Example sentences of "it was [verb] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years there had been growing calls for a reform of the federal system of government , which it was argued led to costly duplication between federal , state and territorial authorities . |
| 2 | This endearing creature has a special place in our countryside lore ; in the past , it was believed to suckle from sleeping cows , to be immune to snake bites , and to pick up fallen apples by rolling on them . |
| 3 | A study was made of various options for the future of the laboratory and it was decided to diversify into commercial work of both a non-nuclear and an applied nuclear nature . |
| 4 | In the first , a grading scheme designed for a mode 3 CSE , it was decided to rely on professional judgement to grade the standard attained in each of the five aspects , rather than employ detailed criteria like those given above for " communication " . |
| 5 | The old rate would still apply to essential imports , but it was planned to set in due course another new rate ( somewhere between the two ) for non-essential imports and possibly some types of export . |
| 6 | It still had its pepper trade and the factories in India at Surat and Madras , and at Bantam in the East Indies , with a number of smaller bases , and it was beginning to look for new opportunities . |
| 7 | When the offence of obstructing a constable was first enacted by Parliament , it seems reasonably clear that it was intended to refer to physical obstruction only . |
| 8 | It was agreed to abstain from hostile media campaigns , and a joint committee to meet in Paris on July 22 would discuss compensation for those who had lost property during the events of 1989 . |
| 9 | Reagan himself claimed that the SDI was defensive in character , since it was designed to dispose of nuclear weapons before they reached their target , and that it was in any event a programme of research in the first instance . |
| 10 | It was forbidden to interfere in individual cases which were ‘ to continue to be addressed to the Chief Constable and the Police Complaints Board ’ . |
| 11 | She knew it was going to hurt like crazy giving up her chances of ever catching a glimpse of Naylor again , but she knew in her heart of hearts that the action she was taking was the only one possible . |
| 12 | A thick stolon was much delayed in its passage ; at one place it was forced to turn at right angles to its former course ; at another place it could not pass through the pins , and the hinder part became bowed ; it then curved upwards and passed through an opening between the upper part of some pins which happen to diverge ; it then descended and finally emerged through the crowd ’ ( Darwin , 1880 ) . |
| 13 | An important part of this particular procedure , for example , was the identification of the numbers of people it was proposed to place upon new points of each salary scale , to determine the financial implications and analyse the salary movements within each division of the company and make possible divisional comparisons . |