Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [was/were] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | One or two were aware that such connections could be made , that quantum mechanics was qualitatively different : |
| 2 | So ninety pounds is the mark up , ninety pounds is what you add to it , okay , and that was good that you worked that out , cos a lot of people just think ooh , you just add forty five pounds on |
| 3 | The overemphasis on nuclear weapons and missiles at the expense of conventional forces was seen by many observers , both military and civilian , to have gone too far , too fast , and too soon ; but the political prize of ending National Service had been seized and that was all that mattered to the Macmillan Government in 1957 . |
| 4 | And that was all that mattered as they cruised down the freeway , alone together in Zitney 's gleaming red hatchback . |
| 5 | She soon realised that Stephen 's mother thought she was demeaning herself by ‘ hobnobbing with the peasantry ’ but Stephen was grateful for her interest and that was all that mattered to Tamar . |
| 6 | But small or not , she could fight and that was all that counted . |
| 7 | Its bow-wave made a dark miraging ripple on the creamy blue surface of the sea , and that was all that remained of civilization when the boats had disappeared behind the western headland . |
| 8 | She loved him , and that was all that mattered . |
| 9 | With the workshops locked up , furniture students were unable to do any woodwork and some were angry that their academic colleagues still had the facilities of the library available . |
| 10 | Others interpreted the troop withdrawals in the east not as the tactical manoeuvres devised by Hitler , but as moves ‘ dictated ’ by the Russians , and many were disappointed that no precise details were given about retaliation . |
| 11 | And when he wrote ‘ Tho ’ my errors and wrecks lie about me' , I believe that cantos like 107 and 108 were those that he had in mind ; and that he was right to judge them thus harshly . |
| 12 | And most were convinced that if there was any one person who could testify to what the pop goddess looked like on waking up , it would be Jason . |
| 13 | Relatively few had bothered to examine Green Party policy in detail , and most were unaware that the party was hostile to the EC and proposed reducing consumption in the interests of conservation . |
| 14 | ‘ But that was all that passed between us , ’ Ronni hastily assured Guido . |