Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [conj] it be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have said it before and will say again that I am one such beneficiary , and probably not the sort of beneficiary that was intended when it was decided that a discount would be required . |
| 2 | In 1987 the ‘ Black Album ’ of pop singer Prince was withdrawn before it was issued , and only a few genuine copies ‘ escaped ’ . |
| 3 | In October 1962 the choir felt it was difficult for them to give a strong lead to the congregational singing because of where the choir was placed and it was recommended that the Trustees should take expert advice on the rearranging of the pulpit area of the church . |
| 4 | In some cases setting was criticized because it was argued that it was producing underachievement in certain pupils , although many teachers did not accept this . |
| 5 | It was explained that it was hoped that they would ‘ befriend ’ a life preparation student for craft sessions , working alongside each other on a variety of projects . |
| 6 | The skin ended up in the Natural History Museum in Copenhagen and it was only when the corpse was examined that it was discovered that sulukongur was in fact a female ! |
| 7 | A check showed that the area where he had been working was contaminated and it was cleaned . |
| 8 | This was agreed in February 1906 and at the same time the order for a further 14 cars of the smaller type , to work the Sutton route , was cancelled when it was realized that the fifteen ‘ Croydon & District ’ cars dumped on the site of Mitcham Road Depôt ( Aurelia Road ) would have to be taken into the South Metropolitan fleet . |
| 9 | In February 1991 E. was bruised and it was thought to be a non-accidental injury . |
| 10 | Two days after its signing , Joyce went to England and joined the army , but was discharged when it was discovered that he was only sixteen . |
| 11 | The cows are not as good for milk as the Aubrac or Salers : there was crossing with Durham Shorthorns in the eighteenth century to help milk yields from an essentially draught-and-meat animal but this was discarded when it was decided to concentrate on beef from the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 12 | The Government initiated proceedings against Mr Marsh in September last year , but after a lengthy delay while he unsuccessfully tried to obtain legal aid , the case was dropped because it was judged to be ‘ no longer in the public interest ’ . |
| 13 | 13 , the definition of sale by retail was considered and it was held that the sale was defined by reference to quantity sold , not to the person to whom that quantity was sold . |
| 14 | His mistake may have been to assume the election was won before it was fought . |
| 15 | The Concentrated Reinforcement Programme was discontinued since it was considered that the very marginal improvement that it had over the Standard programme was not worth the relatively more substantial increase in running costs . |
| 16 | It looks as though the body was moved before it was buried . |
| 17 | A plea was made that it be written in a style which would enable the non-theologically trained to make sense of it . |
| 18 | However , nothing happened during the period from the time the mistake was made until it was discovered to affect the company 's position , nor was there any unfairness or abuse of power . |
| 19 | In 1741–7 a new church was built but it was destroyed by earthquake in 1748 . |
| 20 | This theory was threatened when it was discovered that many substances gain weight after combustion . |
| 21 | The Korup rainforest project in the Cameroon was selected and it was agreed with WWF that the team — Steve Taylor ( UK ) , Martine Lalevee ( France ) , Dave Williams ( UK ) , Jan Buize ( Holland ) , and Simon Tutt ( Thorn EMI , UK ) — should provide the necessary supplies for their project . |
| 22 | What was different , however , was that formal teaching was offered when it was required , not because of a timetable . |
| 23 | Indeed , this was shown before it was demonstrated that the inferotemporal cortex was anatomically part of the visual system . |
| 24 | On the other hand , to satisfy Kohl , financial assistance to Eastern Europe was promised and it was affirmed that the German people had the right ‘ to regain its unity through free self-determination . ’ |
| 25 | Suzanne Gratton , 22 , of Warwick Close , Birkenhead , was accused after it was noticed that the licence on her car had been taken out for another vehicle . |
| 26 | Members was raised and it was decided to defer this for decision by the A.G.M. as to the merit of the suggestion , and if agreed , whom the Society would wish to make Hon. |
| 27 | The GMB says Cllr Kidd was replaced before it was told of her claim . |
| 28 | In the last chapter the structure of the tone-unit was introduced and it was explained that when a tonic syllable is followed by a tail , that tail continues and completes the tone begun on the tonic syllable . |
| 29 | Sears , Maccoby and Levin had described a great many such relationships : the greatest upset in children resulting from severe toilet training , for example , was found when it was combined with a cold , undemonstrative attitude on the part of the mother ; children experiencing some rejection tended to show more dependent behaviour than accepted children ; the greatest aggressiveness resulted from a combination of a highly permissive attitude and occasional severe punishment , and so on . |
| 30 | Mr Stone argues that they have repelled both foreigners and foreign ideas ; that liberalism was junked before it was given a chance to work , socialism implanted without a bourgeoisie , communism introduced without a proletariat . |