Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as green wood , when it is put into the fire , weeps tears of water in the heat because it is still green ( for if it were dry it would not weep ) , so does the heart weep when it is made green again by the renewal of grace , after the desiccating dryness of selfishness has been drawn out of the soul . |
| 2 | Even if high levels of economic growth were possible it is unlikely that the patterns once achieved in northern regions could be emulated , even if such were desirable . |
| 3 | If standardization were possible it would be easier to concentrate on the production of a series of high quality products for a wider distribution . |
| 4 | Even if all meat and dairy products were produced by intensive husbandry and the alleged abuses were rife it would nonetheless be perfectly fair to argue that the possible catastrophic consequences of widespread vegetarianism for human beings , which have been pointed out , would more than outweigh the continued suffering of the animals . |
| 5 | If it should rule that the president 's actions were unconstitutional it would be a big step toward his impeachment by Congress . |
| 6 | It was harder , therefore , to turn , and since they were on piece-work they were afraid it would affect their wage . |
| 7 | ‘ I should think that 's plenty of time , but if you were afraid it is n't you could have woken me earlier . ’ |
| 8 | Some were convinced it was in the market again yesterday . |
| 9 | But anti-fascist campaigners said yesterday they were convinced it was a pseudonym and the organisation was in fact a front for the ultra-right wing British National Party . |
| 10 | Obviously , if all security interests were possessory it would make secured borrowing virtually impossible as a debtor would be deprived of the ability to use the assets subject to the security in the course of business ( but English law has for long recognised non-possessory security interests ) . |
| 11 | While many social workers told us they were relieved it was not they , but the courts , who would be arraigned in the tabloids if they ‘ got it wrong ’ , this simply passed on the same worries to the courts . |
| 12 | We were lucky it was the officer . |
| 13 | We were lucky it was n't 6 . |
| 14 | For if they were larger it would be quite frightening , I think , the implications . |
| 15 | The main difference for the very old , then , may be that whereas when they were younger it would have been possible to work through the effects of multiple grief and achieve some new balance in life , forming new relationships and so on , in old age this is less likely . |
| 16 | Unless you were oil-related it was quite difficult to get equipment serviced and to obtain certain stores . |
| 17 | Anyway , I told myself that once we were married it 'd all be OK . |
| 18 | Even if the treatment were kindly it would still be prejudiced . |
| 19 | I raised a hand in farewell and went back to the dining room where the real mystery had easily usurped Zak 's , though some were sure it was part of the plot . |
| 20 | It was music to a Scotsman 's ears when he said he owed everyone in Scotland a drink , but many were sure it was only an empty promise uttered in the heat of the moment . |
| 21 | If it were reasonable it could not be miraculous , could it ? ’ |
| 22 | His words were all it needed to remind her of home , and while he , presumably , thought of his beautiful green homeland and his dead wife and baby , her thoughts turned to her loved ones . |
| 23 | Huy dug into the leather pouch at his side , concealed under a fold of his kilt , and withdrew its contents : a couple of silver deben were all it contained . |
| 24 | [ … ] Where books were inadequate it was usually a result of their sketchy approach to a subject . |
| 25 | ‘ If your were teetotal it would go straight to your head and you would feel very high . ’ |
| 26 | Mrs Bourne has always said if she could prove chemicals were responsible it would make the tragedy easier to bear , as well as ensuring other children did not become needless victims . |
| 27 | And yet as far as many practitioners were concerned it was revolutionary . |
| 28 | Admittedly , we on the ground were not the ones who put their lives in danger every night , but as far as the air crew were concerned it was a job they had volunteered to do and they did it willingly , believing that every effort counted in the long run . |
| 29 | Goulding J. made it clear that he was not expressing , on an ex parte application , any decided view of the jurisdictional issue , though he accepted that where orders in personam were concerned it was enough that the court should have the party who must obey its order within its power . |
| 30 | So far as churchmen like Geoffrey of Vigeois were concerned it was the fate which all routiers deserved . |