Example sentences of "[was/were] it [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were it possible for a further donation to be agreed at some point during 1993 , I should be most grateful . |
| 2 | ‘ Was it good for you , honey ? ’ |
| 3 | Was it right for me to assume that I would remain senior partner until retirement ? |
| 4 | Was it easier for them was it easy for them to pick up work or would they have been woul would they have to face a long time on the dole or ? |
| 5 | Nor was it easy for her at first to make new ones at The Milebrook , having only a pony and cart and her nearest neighbours being two , four and five miles away . |
| 6 | The roof , however , was only six years old and a structural analysis subsequently carried out by a structural engineer showed that not only was it impossible for that roof to slip , but furthermore it was twice as strong as the Building Regulations required . |
| 7 | So was it reasonable for the driver to step in and use his car to defend himself against a gang armed with lumps of concrete ? |
| 8 | Was it suitable for the age and ability ranges of pupils ? 2 . |
| 9 | Thus was it possible for one new Sprinter vehicle to replace at least two old DMU coaches . |
| 10 | Was it possible for such a large amount of people as inhabited Athena Gardens to be genuinely so cheerful and contented ? |
| 11 | And how was it possible for a man with cardiac problems to win the greatest tennis crown of them all at Wimbledon in 1975 ? |
| 12 | But how was it possible for two different people who clearly knew some basic mechanical principles to have a go and produce answers that were nonsense ? |
| 13 | Was it possible for the corpse to have been so treated , with the ‘ hollownesse ’ of every bone to be filled up with solid lead ? |
| 14 | the historical biography of the relationship between carer and cared for : how far was it possible for people with a long history on one particular level to relate to each other on a level of physical intimacy , faced with the disgust that caring often demands . |
| 15 | Or was it possible for one individual to be in the position of a net ‘ receiver ’ for some considerable time because of an expectation that they would be able to reciprocate at some stage in the future ? |
| 16 | It was important to find out whether Riddle 's body could have been in the Wheel and , if it could , was it possible for anyone other than Jordan to have put it there ? |
| 17 | How was it possible for any man who fell within the circle of his radiance to forgive Hotspur for being Hotspur ? |
| 18 | At the time when you started your first gallery was it unusual for a woman to be in charge ? |
| 19 | And was it common for riveting squads to accumulate out of families ? |
| 20 | But was it common for everybody to do that ? |
| 21 | Nor was it wise for the British to make precipitate and unilateral cuts to their conventional forces . |
| 22 | Well , Mrs Brown , was it difficult for you to get to the toilet yesterday ? |
| 23 | Was it safe for Her Majesty to go to a land which was virtually Communist controlled ? |