Example sentences of "it were [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Best of all would be to get a job in Wellingham if it were possible and live all the time at Moorlake . |
| 2 | And even if it were enforceable and there 's three how would you decide which two of the three could do the job . |
| 3 | And why did Rose seem to sag wearily , as though it were tired and feeling its age ? |
| 4 | This case is so important , by comparison with the social situations of artists in later societies , that it is often presented as if it were singular and uniform , and this can have important effects on its more general interpretation . |
| 5 | Archer Road or ‘ The Street ’ as it was known by all who lived in it , was a bit like the curate 's egg : bits of it were good and bits of it were bad , very bad . |
| 6 | Although the limb is three-dimensional I will treat it as if it were two-dimensional and only consider position with respect to two axes , the antero-posterior axis which runs across the limb from digit 2 to digit 4 , and the long , or proximo-distal axis , which runs from the shoulder to the tip of the digits . |
| 7 | People perceive the world as though it were guiding and constraining them . |
| 8 | Though the words were softly spoken and polite , the look in Michele 's eyes made David drop her hand as if it were red-hot and step back . |
| 9 | Although for practical purposes in ordinary situations we use language as if it were transparent and as if meanings and intentions existed prior to it , literature , in its freedom from any referential obligation , demonstrates the supremacy of language over all other activities . |
| 10 | Winchester 's position is , and has been since they first saw the copy notice , that the allegations in it were unfounded and that some or all of the factual material on which the allegations were based was inaccurate . |
| 11 | and it dried the trousers out , and dried the leg and , it were lovely and cosy after |
| 12 | It is good for appraising divisions as each is treated as though it were independent and , provided the divisions are efficient , they should be able to make profits . |
| 13 | One of the most disgraceful international aspects of what is going on in Bosnia is that Western leaders , including our own , seem to be accepting the escalating Serbian brutality , and its consequences of carnage , rape , starvation and terror as if it were inevitable and beyond their combined capacities for effective reaction or remedy . |
| 14 | but at the beginning of the morning it were cold and then it went warmer |