never talked and was consequently the most unevil person in the world . |