Example sentences of "this [was/were] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The the this was just at a just a custom you know . |
| 2 | I suspect that there 'll there 'd been a certain amount of alienation for a long time things that the men had to accept because the people with the money and therefore the power said that they had to you know a I think quarry men are very proud on one level great sort of craftsmen in a way and erm I 'm sure that you know th the last couple of years well I 've heard them say really tha that there 'd been things niggling them with the management but I suppose this was just like a blatant smack in the face and they realize that if they accepted this if they let the management walk all over them this was the thin end of the wedge you know that . |
| 3 | This was largely as a consequence of his undoubted materialism , according to which all that exists is matter in motion . |
| 4 | This was largely as a result of Eliot 's own initiative ; and what we knew of it was derived from the works of Jacques Maritain , which were largely the source , I suspect , of Eliot 's own knowledge . |
| 5 | This was partly as a result of inherited policies , but was also because of the council 's desire ‘ to be seen to be doing something ’ to support its traditional political base of the skilled manual working class . |
| 6 | This was partly as a safety measure , but also as a result of a campaign by local councillors , who have been told about several near misses at Ruswarp . |
| 7 | This was more like a pause in the struggle . |
| 8 | But this was only for a second . |
| 9 | Eventually , West Germany and the Benelux states ratified the treaty early in 1954 , though in the former this was only after a prolonged political battle in which the Social Democrat Party took its opposition to the EDC all the way to the country 's supreme court . |
| 10 | This was so despite a provision in the Articles of the company defining " the board " as including " any committee authorised by the board to act on its behalf " . |
| 11 | ‘ This was all as a full-time member of staff . |