Example sentences of "[was/were] [conj] it was [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 When I spoke to some of these women alone much later I asked them why Asian women often reacted like this ; their answers were that it was good for a man 's Izzat .
2 The mystery was that it was successful for more than thirty years .
3 The government 's view was that it was necessary for JMB to continue in operation to maintain international confidence in the banking system and in the London gold market .
4 What she liked about the shop was that it was open for business on every day of the year .
5 It was that it was unfair for the single-person household to pay the same as the household with two , three , four or five members .
6 All we asked was if it was possible for them to come through Halam and go down School Lane to pick to get an extra bus service at Halam .
7 Gustason indicates that this may relate to attitude and shows further evidence on positive attitudes towards both ASL and Manual English among teachers , The problem which arose among deaf teachers was whether it was possible for teachers to use ASL in teaching .
8 Thus the issue in Shanghai Banking Corporation/Royal Bank of Scotland ( 1982 ) was whether it was acceptable for a major UK clearing bank to be controlled from outside the UK , and the likely consequences for the conduct of UK monetary policy .
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