Example sentences of "it were [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also a staff of er other people , the ones that you you already know Michael who is is really responsible for the as it were welfare of volunteers and there 's another er what four people are n't there . |
| 2 | So erm Mill wants to protect minority from within the democratic procedure , that is he wants to set up erm a system of democracy which is as it were proof against majority corruption . |
| 3 | On that particular day I I was coming home from work and it were quarter to nine , I 'd just finished work . |
| 4 | right , Mr did it require his approval , as the , as it were officer in charge of brochures ? |
| 5 | Digital Equipment Corp and Encore Computer Corp have advanced their Alpha RISC-centred collaboration , and DEC says it will incorporate and distribute the Fort Lauderdale company 's high-speed Memory Channel , which directly links the memory subsystems of multiple node processors , and Infinity File System , which enables processors to view data stored on the disks of all the CPUs in a cluster as if it were part of a single database . |
| 6 | Digital Equipment Corp and Encore Computer Corp have advanced their Alpha RISC-centred collaboration , and DEC says it will incorporate and distribute the Fort Lauderdale company 's high-speed Memory Channel , which directly links the memory subsystems of multiple node processors , and Infinity File System , which enables processors to view data stored on the disks of all the CPUs in a cluster as if it were part of a single database . |
| 7 | Is it the case that all communication within a species should be treated as though it were part of selfish manipulation ? |
| 8 | An air attack now on Saddam 's convoy or his bunker would be very difficult unless it were part of a general air-strike to punish his refusal to follow UN Security Council resolutions . |
| 9 | The word was spoken as if it were part of a mystery too arcane to be rapidly solved . |
| 10 | ‘ But it 's not right , ’ said Lydia Horton , looking around the dreary little back-street surgery in the least attractive part of Oswaldston as if it were part of her grievance . |
| 11 | Therefore I am not able to suggest to you , and have n't been able to in my evidence which district even a new settlement er ought to go in , but I have to say that if it were part of your deliberations that you should choose a particular district , er then it is not part of my submission that you should not choose a particular district , but my bottom line is that the policy wording should at least ensure that there is commitment to a new settlement and it is inescapable on behalf of the district planning authorities , the last thing that we would want is the possibility of going round the districts , and the last one to produce a district wide plan is the one that has to get the new settlement , that seems to be a gen , fairly unsatisfactory way of proceeding , and each one should have to consider that as part of their certification process . |
| 12 | And when Marcel visits Elstir 's studio , he 's fascinated by the way in which the sea is sometimes painted as though it were part of the sky , and sometimes it looks as though the sky is part of the sea . |
| 13 | Section 739(2) reads as follows : Where by virtue or in consequence of any such transfer , either alone or in conjunction with associated operations , such an individual has , within the meaning of this section , power to enjoy , whether forthwith or in the future , any income of a person resident or domiciled outside the United Kingdom which , if it were income of that individual received by him in the United Kingdom … would be chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise , that income shall , whether it would or would not have been chargeable to income tax apart from the provisions of this section , be deemed to be income of that individual for all purposes of the Income Tax Acts . |
| 14 | It moves to the description of the deposition at " os it were tyme of euynsonge " ( p.91 ) and entombment , ending quietly with the event recorded in Matthew 's Gospel ( 27:66 ) " was set of armede day " . |
| 15 | You are lucky enough to have Bella here to teach you , and your mother also , and as you know , I have undertaken to instruct you in history , since I am the one who has seen such a lot of it , as it were face to face . |
| 16 | Only a minute or two earlier you were saying things like : ‘ It 's just a sort of a , a sort of a , a , a , a question of as it were sort of behaving sort of , well , for want of a better word , decently , sort of thing . ’ |
| 17 | I am going to take a risk and say what I think about local radio on the basis of my knowledge , personal knowledge , and these gentlemen can as it , as it were sort of say it 's , it 's not like that for them or whatever . |
| 18 | Early October and it were end of season . |
| 19 | At first it were good because it were incentive for her to keep going because she 'd , you know , paid so much but toward the end , she said , it were getting ridiculous . |