Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the first to join the society was Vincent d'Indy , who became its secretary in 1876 ; indeed , for many years he was effectively its head . |
| 2 | EUROPE 'S former top coal shipping port at Blyth , Northumberland , is switching to windpower as the trade which was once its mainstay goes into decline . |
| 3 | Its monopoly of the Asian trade was still its reward for being one of the main holders of the national debt , and after Robert Clive 's victory over the French at Plessey in 1757 it was the virtual ruler of Bengal . |
| 4 | It was also its insight into the a-rational nature of life itself . |
| 5 | Finally , Tom Johnston , a former Labour minister ( who had set up the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and was now its chairman ) , had little interest in matters south of the border , and attended only intermittently . |
| 6 | The strongest reason for voting Labour was indeed its commitment to improving welfare , repairing the damage Thatcherism has done to the social fabric . |
| 7 | To synthesise such band-pass response , notice that if an inductance of the prototype low-pass filter with unit cut-off pulsatance was then its reactance must become where Thus it is clear that an inductance of the low-pass prototype must be replaced by a series combination of an inductance and capacitance , the values of which are given by equations ( 12.45 ) and ( 12.46 ) . |
| 8 | Whether Diana 's interest in Birthright was planted by her obstetrician George Pinker , who was then its president , or by several of her friends who have had problems and become involved , her decision to add Birthright to her list of patronages marked a turning point in its history . |
| 9 | It reached the conclusion that , in many important respects , our training was not merely the equal of that provided in Germany ; it was actually its superior . |
| 10 | He told his wife ( and himself ) that he was going to meet Adam in order to break the news gently to him that these awful discoveries had been made at Wyvis Hall and that foul play might have taken place while he , Adam , was actually its owner . |
| 11 | That was never its purpose . |