Example sentences of "it was [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was wiser not to tantalize oneself . |
| 2 | Although it was beneficial both to optimal planning and the creation of much-needed accommodation to maximise the number of rooms that could be sited internally , the aggregation of these spaces was still inadequate to ‘ fill up ’ the middle of the broad interior , and in the flour-mill section of the building the residual central space was devoted to a full-height internal courtyard or ‘ atrium ’ which rises through seven storeys to terminate in a glass-roofed conservatory . |
| 3 | They were very welcome but it was frustrating not being able to refer from one to another . |
| 4 | Erm er it was current well you just sort of sw swam round in it and you could get to the side easily . |
| 5 | ‘ It was nice just to do shopping and the other sister stuff — in the hours when I was n't working . |
| 6 | No it was nice now but I had to sit like that with my arms up my sleeves . |
| 7 | It was predictable whenever he was away from home — the stroll before bed — and they both knew better than to offer their company . |
| 8 | It was predictable enough , and Edouard 's face grew taut as he listened . |
| 9 | We had allowed six days to explore the island : it was scarce enough . |
| 10 | It was pleasant not to have the complexities of crime on his mind for a change . |
| 11 | It was pleasant out of doors and I went for a walk , down by the station , along the Wharf and across the promenade . ’ |
| 12 | It was black above . |
| 13 | It was black outside . |
| 14 | It was better not to go out than to go and fall down . |
| 15 | The Departments of Environment and Transport could have agreed that in principle it was better not to encourage more cars onto the roads by building better motorways . |
| 16 | He would often ask about Dinah and his family , and send them affectionate messages ; Nathan passed these on to Dinah , but he did not think she spoke of their father to the children ; it was better not . |
| 17 | While Christie 's toyed with the idea of another Spanish sale , they quite rightly decided it was better not to overplay one market , which had in fact exhibited some weaknesses amidst the strengths . |
| 18 | Maybe it was better not to dwell on it , he decided . |
| 19 | It was better not to know , then she did n't have to picture him with his wife and child in their London house , or at High Brook . |
| 20 | And so Katherine learned that it was better not to provide an opportunity for a row . |
| 21 | It was better not to think of the past . |
| 22 | She talked about it a little , wondering what had happened to you , feeling it was better not to interfere , so I did n't tell her I 'd found you . |
| 23 | It was better not to see him again . |
| 24 | But it was better not to anger it by sleeping on the bed . |
| 25 | It was better not to let him know that Chris woke regularly two or three times every night . |
| 26 | He had learnt early on that it was better not to flounder ; a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel . |
| 27 | ‘ It was better even than being in a novel — this being , this fairly wallowing in a libretto . ’ |
| 28 | Disguising his real feelings he wrote cheerfully , telling them that it was better here than The Hague , as if to say that nothing could be worse than the hell of being unloved . |
| 29 | It was better here . |
| 30 | ‘ Looking at what happened in the US under the push of liberalisation in the air transport market , you ca n't necessarily say it was better afterward , ’ Silvestri said , carefully avoiding to choose the US telecommunications system as his example . |