Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George knew very well there was not a household in Oldfield , Nether Oldfield or Oldfield St Benet where that was not the case . |
| 2 | Where that was so and the workforce was invited , or itself proposed , to set up an industrial co-operative , but understood the preservation of every job to be the prime objective , the necessary conditions for effective management were absent from the start . |
| 3 | ( In a secondary school where this was regularly used in morning prayers it had to be abandoned because the pupils exploited the rhythm created by the parallelism to make it sound like a football chant ! ) |
| 4 | Our billetors were obliged , wherever possible , to provide us with one bath per week ; where this was not possible , facilities were available at B.P. , but this interfered with transport provisions , and sometimes a request for private transport was necessary , though not readily granted , and arrangements for this were in the hands of a Mrs Wildboar-Smith . |
| 5 | Even where this was not the case , Rusche and Kirchheimer argued that the choice of methods of punishment is largely influenced by fiscal interests , such as how much a punishment costs to administer . |
| 6 | It was agreed that where possible a system of barter would operate , with for example Estonia bartering electricity for Latvian gas ; where this was not possible accounting would be based on the deutschmark . |
| 7 | Signatures were mostly readable , but where this was not possible , it was noted as ‘ Indecipherable ’ . |
| 8 | Both engagements illustrate Franco 's obsession with retaking lost territory , even where this was strategically unnecessary , regardless of the cost in terms of matériel , time and human suffering . |
| 9 | A clear intention of the changes was to enable care managers to buy domiciliary support , rather than residential care , where this was both more appropriate and inexpensive . |
| 10 | Where this was so it will be discussed , together with other comments , in the brief ‘ case descriptions ’ attached at the end of each of the chapters that follow . |
| 11 | His eyes indicated the room above where all was now silent , the sounds of hunting having subsided . |
| 12 | The remainder — Va'aiga Tuigamala and Walter Little in the backs , Paul Henderson and Graham Purvis in the pack — have largely been back-up strength in recent times , although Little was busily occupied at first five-eighths in four of the tests this season . |
| 13 | Its clientele was drawn from every part of the world , and the owner was a tiny German whom everyone called Fritz , although that was n't his real name . |
| 14 | But that 's how cash was counted in those days and erm , the waybill was marked to agree with a man 's statement of what his cash added up to and then the cash next day was counted up bolt because there was Priory Heath to take care of , although that was n't a media when I first went down there , that opened later on , but there was the two got to be married together and then conveyed to the bank the next day , or , on the Monday if it was a Saturday or Sunday . |
| 15 | The three parties fought the elections for the Constitutional Convention as a coalition with a joint manifesto which-emphasised that Northern Ireland should remain indefinitely as an integral part of the United Kingdom and that power would not be shared with Republicans although that was not an objection to Catholics as such . |
| 16 | Sally-Anne McAllister — although that was not her real name — walked along Vetch Street in London 's East End late on a hot afternoon in the early summer of 1903 . |
| 17 | Forne of Skirpenbeck took away the bowl , although that was not his business , and came back with a leg of pork , the burnt seaweed still sticking to it . |
| 18 | However , although that was all in the past the memory of it lingers on whenever a match between the two countries is mentioned . |
| 19 | Although that was extremely pleasant , and something I 'd like to repeat at the earliest possible opportunity , ’ he added , his eyes glinting brightly . |
| 20 | His aim in this and other speeches was not to indicate his solution to the crisis ( although that was often how his words were heard ) but to make an emotional connection with each of the major parties to the conflict ( the settlers , the Muslims , and the army ) as well as with the population at home . |
| 21 | And it would balance her table , thought Mair , although that was hardly likely to have been a consideration . |
| 22 | Half the force had been at the match , of course , although that was hardly an excuse . |
| 23 | later than usual was n't it ? |
| 24 | On the other hand , Brighton was near enough to get back to London the same night , so that was n't really necessary . |
| 25 | Given the chance , I would have stayed watching or followed the kestrel around the park all day , but if I was on a shopping sortie with my mother , she was always in an incredible hurry , so that was n't possible . |
| 26 | Zelah favoured the launching site , so that was where they stood . |
| 27 | She was only earning about £1.30 a week , so that was almost her entire wage . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course , he did n't understand any of it , so that was all right , ’ she says later to Freda Leader , in a whisper that echoes around the landing . |
| 29 | I could n't think of anything I 'd promised anybody and I had n't anything musical on for a few days , so that was all right . |
| 30 | Since then my ( now ex- ) girlfriend was really good mates with the two of them cos she was in their year ( Yes I know I 'm a paedophile ) so that was how I got to go to their 18th birthday parties and Al 's leaving do . |