Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] it was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , Bella 's home-help came out of the bungalow and it was no use any more trying to pretend that it was n't happening … . |
| 2 | It was no doubt less advanced in its industrial organisation than Lancashire , where the last of the surviving handloom weavers were absorbed into other employment in the 1850s , but it would be unrealistic to claim that it was not industrial . |
| 3 | Whether or not that was the intent of the regulations — and I am willing to believe that it was not the Minister 's intent — that has been the net effect of the way in which the three-week period was cut off due to the way that the regulations were tabled . |
| 4 | It is easy to forget that it was here , millions of years ago , that our forebears first appeared . |
| 5 | Pipeline was easy to judge since it was basically a one-manoeuvre event : what everyone was after was the tube . |
| 6 | She had the joint X-rayed on Wednesday night and was somewhat relieved to learn that it was merely a bad case of bruising . |
| 7 | The family historian who visits such a place would find it hard to believe that it was once the home of a mere waggoner if he had not seen old photographs that show its condition before the First World War . |
| 8 | Alfred 's shop looked as though it had been closed and deserted for months ; it was hard to believe that it was only three days since a few people , at least , had been entering through the rickety door with its small glass panes to buy patent medicines or seek advice . |
| 9 | It was important to remember that it was only a few hours since Floy and Snodgrass had left Tara , the Shining Citadel , the Bright Palace , and that there was not very much that could have gone wrong for them in those few hours . |
| 10 | ‘ We have been given reassurances that the water is safe to drink and it was just the long hot summer but we are not so sure . |
| 11 | That night he was unable to sleep and it was only after taking aspirin tablets that he was able to get any rest . |
| 12 | It is important to understand that it was essentially a political war . |
| 13 | Tamar looked down at the child , scarcely able to believe that it was all over so quickly . |
| 14 | It is important to note that it was only the statements of this man and his wife which contained any evidence of Paisley 's knowledge of the crimes , and the juries determined that they were not trustworthy witnesses . |
| 15 | The Chairman welcomed the members present at the meeting and was pleased to see that it was well attended . |
| 16 | Smoke was curling up from the chimney , but Virginia was thankful to note that it was n't coloured . |
| 17 | It must have been about the turn of the century the er Times newspaper ran a competition and it wa , the competition was a very simple one , difficult to answer but it was very simply put it was asking for people to write in letters and essays , and features and articles on , what was wrong with the world . |
| 18 | As he examined the clutter , however , Rostov was inclined to wonder if it was entirely the result of essential additions to survey gear . |
| 19 | The second side-effect — and this is n't necessarily a criticism — was that I found this guitar absolutely unbearable to play unless it was as near perfectly in tune as possible . |
| 20 | King John may have been willing to agree to anything , even the dismemberment of his kingdom , in order to ensure that he did not die in prison ; but , as Professor Fowler remarked , the treaty was ‘ so preposterous that it is difficult to believe that it was ever intended seriously ’ . |
| 21 | I shall not repeat what I said to the Government of India , but it is perfectly fair to say that it was well taken . |
| 22 | Once a man knows of his right it is more difficult to say that it was not reasonably practicable to give notice within a reasonable time . |
| 23 | A buyer who has taken the formal step of signing a document will therefore find it difficult to show that it was not a contractual document . |
| 24 | It had only been her bank book , and Edward had been quite right to say that it was not worth reading . |
| 25 | 14–16 ) was right to say that it was only with the Peloponnesian War that the real migration from country to city took place . |
| 26 | And I think they 're quite expensive to run but it was so nice we |
| 27 | Jim was keen to impress that it was not a scale model of anything but a real small narrow gauge locomotive in its own right . |
| 28 | However it was a question of fact for the Crown Court , which was entitled to find that it was not so practicable . |
| 29 | In the instant case the IT were entitled to find that it was not reasonably practicable for Mr Sen to have presented his unfair dismissal claim in time , notwithstanding that he had been given erroneous advice about the time limit by a solicitor in circumstances where he had also been wrongly advised as to the time limit by a member of the IT staff . |
| 30 | On returning to his office the following Monday , Mark was surprised to find that it was now occupied by visiting American auditors . |