Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it was [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For statement pairs containing a negative , sorting was faster when the two statements meant something different than it was when the two statements meant the same . |
| 2 | In Technograph Printed Circuits Ltd. v Mills & Rockley ( Electronics ) Ltd. [ 1969 ] , a case involving a patent for a method of making printed circuits , Harman J. said : It was objected that in fact it was not until ten years after the invention was published that it was commercially adopted … and it was argued from this that it was not a case of filling a long felt want . |
| 3 | From documents in Israeli archives , it has become clear that it was not the Shahs personal decision to grant de facto recognition to Israel . |
| 4 | This made it clear that it was not the governments objective to alter fundamentally the red relationship between auditor and client , nor were we looking to increase the costs of audit . |
| 5 | And I think I made it quite clear that it was not the quality of the Education Authority that was the basis of the Banbury School 's proposals , it was the County Council 's decision to go ahead on a consultation for tertiary education , an entirely different animal in Oxfordshire , and I , like Bob , would agree that the erm quality of education offered in Oxfordshire is first class . |
| 6 | We thought we 'd made it clear that it was only the MPC ( Multimedia PC ) versions of either card ( that is the SoundBlaster Pro and the Adlib Gold ) gave access to both MID and WAV file playing . |
| 7 | We watched as the kite swept across the valley , ascending so high that it was just a speck in the distance , and then swooping gracefully over the horizon , to appear again from behind the next hill . |
| 8 | But spiritualism remained beyond the pale , like phrenology and unlike orthodox religion , despite the claims of some that it was really the same as primitive Christianity . |
| 9 | Beyond the rail , reached by a stairway so steep that it was almost a ladder , was the main lower level . |
| 10 | I was really afraid that it was n't the real thing — ’ |
| 11 | ( The places we saw & visited were mind-boggling but it was really a family visit to see & , their daughters , sons-in-law & grand-children … all boys ) . |
| 12 | We knew for definite that it was only a two bedroomed flat and that is one of the reasons we went in at the time we did , hoping that everyb e every person in that flat would be asleep . |
| 13 | Allen studied the Neolithic revolution and became convinced that it was not a matter of someone having a bright idea and beginning to plant seeds . |
| 14 | Whilst the venue on this occasion was central and it was not the first time the A.G.M. had been held on a Friday evening , the Committee appreciates that perhaps the idea of holding the Meeting on the evening before the Dinner Dance to enable those travelling to London to attend both events was not a good one . |
| 15 | Of course the debate in government and Parliament was crucial but it was not the only way in which the educational reform was tested at the time nor the only way to assess it later . |
| 16 | But this had to be real specific and it was probably the biggest challenge I 've ever had . |
| 17 | So much had happened that it seemed incredible that it was barely a week since she 'd crossed the bridge in the opposite direction . |
| 18 | He was coaxing me to walk a bit further without having to carry me , by promising that it was just a bit further . |
| 19 | In the net it was obvious that it was only a small double which took the scales round to 12lb 12oz ; never mind it was about to become a film star , like it or not . |
| 20 | The whole company reassembled towards nine-thirty and it was then the moment for charades , a theatrical performance , or dancing to the sound of a mechanical piano — the handle being turned feverishly by one of the Court chamberlains . |
| 21 | Whether he had been there by accident or whether he had spotted me arriving and slunk into position I shall never know , but from his point of view the result must have been eminently satisfactory because it was certainly the worst fright I have ever had . |
| 22 | still sore but it was still the same even with that . |
| 23 | Well I 'm not sure that it was exactly the first , but it was one of the early ones , that 's true . |
| 24 | I was sure that it was usually the head of the family that organized that . |
| 25 | It 's much blander than it was when the Stones invoked Sympathy for the Devil . |
| 26 | He said er you 're sure because it was quite a thought , for a man his age . |
| 27 | And when the sh when the relief came in the ship lay about a mile off the never came near the rock at all because it was just a mass of reefs you know and the ship lay about a mile off and then the launch came in with a crew of about half a dozen men and the officer the second mate usually in charge . |
| 28 | US and allied governments stressed that the exact moment was unimportant as it was not a " trigger point " , but that military action might begin at any time they chose thereafter , unless Iraq had complied with the UN resolutions . |
| 29 | ‘ Somehow it was better when it was just a dream . |
| 30 | However , it is perhaps significant that environmentalism received little attention as long as it was only the poor and the powerless who suffered from the detritus of industrial society . |