Example sentences of "it was [verb] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bearing this in mind ( and the same applies to the unregistered design right generally and to copyright works ) it is worthwhile keeping good records of the development of the topography so that the date it was created can be proved in a court of law . |
| 2 | Secondly , a statement from the injured party detailing the injury and how it was caused would be required . |
| 3 | Pop music , it was argued ought to address itself to the ‘ real ’ problems — unemployment , racism , etc etc . |
| 4 | Prepared jointly by the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Works , with advice from the Ministry of Town and Country Planning on matters of site planning and layout , it was intended for the guidance of local authorities — who , it was presumed would be undertaking most of the post-war redevelopment . |
| 5 | The grade seems god-given and immutable whereas the grounds on which it was decided might seem only too human and open to dispute . |
| 6 | To the credit of both Hortense and Le Bas , it was agreed that Louis-Napoleon should be enrolled in the High School at Augsburg , a move which it was hoped would not only remove a tendency to idleness and day-dreaming but would also give him a chance to make friends with other boys of his own age . |
| 7 | From what we know of primitive races it is highly probable that the incentive for producing these paintings was magical , the object being to fix in paint on the wall or ceiling of a cave an event — usually the slaying of an animal — which it was hoped would be effected in the future elsewhere . |
| 8 | Reformers were seeking to integrate working-class adolescents into the ‘ common good ’ by means of an educational programme which it was hoped would lead them to internalize the community perspective and , therefore , use it as the criterion for evaluating their own wishes and responses . |
| 9 | One of the Penge termini was to be at the top of Anerley Hill , by the Crystal Palace , then in use as a large exhibition centre , which it was hoped would attract much traffic to the trams . |
| 10 | was now in a position to build up a large network of tramways centred on Croydon , which it was hoped would attract passengers and business from a wide area to Croydon . |
| 11 | The Ferrars also gave considerable attention to planning a college , intended to become the first seat of higher education in North America , as well as a school for Indians , whom it was hoped would be converted to Christianity . |
| 12 | Unity Bank 's Terry Thomas , who represented another backer which it was hoped would look favourably on the project , the Labour Party-linked Co-operative Bank , turned them down flat . |
| 13 | When told that Amnesty International had made a radical new departure in the choice of his successor , a decision that it was hoped would be regarded as courageous , Ian 's response was to nod . |
| 14 | Indeed , the growing rift between the Soviet Union and China , which became public and final in 1963 , heralded the end of world bipolarity , something which it was hoped would give Western Europe more room to consider its own development . |
| 15 | They dropped specially-adapted mines which it was hoped would , if they missed the Tirpitz , roll down the steep slopes of the fjord and still cause damage . |
| 16 | The Ministry of the Interior , too anxious about the security implications of labour unrest to leave matters alone , experimented from 1901–03 with police-run labour organizations which it was hoped would divert working-class energy from political towards economic and cultural aims . |
| 17 | Employers in this period were either providing from the resources of their businesses or demanding from the state such measures as pensions ( which it was hoped would remove from workers worry about their future in old-age , and would enable employers to dismiss less efficient older workers with clear consciences ) , sickness benefit and medical care ( which would enable them to recover more quickly and fully from sickness ) and , more occasionally , unemployment benefit , which it was also hoped would increase the workers ' sense of security . |
| 18 | The 11 countries attending the meeting agreed on a Saudi Arabian proposal for a voluntary 5 per cent production cut by all member states , which it was hoped would reduce their collective output by just over 1,000,000 barrels per day , to 22,300,000 bpd . |
| 19 | Other measures were announced which it was hoped would enable the Russian government to balance its budget in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 20 | The new word was " appropriation " , which it was hoped would be easily understood by the triers of fact . |
| 21 | The Three were negotiating a trilateral free-trade zone to be implemented over a 10-year period , which it was hoped could be signed on July 1 . |
| 22 | He added that Croda-funded research at Stirling was now targeted towards developing a further ‘ Lorenzo 's Oil ’ which it was hoped could be used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis . |
| 23 | The correlation between serfdom and economic backwardness was now conventional wisdom , vague though the economic analysis on which it was based might be . |
| 24 | In much of this material there was little attempt to relate such antipathy and prejudice to a consistent and coherent theory of behaviour , but the assumption and arguments on which it was based can be seen as the origins of a racial nationalist ideology which was to be more rigorously formulated at a later date . |
| 25 | When I was working at a hospice I followed up bereaved people who it was felt might need some support . |
| 26 | The other member of the school staff was the principal teacher of the remedial department who it was felt would play a key role in Tony 's remaining time at school . |
| 27 | The exploration was pursued by statistical analysis relating the amount of manufacturing change ( the phenomenon to be explained ) to characteristics of areas which it was hypothesized might explain the change . |
| 28 | Die Frau ohne Schatten is a complex allegory , with an earthquake , a flood and a lengthy musical ending which it was suggested could be cut . |
| 29 | It was inevitable that the RCM commitment to accepting help from wherever it was offered would be seen by orthodox Jews as a betrayal and a challenge . |
| 30 | An appeal was launched to raise the necessary funds , which it was envisaged would total £100,000 . |