Example sentences of "this was [adv] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was also true when only old subjects with and without atrophy were compared : sham fed acid output : 5.4 ( 1.4 ) ; 9.4 ( 1.2 ) ; p<0.04 ; maximal acid output : 18.9 ( 4.0 ) ; 31.8 ( 3.35 ) ; p<0.02 ; peak acid output : 25.1 ( 5.3 ) ; 44.1 ( 5.0 ) ; p<0.02 . |
| 2 | As the number of patients who originally had had solitary stones was small , the difference does not reach statistical significance and this was also true when the analysis was based on the 26 patients who had recurrence diagnosed by oral cholecystectography or ultrasound , or both ( 14.5 ( 9.5 ) % for those who had had single stones and 46.4 ( 8.1 ) % for those with multiple stones : NS ) . |
| 3 | This was also true when gastrin and intrinsic factor were incubated together with their respective antibodies . |
| 4 | This was also true if the men with cholecystectomy were compared with the 780 men with normal gall bladders . |
| 5 | Tonight her skirt was rucked up almost to her waist and she found this was even better than usual because the bulge fitted neatly between her thighs and touched even deeper chords of excitement . |
| 6 | This was particularly effective when he began to ridicule the practices of orthodox Hinduism … |
| 7 | This was particularly noticeable when hostels were set up by individuals or by groups of sympathisers , rather than by religious or other charitable organisations . |
| 8 | This was particularly appropriate because the ‘ Flickers ’ did just that ; they moved , ran , fell off bridges , drove trains through parlours , rode wild horses , attacked poor wee Indians , flew aeroplanes , and rammed just about every aspect of everything that normal people never did , on to a square screen in the local box of delights known as ‘ The Picters ’ , ‘ The Flicks ’ , or if you came from Clarkston , High Burnside , Shawlands or Jordanhill , ‘ The Cineemaaa ’ … |
| 9 | In Spain this was particularly serious since the age of major railway building in the mid-nineteenth century preceded industrialization and the massive shifts in population and traffic that it was to bring , especially from the 1940s . |
| 10 | This was particularly serious because of its impact on relative prices in the energy sector . |
| 11 | This was particularly annoying as he had wanted particulars of Gale asplenii folio [ i.e. Comptonia peregrina var aspleniifolia ] for the revised seventh edition of the Dictionary . |
| 12 | This was particularly true when the request did not involve employment , for the successful conferment of a small charitable favour was in fact more likely to be long remembered than the award of a place . |
| 13 | This was particularly regrettable since they had always performed well and the situation was not of their making . |
| 14 | This was particularly attractive because the presence of anhydrite was a sign of the absence of water — which could potentially corrode the waste containers . |
| 15 | Two-thirds of the statements were found to be biased : this was particularly evident when developers had not used outside consultants to prepare the statements , and where the developer was also the planning authority . |
| 16 | This was particularly obvious when people like Clint Eastwood and Charlton Heston came on . |
| 17 | This was particularly important because the Americans wanted as few people as possible working in the tunnel in case it was suddenly discovered . |
| 18 | This was particularly important as it was a field in which full-time education was only just emerging , and the development coincided with the early days of the CNAA . |
| 19 | This was particularly important when few persons were able to read and had to depend on what they were told and above all on what they could see . |
| 20 | In fact , the Empire was dissolved after the First World War into several new nations , though this was probably due as much to the policies of the victorious nation states as to the strength of indigenous nationalist movements . |
| 21 | This was probably cheaper than setting or marking exams locally or than employing an individual solely for the purpose . |
| 22 | Now that I 'd definitely decided to welcome the baby , I 'd have to start planning with a bit more efficiency than in the past , when , so far as one could see , I had been working vaguely on the basis that God would provide ; and why the hell He should in a case like this was probably more than even the most devout believer could have told me . |
| 23 | This was slightly less than earlier forecasts to which the Government had responded by announcing a major prison-building programme . |
| 24 | Soon after that , I was fortunate enough to obtain a research studentship at U.C.L. which paid me a small salary of 750 per annum — this was slightly less than what I had been earning as a teacher , but it enabled me to return full-time to research at U.C.L. The money for the studentship had been provided by a television network , ATN . |
| 25 | Most of us , myself included , thought that this was completely pointless as the old name had a better ring to it and most people still referred to our boats as Revenue Cutters in preference . |
| 26 | This was not unreasonable as the changing room was the usual scrum of bodies with shirts , ties and the occasional boot flying through the air . |
| 27 | This was not surprising as , after the race , the route of the descent was marked by one giant skid mark down the face of the fell . |
| 28 | This was not surprising as by now instructions had been received from the Allies prohibiting any further Japanese initiative . |
| 29 | Several men turned to watch her progress with open admiration , and this was not surprising for she was very beautiful : tall , slim and graceful with dark , shining hair just touching her shoulders , a lovely skin and a soft , smiling mouth . |
| 30 | However , there was still a long way to go for Spain to be fully integrated into the world concert of nations ; indeed , this was not possible while Franco lived . |