Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I gather from Noakes that it was crouching in a gateway . ’ |
| 2 | It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason . |
| 3 | It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason . |
| 4 | Statements by Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan ibn Abdel Aziz on Oct. 20 , and by King Fahd on Oct. 23 , caused some concern to the US government in particular because of the apparent suggestion that Iraq might be allowed to negotiate an advantageous realignment of its border with Kuwait if it were to abandon its occupation . |
| 5 | All this activity led to a loosening of the earlier close relationships with the WEA and it was believed within the Federation that the new tutor was pursuing the Cambridge Board 's emerging policy for its rural areas programme . |
| 6 | The Book was found buried in the ground almost three months later , and presumably remained at Kells until it was brought to Dublin and presented to Trinity College by Henry Jones , Bishop of Meath , some time after the year 1661 . |
| 7 | This would protect the holdings against a future decline of the dollar , but at the cost of pushing the risk on to the United States if it were required to compensate the IMF ( which would take over these dollar holdings ) for any losses . |
| 8 | Thomson with the corner he 's looking for Whitlow but it was headed by Rozario Thomson can try again . |
| 9 | Although he had helped to set up British Aerospace as a nationalised company , he was convinced it could not take on the huge rival plane-makers in the United States unless it was unfettered from government control . |
| 10 | On Radio Warsaw in December 1952 WIN was revealed to have been a puppet of the KGB since it was revived in 1948 . |
| 11 | EUROPEAN Community officials were stoking fears last night of an all-out trade war with the United States after it was disclosed that British and other European steelmakers could face crippling new duties on exports to America . |
| 12 | Potatoes were planted on Good Friday as it was believed that this was one day on which the Devil had no power to poison and ruin the soil . |
| 13 | The English must have echoed the rejoicings of the people of Rouen when it was announced , in the early summer of 1444 , that a truce had been agreed between England and France , and that Henry VI was to marry Margaret of Anjou , a niece by marriage of Charles VII . |
| 14 | It was the grandest building in Montevideo when it was built , and adopted a style which seems to have been particularly congenial to Latin American nationalism , Second Empire . |
| 15 | ‘ It was on a bearing of 280 degrees and was already west of the Falklands , so I 'm sorry but I can not see how you can say it was not sailing away from the Falklands when it was sunk . ’ |
| 16 | The UN does not mind too much : it is determined not to repeat the mistakes made in Angola when it was landed with an inadequate mandate and impossible timetable . |
| 17 | Meanwhile the return of a Labour Government in 1974 had once again brought into question the status of Direct Grant schools , and it was announced in Parliament on 11th March that it was intended to phase out the system over a period of seven years , commencing in September 1976 . |
| 18 | or and then we used to have some gorgeous lamps that er we used to get in Chelsea that it was fasten on the wall and the lamp would come over on the shade , down and completely change , do you remember that ? |
| 19 | Graham Connah 's excavations in 1964 , for the Department of Antiquities , revealed that tin-bronze was available in 13th-century Benin where it was cast into ingots in open moulds before being smithed into bracelets . |
| 20 | Early in the new century , for example , the Hooligan 's name was snapped up as far away as Tsarist Russia where it was used to describe crimes as diverse as murder , arson and rape , as well as a wide scatter of mischief such as obscenity , window-breaking and stone-throwing , defacing buildings , singing indecent songs , blocking public thoroughfares , brawling and stealing carriage wheels . |
| 21 | In a move towards enticing buyers into the lower end of the market , Sotheby 's announced on 28 February that it was introducing ‘ Arcade sales ’ in a new pillared gallery bridging their main galleries and the St George Street and Conduit Street galleries . |
| 22 | The Government announced on 19 February that it was abandoning its plan to abolish legal aid in asylum cases . |
| 23 | The government let it be known in late May that it was planning to close the three Saharan detention camps of Reggane , Ain Salah and Ain M'guel , releasing many of those detained for their radical Islamic sympathies , and moving the others further north . |
| 24 | But hardly had it reached our screens last July than it was plagued by troubles and controversy . |
| 25 | Concerning costs , it has been reported in the financial press that FIMBRA merely had to take the word of Dunsdale that it was investing in gilts , as the SRO had too few staff to adequately deal with each individual firm . |
| 26 | Lord Hanson 's cook , however , had the foresight to bring its seed back to England and it was grown in the Apothecary 's Garden at Chelsea . |
| 27 | Would you share Tara if it was offered ? |
| 28 | Discussion took place over Korea and it was agreed that trusteeship was the appropriate policy to adopt . |
| 29 | The taxpayer received it on 8 December and it was lodged in the High Court on 15 January 1991 . |
| 30 | They regretted that there appeared to be no suitable places of safety in Orkney if it was found to be absolutely necessary to remove children from their homes . |