Example sentences of "it was [adv] [v-ing] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was equally fitting that following the opening , the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster flew over Wexford House in salute . |
| 2 | It was also fitting that former London Marathon winner Hugh Jones , pictured should take the title to add his name to the list of marathon superstars who have conquered the event . |
| 3 | For in accepting that age and , more importantly , insanity could influence the degree of individuals ' responsibility for their actions it was also accepting that in some cases , and to some extent at least , human actions could be seen as determined . |
| 4 | Considering he was joining an honour roll that included his big brother John , it was somehow fitting that Patrick played the leading role in the two-hour 48-minute finale to the grand prix circuit which saw the younger McEnroe and Jim Grabb dismiss the more experienced Anders Jarryd and John Fitzgerald 7-5 , 7-6 , 5-7 , 6-3 . |
| 5 | Coun. Jim Skinner ( Lab ) said it was particularly fitting that the launch should take place in Darlington , where the first nursery provision in the country was made by Quakers . |
| 6 | It was entirely fitting that it should end with a sit-in at the Guildhall by a number of homeless families and with a dispute over the allocation of houses . |
| 7 | So that when the British Medical Association decided in the late 1950s to inaugurate a programme of discussions among its membership on an appointed ‘ Subject of the Year ’ , it was entirely fitting that for its first discussion-point it should home in on The Adolescent : |
| 8 | It was so scarring that it dominated perceptions in Moscow for years to come . |
| 9 | Yet it was perhaps fitting that Jesus was born in this squalid town . |
| 10 | It was always hearing that returned first . |
| 11 | The attention that the magazines gave us produced a large underground following , which was really cool to have because we thought it was really bitchin' that people from all over the world were sending for our demo tape . ’ |
| 12 | It was never loving that emptied the heart , nor giving that emptied the purse . ’ |
| 13 | When the Scottish government turned to France for aid in 1547–8 , therefore , it was undoubtedly recognizing that the level of English aggression was both intolerable , and irresistible without foreign help . |
| 14 | Dining in the perfect Jacobean hall of Trinity it was only fitting that we should wear dinner jackets ( Hooray for a touch of elitism ! ) |
| 15 | As usual , pace dominated the bowling , both in the Cup and in the A team series , and it was only fitting that Kenneth Benjamin should have been the latest addition to the Test attack . |