Example sentences of "this [vb past] [prep] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ceased to be the case as the middle-class , finding vaults overcrowded , erected miniature fortresses in the new necropolises and encased their dead in double , and even triple , coffins against the depredations of body-snatchers . |
| 2 | But as the world became increasingly interdependent this ceased to be the case and we became more concerned at our apparent weakness . |
| 3 | This promised to be the kind of job he most liked . |
| 4 | This seemed to be the case . |
| 5 | David was encouraged to return to work the next day because this seemed to be the one positive aspect of his current situation . |
| 6 | For many people it seems to mean freedom to do what someone else has done before with some success , and initially this seemed to be the best course to take . |
| 7 | This seemed to be the case in all four countries in spite of their considerable cultural differences and distinctive marriage customs . |
| 8 | Although this seemed to be the end of the Louth-Bardney line , it refused to die . |
| 9 | Overall this seemed to be the case with the financial imperative too . |
| 10 | Like his pleasure in reading dictionaries or solving crosswords , this seemed to be the kind of soothing conscious activity which allowed the unconscious faculties an easier passage forward . |
| 11 | No doubt this seemed to be the natural course for him , since in that retreat he would complete the process which had begun with his conversion almost thirty years before . |
| 12 | This seemed to be the last straw — somebody was really gunning for me : slowing the whole bloody earth down now . |
| 13 | They needed a boost because of the Cuban crisis and this seemed to be the opportunity , so they had little choice but to enter into the quicksand of the Vietnam War . |
| 14 | This seemed to be the kind of light , bantering conversation that Rob invited . |
| 15 | This happened to be the very day that her daddy , who had sold his old van , was going to bring home his new van from Stowbridge . |
| 16 | This happened to be the very moment when I dropped the punt-pole into the water , the idea being that Dennis could grab hold of it and I would then pull him in . |
| 17 | this happened to be the hour you see and it was on |
| 18 | In conversation this appeared to be the pattern of most youngsters and presumably is coinciding with early adolescence . |
| 19 | Up to about 1920 this appeared to be the case , but thereafter the link was more tenuous . |
| 20 | Gavin stuck his head out from under the duvet , giving me cause once more to marvel at the impressive way the lad 's shoulders merged into his head with no apparent narrowing in between ( this appeared to be the principal physical benefit bestowed by the game of rugby ; the acquisition of an extremely thick neck , just as the most important thing one could take to the sport was a thick skull , and from it an intact one still in satisfactory two-way communication with one 's spinal cord ) . |
| 21 | On the basis of my professional acquaintance with some of the workers involved in the Kent and later Darlington projects , I can say that this appeared to be the result , and that there were real incentives for the workers to work in this way . |
| 22 | This proved to be the case by the end of NEP . |
| 23 | This proved to be the catalyst for much of the discussion and also shaped the questions which the self-selected interest groups chose to pursue . |
| 24 | Although his mother remained upset about the accident , and was naturally more protective of him , his father took the view that if Guy did not perceive himself as disabled , nobody else would , and this proved to be the case . |
| 25 | The good lady thought that he was shy , and constantly twitted him to bring him into the talk ; Paul hoped that she would get over it as the days passed , and this proved to be the case . |
| 26 | Ironically , in view of Tanzania 's later advance along a socialist path , this proved to be the first entirely commercial radio service in English-speaking Africa . |
| 27 | But this proved to be the extent of Congressional action on Truman 's programme . |
| 28 | If this proved to be the case , then ‘ All ravens are black ’ would be false . |
| 29 | If this proved to be the case , then by marrying Cora-Beth , Harry would share her right to the Kinmuire estate . |
| 30 | This proved to be the case : on 29 June 1960 the Cuban government — encouraged by Khrushchev 's statements of Soviet support — seized the refineries operated by the multi-nationals on the grounds that they had violated the law by their refusal to process Soviet petroleum . |