Example sentences of "and [conj] it was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were schools , therefore , where progress in matching library provision to curriculum need had already begun , and where it was hoped that this impetus could be further developed through participation in the project and a grant in the region of £2,500 . |
| 2 | It 's just difficult to know why the final decision was changed and where it was made in the first place . |
| 3 | Following the publication of er draft figures , I discussed these with the districts , and where it was felt appropriate to take on board s er suggestions made by the districts , this was done . |
| 4 | It came as some comfort to me when I was about to leave Dowayoland that the chief of my village said that he would gladly accompany me back to my English village but that he feared a country where it was always cold , where there were savage beasts like the European dogs at the mission , and where it was known there were cannibals . ’ |
| 5 | What we did at that point , was to get together a task force of people to examine the idea and where it was going : the people doing the work and the people who were likely to understand the most likely market — put them together in one room to reason their way through to the fact that we really ought to drop the project . |
| 6 | To check for a developmental role for these hypersensitive sites , the presence of the transgene was tested in newborn mice and where it was shown to be expressed ( data not shown ) . |
| 7 | It seems clear that the Crown had greater powers of nomination in the more newly established institutions , that within all departments it was more likely to nominate to the most recently created offices , and that it was trying , with some measure of success , to extend its powers . |
| 8 | It may also be that the early returns from the voyages proved small , and that it was felt that investment in them did not provide an adequate reward for those involved . |
| 9 | US intelligence had estimated that North Korea could have nuclear weapons ready by 1993 and that it was taking action to hide the existence of components from possible international inspection . |
| 10 | The Left believed , and there is little evidence to the contrary even after 30 years of " revisionist " history , that the National government was willing to make concessions out of all proportion to those necessary and that it was supported by influential people who were quite willing to see Hitler at war with the Soviet Union . |
| 11 | Boris Becker recently expressed the view that there was too much money in tennis and that it was ruining the game — a view of course that it is much easier to make objectively once you have £5m in the bank . |
| 12 | At the same time a large majority of voters thought that the press was biased , and that it was biased towards the Conservatives , against Labour , and against the Alliance . |
| 13 | Dr Mumby said that the letter had been stolen and was therefore inadmissible , and that it was written in jest . |
| 14 | The company explains its performance by saying that 1989 was the first year that the US contributed the majority of its sales , 61% of the total , and that it was hit that year by a 35% fall in the UK because it was too reliant on one customer ; it raised £1.5m in a rights issue . |
| 15 | Only the walls heard this delirious talk , but I was suddenly seized by a guilty fear , and became convinced that the two children were taking it in and that it was ringing in Aisha 's ears at work , and I rushed to pack my suitcase before she came back . |
| 16 | THE shares of Quicks Group raced ahead 22 to 90p yesterday after the Manchester-based car distributor announced a return to the black in 1991 and that it was maintaining its dividend total at 3p , with a 2p final on July 10 . |
| 17 | Opponents claimed that HDZ policies were reminiscent of the fascist ustasha government which had ruled Croatia during the Second World War , and that it was receiving funds from ustasha emigré organizations . |
| 18 | It simply stated that Mr. Cox was a long term member of the Communist Party and prominent in C.N.D. and that it was desired to investigate his activities to ascertain whether the Communist Party was manipulating C.N.D. in a clandestine way . |
| 19 | He added that it was believed an anti-aircraft gun was in the locality and that it was fired recently . |
| 20 | and used steel cans and that it was costing them less to use that than it was to use |
| 21 | She discovered the material was rotten and that it was contaminated . |
| 22 | She held firm because she knew that the road to compromise was without signposts , that the possibilities for getting lost were manifold and that it was paved with flawed imitations of the truth . |
| 23 | The latter will include the fact that the report complies with auditing standards and , where it departs from these , the reasons ; the steps taken in the audit process ; and that it was planned and performed ‘ so as to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement , whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error ’ . |
| 24 | One punter refers to a typically fateful day : 1 August 1988 - " … the day I returned from a holiday abroad , Harvard telephoned me out of the blue ( 8th April 1986 ) , and a chap who sounded like an enthusiastic young cockney told me how wonderful Towerbell was and that it was going places with top stars in tow ! " |
| 25 | I thought — it was silly I know , but I thought perhaps seeing Aubrey had reminded you of Madeleine and that it was going to be as awful as it was when you came back from England after that holiday . |
| 26 | In hospital they told me they were going to do a routine examination and that it was going to be a twist in the scrotum or it was going to be a tumour ; and it might be benign or it might be malignant . |
| 27 | I felt very positive about it and that it was coming out the way we hoped it would . |
| 28 | Is he aware of the concern expressed by Amnesty International and the United Nations committee on torture , and that it was recommended by Lord Colville , the Government 's own adviser , and by the independent police complaints body and the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights ? |
| 29 | He had no doubt it was one of the verderers ' horses and that it was dying ; indeed , even as he watched it the spasmodic movements seemed weaker and less purposeful . |
| 30 | The Body Shop had brought a complaint against the Board , claiming that it was prejudging the Commission 's view , and that it was paying too much attention to industrial lobby groups and not enough to the concerns of consumers and environmental organisations . |