Example sentences of "[was/were] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is certain is that , did it exist and were it to be opened by some ‘ cleansing regime ’ , the happy openness of British life would go for good . |
| 2 | Even were it to be filled with the rinse water from a nappy wash , as long as it was hot it would be shared round with glee and noises of appreciation . |
| 3 | Fortunately the process is explicitly parallel and were it to be run on multiprocessor hardware then there could be substantial speed-up . |
| 4 | The British attitude had long been clear : the 1951 Conservative government had continued to follow the line laid down by the previous Labour foreign minister , Ernest Bevin , who said in the House of Commons in November 1950 that Britain preferred an expansion of the Treaty of Brussels to serve as the basis of military cooperation within NATO , but would not object to the EDC were it to be established . |
| 5 | Were it to be used on any other domain , it is likely that a negative ( and therefore potentially damaging ) effect would result . |
| 6 | Were it to be that Christian orthodoxy were that a man , Jesus of Nazareth , was God ( or we may say ‘ a god ’ ) , then there would be no hope that Christianity and feminism could be reconciled . |
| 7 | And even if Harvey had written just about the whole of Amaranth 's damn speech , she would , were it to be successful , be more in need of his favours than Harvey 's . |
| 8 | The back comprises two pieces of flame-patterned maple veneer that would have collectors going wild were it on the front of a similarly-aged Les Paul Standard . |
| 9 | Ah , that difficult , aristocratic , fastidious tomato , what 's the betting that quite a few mouths would go for it were it on offer ? |
| 10 | Were it like a timeshare ? |
| 11 | Where 's Paulie 's big blow up straw , the copying was it , was it over here ? |
| 12 | Nor was it through magic alone that the impulse arose to gain power over nature . |
| 13 | Now erm was it through this union activity you became interested in the Labour Party ? |
| 14 | I mean was it through your friends or family or |
| 15 | Was it through the grounds of the |
| 16 | Was it between someone running off like that bloke in that |
| 17 | Was it as : A shelf-packer at Tesco B stable hand C assistant gardener ? |
| 18 | What was it about his captaincy , then , that was so special ? |
| 19 | What was it about generalisations ? |
| 20 | What was it about the station that was so fascinating ? |
| 21 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |
| 22 | But what was it about the concept of citizenship that made it so popular in political discussion and why were ‘ boy labour ’ reformers so eager to introduce working-class adolescents to its supposed virtues ? |
| 23 | What was it about unashamed luxury , Harriet sometimes asked herself , which made her feel so uncomfortable ? |
| 24 | What was it about him which prevented the realization of his ambition ? |
| 25 | ‘ What was it about the report that you found so interesting , for future reference ? ’ |
| 26 | What was it about your job in Finland which was confidential — to quote from this ? ’ |
| 27 | What was it about Judith that threw him into such confusion now , as then ? |
| 28 | What was it about Japan 's history that limited the pursuit of individual self-interest and gave precedence to the collective community ? |
| 29 | What was it about the stocks various licensed dealers traded in that seduced clients ? |
| 30 | ‘ What was it about Ellwood ? ’ |