Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it [was/were] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The happiest occupation for the cornetto is in playing florid divisions on vocal works — chansons , madrigals and the like , to which its ‘ vocal ’ qualities suit it , or in taking the place of the violin in sonatas and canzonas — and not only where it was a declared option , which is what happens in this recording . |
| 2 | The result was to put imported scotch at the top of the spirits price range , so that it was a valued gift , but was not bought to drink under normal circumstances . |
| 3 | At one point , the original river bank , shored up by wire and stone , remained the only still point , actually down the centre of the fast-moving Trannon , so that it was a job to guess whether the buckling gabions had belonged originally to the left or to the right . |
| 4 | After appel I collected some books from my locker — my locker was in a comer and there was always a pile of block rubbish in front of it so that it was a business to open and shut the door — and went out towards the library . |
| 5 | And we carefully chose some unusual groceries , such as mango chutney and batteries , as well as the obvious basics , so that it was a really thorough test . |
| 6 | And then the the men cut the like that and then the women s they lifted the , and the next lad he stuck them so that it was a very busy time . |
| 7 | She wore a great deal of make-up at all times , but that day , perhaps just as primitive man might have painted his face as a protection , she was garnished with particularly bright eye colours and lipstick , so that it was a little garish mask staring at the two policemen . |
| 8 | So that it was a terrible let down to her to find it so distasteful . |
| 9 | He sat down next to her and the sofa dipped under his weight so that it was an effort to keep her body erect . |
| 10 | When I asked him about the college he volunteered only that it was an experimental community of researchers and students — ‘ the kind of imaginative endeavour you will find only in the States . ’ |
| 11 | Despite the fact that she wanted to weep , and she was shaking so badly inside that it was a wonder she could still stand up straight at all , she snorted derisively , because she was too afraid to believe his words . |
| 12 | But the prospect was alarming enough and it was a gloomy festival at Christmas 1978 . |
| 13 | ‘ We were under a great deal of pressure in Paris , the ball was not coming out quickly enough and it was a very poor playing surface . |
| 14 | What are the things that you 'd like it if it was a bit different you 'd like it better if it was a bit more of this and not so much of something else in it okay . |
| 15 | Yes , we could , if you wish actually cut back the complaint examiner time further because there is a clear , very clear , front runner , who Chris and I both believe is appointable , so if it was a question of getting somebody in more quickly , there is the option of not having the second interview , as long as you 're prepared to , you know , to forego that , to get somebody in quickly , but that , I mean that decision can be made at the time . |
| 16 | Group identity , as Karl Hufbauer shows in his recent book The Formation of the German Chemical Community ( New Scientist , 17 March , p 744 ) has shown , can be a powerful force in rejecting a new theory , especially if it was a ‘ passing french fad ’ and some thing typical of the ‘ flighty French ’ . |
| 17 | It would appear from paragraph ( a ) that a seller who has a monopoly over the supply of the kind of goods in question is unlikely to convince the court of the reasonableness of a wide exemption clause , especially if it was a large demand for the product which enabled him to insist on the clause being in the contract . |
| 18 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 19 | It was n't much but it was a living . |
| 20 | I yelled … it came out as a croak only but it was a yell in my mind … |
| 21 | Indirect Rule had far more ideological content than the Punjab creed : it was found necessary ceaselessly to draw attention — perhaps because it was a principle coming to be so explicitly disputed by those to whom it was applied — to the long and careful weaning required for the native to shed his primitive mode of thinking and adopt successfully the ways of the modern world . |
| 22 | But on the Sunday , perhaps because it was a strange town and I had not yet made friends , I felt all day a sense of doom . |
| 23 | I think he enjoyed the bank , not merely because it was a change from teaching , but because the City exerted so great a fascination over him . |
| 24 | It was a small undertaking , only sixteen feet wide , three feet deep , and about three miles long , but it was a remarkable work for its time , all the more so because it was a municipal enterprise . |
| 25 | ‘ We want to win every game so while it was a good performance we were a little fed up with the result . ’ |
| 26 | At this time the low fertility of the inter-war years caused serious fears about the high proportion of elderly people in the population in relation to those of normal working age , especially since it was a period of labour shortage and acute need to restructure the economy . |
| 27 | So whilst it was a good paid job , for instance ri |
| 28 | I did n't care very much whether it was a half or a seventh . |
| 29 | As long as it was a boy . |
| 30 | The names Coylton , Water of Coyle , Coilsfield and Coilsholm , all in the ancient district of Kyle , bear witness to the presence of Coilus in the area The burial mound , ‘ Dead Man 's Holm ’ and the horn give credence to the legend , especially as it was an ancient legend before the mound was excavated or the horn unearthed . |