Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [conj] it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Analyses of voting patterns revealed that it was primarily the racist demagoguery against foreign nationals living in West Germany that accounted for the party 's victories . |
| 2 | Baxter 's career at Raith Rovers flourished and it was only a matter of time before he became won of Scotland 's most sought after young stars . |
| 3 | On the one hand , the Bhatta-Mimamsaka school argued that time is perceptible , whereas their Nyaya-Vaiseka opponents claimed that it is only an inferred concept because it lacks sensible qualities , such as colour , form , etc . |
| 4 | It was dominated by members of the former Soviet political system , and observers noted that it was out of step with political and economic realities after the demise of the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | Once again the movies learnt that it was not only the wealthy and respectable who liked to think that they were being given the best . |
| 6 | The official death toll from the assault was put at 83 , including nearly 70 civilians , but nationalists claimed that it was as high as 600 . |
| 7 | Cynics argued that it was not in the interests of the nuclear industry to create even more public concern . |
| 8 | In striving for more respectable customers the exhibitors learnt that it was not just the most affluent who liked to be treated with dignity and style . |
| 9 | Critics argued that it was merely an attempt by Ford to purchase market share in the UK and that rationalisation would inevitably cause massive job losses . |
| 10 | Other members argued that it was not the EC 's fault if Britain paid more money than others under the terms of membership , and there were bitter arguments before a temporary ( three year ) settlement of the issue was reached , at the Luxembourg summit of April 1980 , when Britain got some repayments . |
| 11 | The move followed a Supreme Court ruling by five votes to four on May 23 in the case of Rust v. Sullivan , upholding the constitutionality of a 1988 ban on abortion counselling , even in cases where women asked for information or where their doctors believed that it was medically necessary . |
| 12 | Rigorous control procedures established that it was neither an artefact of nutritional compromise nor of preoperative bowel preparatory protocols . |
| 13 | One possibility was " to write off the Shah and proceed on the unpalatable consumption that Mosadeq is the indisputable ruler of Persia and the only bulwark against Communism " In the end , however , the prime minister advisers decided that it was almost prudent for Britain to follow the American line . |
| 14 | The members thought that it was technically feasible and , under the right conditions , could benefit the region . |
| 15 | When the price was raised , parents and children asked whether it was really worth it , or sandwiches would do just as well . |
| 16 | Monte Carlo simulations indicated that it was extremely unlikely that the peaks in the histogram of evoked responses had arisen by sampling artefact from a distribution that was smooth ( Fig.2 ) . |
| 17 | Some men insisted that it was not possible to make your first jump without voiding your bowels . |
| 18 | No total view of the consequences of all the commitments emerged until it was too late . |
| 19 | Over 50 people were killed in unrest across the country in the period Aug. 2-4 , although police said that it was not clear whether all the deaths were related to the strike . |
| 20 | Others realized that it was only a matter of patience to wait for the guaranteed escape which would be provided by the end of the war , and as the war dragged on more and more people became converted to this view . |
| 21 | The open-ended commitment to a vastly expensive discretionary scheme for criminal injuries compensation , sanctioned by statute in 1988 but not yet brought into force at the time of writing , was a particular Treasury bête noire , leading to pressure to cut back on other things if Ministers maintained that it was politically unacceptable to curtail the cost . |
| 22 | Announcing the government 's decision , Indian Ministers insisted that it was solely related to their wish to proceed without outside interference , and claimed that the project would go ahead , and would meet or exceed the standards set by the Bank . |
| 23 | However , the costs of building and of providing the necessary infrastructure together with planning restrictions meant that it was less than ideal . |
| 24 | NIAPA represents a significant number of small to medium sized farmers and recently one of their spokesmen said that it was quite clear that the anti-reform lobby were finding it extremely difficult to justify their arguments ! |
| 25 | One marcher thought that it had been deliberately chosen to be provocative ; others suggested that it was simply the most direct route . |
| 26 | Librarians claimed that it was extremely difficult to predict a ‘ useful book ’ , in research terms , and that those who retained only titles which were currently in demand would create serious problems for future researchers . |
| 27 | Everyone was cheering and the nerves disappeared 'cause it was so much fun . |
| 28 | Everyone was cheering and the nerves disappeared 'cause it was so much fun . |
| 29 | CORPORATE bankruptcies in Japan rose only 2.7 per cent in January and their resulting debt fell more than 40 per cent from a year ago , but analysts said that it was too soon to say the worst was over . |
| 30 | The power of trade unions ensured that it was not the workers ' wages that suffered but the employers ' profits . |