Example sentences of "[conj] it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | just now , for instance , I could not sit & do nothing , since that only irritates my brain ; & it was then only my pipe that enabled me comfortably to read Rousseau 's ‘ Julie ; or the New Heloise ’ . |
| 2 | Some of the government appointments as heads of the programme companies were proven professionals — under ORTF : for example , in 1978 , the head of TFI , Jean-Louis Guillaud , had previously advised Pompidou on broadcasting and prepared the launching of the third channel ; the head of A2 , Maurice Ulrich , would later be ‘ Chef de Cabinet ’ of Chirac when premier ( 1986–8 ) ; Claude Contamine , head of FR3 , and later ( 1986–9 ) head of A2 , had been one of the first — when assistant DG of ORTF in 1964 — to commission work from independent producers , despite ORTF 's formal monopoly of production ; further proof-if it were needed — of the longevity of the connection between broadcasting and the state . |
| 3 | But seeing it was never enough . |
| 4 | I had to find where it was . |
| 5 | The name stems from the fact that it was once exported to imperial Russia where it was popular with the Czarist court . |
| 6 | The developer was eventually defeated through the planning system , where it was decided that the pub amounted to an important social amenity . |
| 7 | Now Channel 4 has gone and the sport is back where it was six years ago . |
| 8 | I think that basically the 1980s were very rough and there were some very difficult times and in order to persuade the country to change , and impose change where it was resisted , and to carry it through , required both will and language characteristic of that challenge and Mrs Thatcher has been associated with that . ’ |
| 9 | Returning to ‘ Ancient Buildings : And the City Churches ’ , he stressed the need to preserve the Church 's role in society , particularly where it was threatened by urban secularization . |
| 10 | China , Rachel had told Maggie , was the place for dragons , where it was hot , and where in the villages great paper ones were paraded with veneration . |
| 11 | In his own words he was seeking to get immigration control on a basis where it was firm but where it was administered with some degree of compassion for the individual case ’ . |
| 12 | Asphalt was often used as a flat-roof surface in older buildings in locations where it was appreciated that a sheet-metal covering would prove unsuitable because of the very large area of roof or where regular foot traffic was anticipated . |
| 13 | Where it was used to coat a sloping surface , it is likely that defects will emerge , inviting water penetration , because the material tends to ‘ creep ’ under its self-weight . |
| 14 | A Short Film About Killing ( Decalogue V ) marked its premiere at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival where it was awarded the Jury and International Film Critic 's prize . |
| 15 | Mr Sells said data emerging from hospitals in Madras was offering an alternative where it was impractical and too expensive to treat large numbers of patients on dialysis machines . |
| 16 | THE monolithic facade which Eastern Europe once presented to the world never seemed the same after West Bromwich Albion visited Bucharest in 1968 to play a Cup Winners ' Cup match against Dinamo in the August 23 Stadium , where it was rarely the 23rd and seldom felt like August . |
| 17 | This was the first experience where it was obvious that the machine was working against itself — something was n't quite right . |
| 18 | ‘ I should have unloaded it first , ’ Catherine Crane said , apologetically , ‘ but I just could n't move in any direction with it where it was . ’ |
| 19 | But this equitable separate estate existed only where it was created by a will or settlement , or in the comparatively rare cases where the Court of Chancery exercised its jurisdiction to compel a husband to make a settlement upon his wife . |
| 20 | I could have my own contributions returned or I could leave my pension where it was and draw it at the age of sixty-five . |
| 21 | Apart from the coal areas , where sympathetic strike action was strongly evident , and the rural areas , where it was not , the rest of the country displayed immense diversity . |
| 22 | Previously , he had merely submitted the name of the person chosen by his committee to Downing Street , where it was rubber-stamped . |
| 23 | Where it was still highly risky and dangerous to speak negatively of the Führer , people frequently vented their wrath on the Party and its representatives . |
| 24 | I knew the Swiss Ambassador , who had a country residence where it was possible to ride and relax . |
| 25 | He drove to a Customs depot where it was sealed by Spanish Customs officers . |
| 26 | It 's just difficult to know why the final decision was changed and where it was made in the first place . |
| 27 | When posted to France he donated the bear to London Zoo where it was admired by Milne , who was inspired to name his fictional creation after the little fellow . |
| 28 | At the other extreme was a father and son dairy farm where it was claimed that each was working 110 hours per week . |
| 29 | Italy also managed to occupy British Somaliland , in East Africa , but lost battles in the western desert areas of Egypt , in February 1941 ; also in East Africa , before the end of 1941 , where it was possible to re-establish the Emperor of Ethiopia . |
| 30 | For example , she considered Yardley 's Foundation Cream highly desirable , and would purchase it at every shop where it was to be found , with the consequence that she must have had dozens of pots stored , all drying up , in the limited accommodation provided in her billet . |