Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thus that the classic wine-growing areas — the Camp of Tarragona and the Panadés — were expanded and the western regions re-peopled . |
| 2 | However , we believe that it was right that the statement should be made in the House , from which have come the decisions that , in our opinion , have done so much to encourage the IRA through the years . |
| 3 | It was right that the poor Jewish scholar should marry the daughter of the richest local merchant , because it was unthinkable that a community which respected learning should reward its luminaries with nothing more tangible than praise . |
| 4 | Everything was very hush-hush , and it was not until it was over that the name of the target was made common knowledge — not that it would have been of any interest to us if we had known beforehand , because none of us had ever heard of it . |
| 5 | It was n't that the new treatment was particularly bad , it was just that the very idea of a re-mix fell directly against the grain of the code of ethics publicly laid down by The Smiths . |
| 6 | It was n't that the programmes were bad , but they did not actually choose to cover different topics from male current affairs teams , while the whole hypothesis had been that they would in fact cover different topics — that there were uncovered topics in social policy and the rest of it . |
| 7 | It was n't that the song had a particular relevance — it was n't about AIDS — but it was a song that I felt was the best way of expressing myself and also the best thing I had to offer at the time . |
| 8 | It was n't that the Captain had anything specific to ask him , but on the few occasions they had worked together the Marshal had always had something helpful to offer . |
| 9 | It was n't that the actress actually did anything to attract attention , she acknowledged grudgingly — with those looks and that centrefold body , she did n't need to . |
| 10 | That 's only because you 're looking at it in a very short- term perspective , they , the way they saw the communist revolution was by a very long drawn out process and so it was n't that the revolution had just created this was , this was an important step in order to lead to their ultimate goal . |
| 11 | It was n't that the springs had gone it was just low when y when you had it was n't it ? |
| 12 | It was not that the animal was hungry . |
| 13 | It was not that the folk of London were more pious than those of San Gimignano — both evidently shared in their way in the popular religious revivals of this age ; nor that they were less gentrified . |
| 14 | It was not that the family did not make her comfortable or spare any expense to see that she had the clothes and servants she needed , but rather that she found their way of life , their attitudes , their conversation , humour , tastes and ideas completely alien to everything she was used to . |
| 15 | It was not that the Americans rose against Spain ; it was that Spain fell away from America . |
| 16 | The immediate cause of the split was the constitutional changes taking place in the Labour Party ; it was not that the Gang of Four and their sympathizers objected to reforms which improved internal party democracy , but they opposed the particular type of reform which was designed to strengthen the position of Left-wing elements in the Labour movement . |
| 17 | It was not that the mines were not producing for between 1564–1570 metal to the value of £31,167 was sold , but even this did not cover the operating costs . |
| 18 | It was not that the athletes who won in 1924 were any less determined or committed in their approach . |
| 19 | It was not that the wives and children of hand-loom weavers did not work . |
| 20 | It was here that the dogs came into their own , casting about for any tell-tale scent that would betray the presence of a hidden bomb . |
| 21 | It was here that the corvina binding was developed . |
| 22 | It was here that the kings of Hungary were presented to the people . |
| 23 | Bagthorpe Junction was some 3 miles from Nottingham , and it was here that the Great Northern branched off to Derby Friargate . |
| 24 | It was here that the performance abandoned all semblance of script , but was nonetheless skilfully held together by the actors , who guided without being intrusive and did not for a moment step out of their roles . |
| 25 | It was here that the great receptions and gala balls took place , though it was not the setting for the traditional New Year 's ambassadorial reception as described by Hubner , which was that of the Throne part played by the Empress , since this was her first appearance at such a function and it thus enables us to observe her on an occasion of high formality : |
| 26 | It was here that the young people danced to the sound of the ‘ Blue Danube ’ or the famous ‘ Valse des Roses ’ by Offenbach . |
| 27 | It was here that the stables and offices became the ‘ Spinnery ’ for spinning and weaving and by 1909 the large workshops employed as many as 60 to 100 part-time workers . |
| 28 | It was here that the Incas , under Manco Capac , staged their most successful defiance of the Spaniards in 1536 , flooding the plain below to hamper Hernando Pizarro 's horsemen . |
| 29 | It was here that the fledgeling collection of the Society of the Friends of the Arts was first housed between 1875 and 1884 , a collection which became the core of the National Gallery ( see p. 58 ) . |
| 30 | It was here that the wife of Prince Windischgrätz was killed by a stray bullet and this caused the prince to react with unnecessary violence against the protesters . |