Example sentences of "it was [det] [noun] which [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although only a minority of parties were favourable to the Left , it was that minority which was most active at Party conferences and in political propaganda in the country . |
| 2 | It was this concern which was most evident in a timely article in the Fortnightly Review , in 1922 , which stated that : |
| 3 | There is , however , one way in which A's intentions can be given validity at least in part , and it was this route which was followed : the senate ruled that a provision of this sort could be interpreted as a trust on B to make over A 's estate to C. The wording A actually used would be along these lines : fidei tuae committo ut Titium heredem instituas . |
| 4 | It would , however , be a great mistake to dismiss the event as an act of folly without any serious consequences , for the proof of the existence of a serious candidate led to the definite rebirth of Bonapartism as a political force in France and it was this movement which was later to carry Louis-Napoleon to power . |
| 5 | It was this option which was chosen , and it was suggested that closure should probably take place when the combined population of the two hospitals dipped below the 1,000 mark . |
| 6 | A picture house was licensed subject to the condition that no children under 15 be admitted ; it was this condition which was challenged as unreasonable and ultra vires . |
| 7 | It was this solution which was incorporated into the working of the 1885 act in its final form , when the new Conservative government dropped the contentious clauses extending police powers of search and arrest . |
| 8 | It was this summons which was dismissed by the master , from whose decision this appeal is brought . |
| 9 | And it was those waves which were to carry him , steadily and inexorably , to a far-distant grave . |