Example sentences of "was it [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Was it credible that Elise should have a car accident that involved no other vehicle , no jay-walking pedestrian , no treacherous roads ?
2 Was it male or female ?
3 Was it gentle and kind ? ’
4 Was it possible that Hurley had forgotten to tell him they were putting in some decent professional equipment at last ?
5 Even the Communist Party was momentarily shaken by the apparent imminence of war — was it possible that Chamberlain was going to fight Hitler after all ? — but the errant comrades were quickly pulled back into line .
6 Was it possible that Short was part of the conspiracy , that he stood to gain from his own horse being beaten ?
7 How was it possible that Ace , world champion , could feel so inadequate in his personal relationships ?
8 Was it possible that Charles ' previous luck could be repeated and he 'd find the door to the utility room open ?
9 Was it possible that people were even more complicated than I had imagined , and had Mrs Monro once been young and funny ?
10 Was it possible that Barrymore was in fact the man who had been watching Sir Henry in London ?
11 Was it true that Adam was having problems ?
12 Nor was it clear that Balfour 's departure was universally desired : at the National Union Conference a few days later , Leo Maxse was booed off the platform , and constituency parties everywhere passed resolutions regretting Balfour 's decision .
13 Only in small and relatively unified societies , not fragmented by industrialization and the resultant division of labour , was it likely that citizens would be more aware of their membership of society as a whole than of their particular social , occupational or interest group within it .
14 Ital , was it Italian or Mediterranean ?
15 What was it German and French ?
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