Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Strong , colourful midfield player or striker , Andy Gray had been with the Palace as a schoolboy during the Terry Venables era at Selhurst Park , but disappeared into non-league soccer so that it was actually from Dulwich Hamlet that Manager Steve Coppell initially signed him for The Eagles in November 1984 . |
| 32 | Instead of providing the British people with more incentives to work hard and succeed , the Labour Government preferred to increase taxes , so that it was hardly worth one 's while to produce more wealth . |
| 33 | Handling by kidney squeeze overcame any further resistance so that it was then possible to secure the model in the Pavlov stock . |
| 34 | this meeting so that it was then |
| 35 | The clergy were very supportive and Bishop Brunner persuaded me that I should extend the membership of the Guild so that it was more Diocesan oriented . |
| 36 | It was not until 1921 that the TVLR ( Transfer ) Order was put into effect so that it was now absorbed by the Cambrian Railway , which itself was soon to be absorbed by the GWR in January 1923 . |
| 37 | There were odd jagged seams all over the place , and the pale soft chamois leather had effectively polished dirt off every surface it came into contact with , so that it was now as grimy as the leathers Carolyn 's Dad used at the garage . |
| 38 | At the same time the weight of the gold coin declined , the scale of its production was greatly reduced , and , at the end of the period , it too was debased so that it was only 70–80 per cent pure . |
| 39 | I had made up a sort of flattened octopus-like creature , with electrically lit eyes , which we stretched out onto a frame and placed in a shallow trough of water so that it was only just submerged . |
| 40 | So that it was only Creggan who heard old Minch 's final words : ‘ Help lies beyond the power of our wings and strength , it goes where our spirit goes . |
| 41 | So that it was only the man Jesus who died . |
| 42 | Matisse , as has been seen , had for the past years been turning to the work of Cézanne for inspiration , and by 1906 Derain was looking at his work also , so that it was only natural that Braque , who had discovered Fauvism through them , should once again follow their example , although he was already well acquainted with Cézanne 's work . |
| 43 | The throw took her by surprise , was sharp and strong , and went a little wide , so that it was only the experience of three younger brothers that gave her quick enough reflexes to shoot an arm out sideways to take the catch . |
| 44 | Now that her ankle was better she should really go back and chase up on the calls Steve should have made in Palma so that it was all tied up when he got back but she did n't want to spoil it all with Fernando . |
| 45 | Overall , it was a good performance and we took our chances well so that it was all over by halftime , ’ said McHale . |
| 46 | In early April 1937 it rose to 1.6 , so that it was considerably brighter than Polaris . |
| 47 | This year , the D & AD committee asked only graphic designers to judge the work — so that it was never considered by other advertising professionals . |
| 48 | Through all the vicissitudes of history , the crown came to embody Hungarian nationality and the Kingship remained elective , so that it was still possible for Hungarians in 1860 to deny Francis Joseph sovereignty because he had not been crowned with the crown of St Stephen . |
| 49 | ‘ One of the most malicious and vicious curses of the Amaranth sorcerers of tara , ’ said the Robemaker and pulled the hood back into place , so that it was once again the forbidding cloaked being who stood there . |
| 50 | So that it was always able to breathe . |
| 51 | They had two or three different bus services and erm , the bus went past County Hall so that it was quite , |
| 52 | So that it was much more efficient and , and pathways and er alleyways were all cleared and lined and kept clear . |
| 53 | Orton switched things around so that it was much more Ken 's vehicle , as Williams said , ‘ He did , suddenly , get fired with the idea of writing a zonking great part for me . ’ |
| 54 | There was a lot of straw in the mattress and it had been filled recently so that it was pleasantly responsive . |
| 55 | Checking his watch he saw it was time to swim back to the canoe and his rendezvous with Roger Courtney , who had been paddling offshore for the last few hours , keeping the canoe head or stern towards the beach so that it was less likely to be seen . |
| 56 | This latter cloud rolled swiftly down towards St Pierre , hugging the ground , but extending upwards at the same time , so that it was almost as high as it was long . |
| 57 | The jetty in the centre of Funchal ( long described as part of the ‘ Entrance to the City ’ ) was begun in 1843 , but then neglected so that it was almost destroyed by the waves . |
| 58 | After all , Papa was only just forty-one , and Mama was younger than that , and they were both so handsome that it was a wonder — or perhaps not — that they were so faithful to one another , so much so that it was almost a joke , Papa having been a great ladies ' man in his youth , she had discovered . |
| 59 | Marjorie had opened the long sash windows and pushed the table near them , so that it was almost like eating in the garden . |
| 60 | Clare noticed that her hair had been cropped shorter than before , so that it was almost like fur on her head . |