Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a delicious ice-cold soup with tostones , croutons , chopped pimiento and chopped cucumber , which were added as it was served . |
| 2 | A number of options were considered but it was decided that continuity and experience were important and the services provided by Westminster Strategy were highly regarded and ought to continue . |
| 3 | The meeting comes after months of turmoil at Ferranti , from the discovery of a series of bogus contracts at the International Signal subsidiary , most of which were committed before it was bought by Ferranti in 1987 . |
| 4 | ‘ Greatly simplified calculations were done but it was realised that they left out many important factors and were therefore quite unreliable . |
| 5 | The jobs of men were threatened when it was announced last year that the Ladas Drive facility would be replaced by a £250 , fire station at Carryduff . |
| 6 | In the event , few attempts at car restraint were made because it was assumed that the money would be found for reconstruction , but in the crisis-ridden post-1960s British economy , available funds never approached the levels needed for a widespread application of environmental area principles . |
| 7 | Sermons and prayers stressed the patience , humility and virtue of the English king : when people were exhorted to pray for the great expedition which Edward , together with the Black Prince and the duke of Lancaster , led to France in 1355 , they were told that it was setting out ‘ to procure peace ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ We were told that it was going to be arranged for Barry to sing ‘ The White Cliffs of Dover ’ with Mrs Thatcher at the end of the show . |
| 9 | In January 1920 a conference with milk retailers agreed on a voucher scheme through which 76,764 gallons were supplied until it was decided in August , because of the continued difficulty of guaranteeing uncontaminated milk , to substitute dried milk powder . |
| 10 | Senior party members were due to meet the American delegation — who arrived in Ireland today on a fact-finding visit — but were reconsidering after it was revealed that the group will meet Sinn Fein . |
| 11 | The city 's best season was the autumn , when the leaves were turning and it was filled with a soft golden light which carried it the name of Aurea Parma . |
| 12 | The curtains were drawn and it was crowded with heavy brown furniture . |
| 13 | They were wondering whether it was going to happen again . |
| 14 | The accounts were approved and it was moved that " a box be obtained for the Custody of the Deeds , & be lettered " Stockport Grammar School " " . |
| 15 | Friendly messages were exchanged and it was anticipated that political and economic treaties would be signed during the course of a planned visit to Moscow by President Ramiz Alia . |
| 16 | Many involved with its setting up feel deeply unhappy that they were misled when it was set up because the Government encouraged them and they believed that they would get direct financial support . |
| 17 | The radios and transmitter of one firm were seized after it was discovered its cars were operating without a Department of Transport licence , and officers uncovered a total of 56 traffic offences . |
| 18 | He added that other vehicles were despatched when it was realised the press were in attendance and that other people in area might be there . |
| 19 | In the barn alongside , sheep were salved and it was known as the ‘ salving barn ’ . |
| 20 | But memories of the Flockton Grey affair of 1982 were revived when it was revealed that the horse was bred by Ken Richardson . |
| 21 | These suspicions were fuelled when it was discovered that one of those killed was not employed at the mine . |
| 22 | The minutes of the SGM held on the 4th May 1990 were read and it was agreed that the chairman sign them as a true record . |
| 23 | The Minutes of the last A.G.M. were read and it was agreed that they be signed by the Chairman as correct . |
| 24 | I have said it before and will say again that I am one such beneficiary , and probably not the sort of beneficiary that was intended when it was decided that a discount would be required . |
| 25 | In 1987 the ‘ Black Album ’ of pop singer Prince was withdrawn before it was issued , and only a few genuine copies ‘ escaped ’ . |
| 26 | It was raining and it was threatening . |
| 27 | ‘ Launch ’ is an apt term : it was never his intention to control or manipulate the Council , for it was a sovereign body under his presidency ; his duty was to see that it was heading in the right direction . |
| 28 | In October 1962 the choir felt it was difficult for them to give a strong lead to the congregational singing because of where the choir was placed and it was recommended that the Trustees should take expert advice on the rearranging of the pulpit area of the church . |
| 29 | In his annual report to the Supreme Soviet Matiukhin said that he had resigned because ( i ) the government had taken no effective steps to solve the cash shortage ; ( ii ) inter-enterprise debt stood at 2,000,000 million roubles for which the Bank was criticized although it was following government policy ; and ( iii ) the Supreme Soviet was demanding a reduction of the 80 per cent interest rate to 50 per cent . |
| 30 | In some cases setting was criticized because it was argued that it was producing underachievement in certain pupils , although many teachers did not accept this . |