Example sentences of "that it [was/were] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish that it were possible to bring more of those who are responsible for them to justice , but , as my hon. Friend knows , because he makes a close study of such matters , it is often impossible for the police to identify those who are responsible . |
| 2 | In evidence I said that allergen extracts should be standardised and prepared according to good manufacturing practice and that it was absurd to inject patients with extracts of gas and petrol fumes . |
| 3 | It also made me realise that it was stupid to waste any part of what little time we all have left in silly sulks . |
| 4 | She 'd pointed out that it was stupid to talk about Tupperware parties as a means of raising funds since funds raised at Tupperware parties naturally went to the manufacturers of Tupperware . |
| 5 | She was still so entranced by the timeless atmosphere of their night-time sail back round the island that it was strange to hear Lucy 's familiar voice on the telephone that night . |
| 6 | The French government was being criticized in the French media for its traditionally paternalistic relationship with former colonies , with the implication that it was content to support repressive African regimes . |
| 7 | The French authorities said that it was legitimate to differentiate between French companies and non-French companies in order to prevent tax avoidance by the latter . |
| 8 | Barth therefore concluded that it was correct to argue that if we could define God then God must exist . |
| 9 | His expression had n't changed , but suddenly she saw an underlying loss and sadness , so much a part of him that it was easy to miss — but once seen , not easy to overlook again . |
| 10 | Broadcasters themselves were also aware that it was easy to overdo the attention given to politicians and political news ; it might make some politicians happy , but not the audience . |
| 11 | Like McAllister he was discovering that it was easy to bear the grief and pain of others when you were not emotionally committed to them . |
| 12 | And Maurin replied that it was easy to guess . |
| 13 | Taking into account the fact that they made fewer comments about individual types of credit than men , women 's comments were more likely to be that they did not know how a type of credit worked than men 's ; and less likely to say that it was easy to understand and use . |
| 14 | I found that it was easy to read and well organised in eight chapters . |
| 15 | This accurate boring mill also meant that it was easy to convert the engine to a double acting one , i.e. one where the piston is pushed both ways in the cylinder . |
| 16 | On this great day , when he cut the ribbon on a shop built to remind him of the Italian department stores of his childhood — ‘ they always had a restaurant , because part of the treat of shopping was lunching out ’ — he was so happy and relaxed that it was easy to swallow inhibitions and ask him whether he was n't bothered about being known , through the films he has chosen to dress , as the creator of designer violence . |
| 17 | It was by developing such a line of reasoning that Bukharin reached the conclusion that it was necessary to conceptualise the naturalisation of economic relations . |
| 18 | A report in the Liverpool Daily Post quoted a Birmingham City Council member as saying that it was necessary to control fox numbers ‘ on public health grounds ’ . |
| 19 | Fortunately , at that time it was possible to combat complaints with the argument that it was necessary to control noise and nuisance . |
| 20 | The whole performance was an almost total waste of time , and was accompanied by a belief that it was necessary to demonstrate that one was working long hours in the evenings , and preferably all weekends as well . |
| 21 | He was taking large quantities of vitamin pills to keep his strength up — with the unexpected side-effect of giving him hairs on his chest — and he was socializing again , accepting invitations in the belief that it was necessary to circulate after his period in the wilderness . |
| 22 | But it was felt though , that it was necessary to support the document in order to clear up a rather unsatisfactory situation er , where we 're holding sectional and delegate conferences that do n't have remits and guidelines er , which can clarify their position . |
| 23 | John Mackintosh has described a convention as " a generally accepted political practice , " arguing that it was necessary to deduce its nature and scope by observing and analysing the conduct of government and politics in similar situations over the years . |
| 24 | We therefore concluded that it was necessary to abandon any attempt to ‘ do justice ’ between the parties in the context of decree proceedings . |
| 25 | Finance Minister Ruth Richardson justified the move on the grounds that the country could no longer afford to fund one of the most comprehensive welfare systems in the world , and that it was necessary to replace it with " a true enterprise society living within its means " . |
| 26 | Thus Sartre argues that it was necessary to choose between the break-up of the Revolution and its deviation . |
| 27 | He saw that it was necessary to take sides . |
| 28 | When the situation got beyond the normal discouraging advice , I would inform him that it was necessary to take counsel 's opinion before we proceeded any further . |
| 29 | He was sufficiently sober by now to know that it was necessary to drive with extra care — but not to appear too careful . |
| 30 | Instead of hoping that experiments would eventually pile up evidence for some particular formula , he recognized that it was necessary to proceed hypothetico-deductively : to propose a structure for a given substance , then to work out consequences of this and test them . |