Example sentences of "was [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either it was or it was n't . |
| 2 | The spirit of papal statements throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was that it was the duty of the state to oppose freedom of conscience in matters of religion and freedom of worship and to celebrate openly the worship of God ‘ in that way which he has shown to be his will ’ , namely Roman catholicism ( Leo XIII 1903 : 111–12 ) . |
| 3 | What I did n't discover until recently was that it provides a bonus for organic gardeners . |
| 4 | The problem with the old board was that it did not innovate and did not concern itself with exporting English hops . |
| 5 | But her concept of criticism was that it should be elucidatory and illuminating rather than evaluative . |
| 6 | The only redeeming feature of a goalless , worthless event at Stamford Bridge was that it did not require a grant . |
| 7 | One of its virtues was that it looked temporary : these may be abnormal times , it seemed to proclaim , but one day terrorism will be beaten , and once again doting parents will be able to photograph ambitious children on the steps of No. 10 . |
| 8 | Mr Livingstone argued that the move towards unity was merely the normal pre-election loyalty which the party usually showed ; the only difference this time was that it was happening 18 months earlier than normal . |
| 9 | The genius of the Council of Chalcedon , in saying that Jesus is one person in both divine and human natures , was that it denied that the incarnation implied anything about the nature of God ( the meaning of ‘ God ’ ) , asserting simply that God , the mystery of Creation , is become a human being — not a divine kind of human being but a human kind of human being . |
| 10 | Tristano 's was an improvised music , and part of its quality was that it was n't as flashy and virtuosic as bebop . |
| 11 | It may be that the IRA , fearing informers , had gone to such lengths to restrict the knowledge of where the ‘ active service unit ’ was that it was unable to warn them that their presence was compromised . |
| 12 | The official reason given for the committee 's demise was that it had indulged in counterrevolution and illicit dealings with foreign powers . |
| 13 | What Labour could hardly claim was that it had a magic formula for preserving peace with the unions , although the St Valentine 's Day ‘ concordat ’ with the unions was milked for what it was worth . |
| 14 | The irony was that it was the British Labour Party which now responded more sympathetically towards Europe , since the social charter of the Community , drafted by its French socialist president , Jacques Delors , was in most respects highly congenial to the British left . |
| 15 | The whole significance of that Budget was that it was designed to eliminate the need for , or the risk of , the monetisation of debt as a result of the level of Government expenditure in relation to the level of the national product . |
| 16 | As well as the pun , I 'm sure the reason Malcolm chose QT was that it was the postal code around where Steve — who was still the singer at this point — was staying . |
| 17 | As already noted , the attraction of monetarism for the new Conservative leadership by 1979 was that it promised a method of controlling inflation by means , as it were , of an automatic pilot ; there would be no need for government to compromise its authority with producer groups . |
| 18 | The key to the paysannat concept , as indicated here , was that it would become more intensive over time . |
| 19 | The difficulty lay in the fact that what characterized their view of primitive society was that it was classless and free of exploitation , while the Marxist theory of society is built around the idea of class . |
| 20 | The final irony was that it was unnecessary , anyway . |
| 21 | The point we sought to make , Mr Smith , was that it was ludicrous to assume — as Ford has — that millions of people aspire to nothing better than an average car , and to note that the master marketeers will probably get away with peddling mediocrity yet again . |
| 22 | The answer was that it would make the study of literature highly historical and linguistic . |
| 23 | Its attraction was that it has the advantage of any competitive sport , that measurable results can be easily obtained . |
| 24 | The Home Secretary , Mr David Waddington , said the Government had not yet decided whether to go ahead with a bill , but his personal view was that it should accept the report of the War Crimes Inquiry to change the law . |
| 25 | The idea was that it should be directed by Jon Amiel , who directed Singing Detective and never got much credit for its success , but he did n't want to do it . |
| 26 | Ken Pitt : ‘ But the big value of that album was that it brought David 's work to the attention of a lot of important people . |
| 27 | The thing that attracted me was that it was n't your average plonk , plonk , three cord amateur musician . |
| 28 | The point was that it basically has to come from yourself and if you feel funny about yourself , then maybe you should go to the root of what 's making you feel funny as opposed to just taking downers and then taking uppers . |
| 29 | The Energy Committee 's own calculation was that it would require a 90 per cent increase in gas consumption worldwide to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10 per cent . |
| 30 | One of the problems perceived in Dr Ting 's autocratic management was that it does not endear him to the more easy-going American physicists ; and there were few large American institutions taking part in L* . |