Example sentences of "it was [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment , Sarah wondered about the people whose work it was every day to compose such messages . |
| 2 | It was no doubt to test the veracity of this declaration that Holyfield 's trainer Lou Duva felt it necessary to poke his head round a curtain at Bowe 's press conference to make an insulting remark . |
| 3 | Even in England the permanent staff of the royal administration was by our standards absurdly small ; though it was no doubt enlarged in real life by the hangers-on who gathered round any large household . |
| 4 | Perhaps the attraction was due to the German blood which flowed in the veins of some of my ancestors ; it was no doubt helped by my veneration for the genius of men like Wagner and Goethe . |
| 5 | It was no fun loving a person like Memet , especially when he would n't commit himself to her in a civilized and law-abiding manner . |
| 6 | It was no help to discover that I was not alone in my distaste for the new order because , along with the ever-present sexism , I had to fight the crueller jibes of ageism . |
| 7 | The two head office teams battled it out for the top spot , but it was no surprise to see , a Bolton Sailing Club member along with his father , steer his craft over the line first . |
| 8 | So it was no surprise to see the Seasiders have the best of the chances . |
| 9 | So it was no surprise to find he had moved in . |
| 10 | Again it was no surprise to find most temporary workers in what could best be described as lower level or less skilled occupations , both in industry and services [ see Table 2.2 ] . |
| 11 | It was no surprise to find enough food for a siege . |
| 12 | At the end of a busy week it was no surprise to hear sounds of hilarity in the corridor . |
| 13 | So it was no surprise to learn that the inhabitants of an area next o low-status Levittown sued the U.S. Post Office to change their address to ‘ North Wantagh ’ . |
| 14 | It was no way to start a relationship . |
| 15 | Charlie knew that it was no way to run a cabaret , but it was n't his department . |
| 16 | It was no way to build railways . |
| 17 | ‘ It was no hardship to sacrifice our holiday . |
| 18 | Alone of them all , he had been shriven by the Pope — the Bishop would proclaim it yet again — and yet felt no different from the man who had stood on shipboard beneath a sky turned to flame and faced death with no fears and no doubts , for on such a day it was no hardship to die . |
| 19 | It was no hardship to obey . |
| 20 | ‘ My dear girl , it was no hardship to hold you in my arms for a while , I assure you ! ’ |
| 21 | It was no hardship to look at him , she thought dreamily . |
| 22 | It was no hardship isolating himself . |
| 23 | ‘ It was no effort to find the strength to ferry peasants and their beasts across the Grönsund ; it was no hardship to clothe herself in fustian and feed on oats . |
| 24 | It was no problem to stop off . ’ |
| 25 | Now eligible for a county scholarship , it was no problem to encourage Susanne to think about a university course . |
| 26 | It was no defence to say the transfers had already been signed by his brother Kevin , said Mr Justice Chadwick . |
| 27 | It was no kindness to allow a litigant who was unsuccessful in the trial court to incur costs protesting at that result , if the decision was demonstrably correct or , as often in matrimonial disputes , if there was no ‘ right ’ answer and the trial judge must inevitably be the final arbiter . |
| 28 | If it came , it came ; it was no reason to turn from opportunity . |
| 29 | ‘ Of course , originally , it was no effigy tied up in there , but a live man , a human scapegoat . |
| 30 | And it was no comfort having old ladies telling me how they wished they had naturally curly hair . |