Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Literariness being defined as the difference between automatism and defamiliarization , it was soon perceived that it was not constructed in the same way in all works , and that the devices manifesting difference in prose narrative were not the same as the devices manifesting difference in lyric poetry . |
| 2 | It was only because it was repeatedly interrupted that it did not become all-pervasive , and ultimately intolerable . |
| 3 | The decision was also influenced by the fact that when the museum was founded in 1987 , it was clearly specified that it would include other nations ' views of Germany and its history . |
| 4 | The numbers were reduced to nine the following year , as it was generally felt that it would be better to hold them every other year and quite a few indicated they would be prepared to take part on a biennial basis . |
| 5 | It was generally agreed that it should be raised as far as possible from the social groups of least value . |
| 6 | Making war in the twelfth century was rather like going on strike in the twentieth : it was a method of exerting economic and financial pressure on your opponent — it was not intended that it should end in his death . |
| 7 | However , I received the impression that the society was more interested in a scheme for a new RUC complaints procedure and that it was not anticipated that it would be taking up the Black affair in a major way . |
| 8 | It was also felt that it was a company which nobody could attack on the grounds of political bias in favour of the project — if anything , thought Walsh , the other way round , after he had seen a portrait of Margaret Thatcher prominently displayed in its Ealing headquarters . |
| 9 | It was also acknowledged that it would be necessary to determine which information objects should be indexed , accepting that certain brochures , circulars and so on would probably be excluded from this general requirement . |
| 10 | The need for war , then , was fairly generally accepted , although it was widely recognized that it brought destruction and death . |
| 11 | No organization claimed responsibility and it was widely speculated that it had been a mistake by ETA . |
| 12 | The discovery was unsettling , for it was commonly accepted that it was difficult to meet the impassive stare of the Kha-Khan elect for more than a few seconds . |
| 13 | In the early days of Everyday Electronics it was often suggested that it was a good idea to double-up on the cheaper components when buying a set of components for a project . |
| 14 | It was then discovered that it was impossible to put a solid roof on the stadium , so a compromise was reached in the form of an awning — a ‘ symbolic roof ’ . |
| 15 | Unfortunately over the years there was such a deficit for whatever reason lot 's of things were tried it was then decided that it was two options one was closing lose so much money or actually put it out to franchise fortunately enough that people were at all the money and we did n't get an income from it . |
| 16 | ‘ This list of rare plants in Durham turned up in various correspondences , but it was always assumed that it was Stephen Robson 's list , ’ says Alec . |
| 17 | It was not a New Town under the New Towns Act created through the agency of a Development Corporation , and it was never intended that it should be . |