Example sentences of "[conj] [det] was [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George knew very well there was not a household in Oldfield , Nether Oldfield or Oldfield St Benet where that was not the case . |
| 2 | Even where this was not the case , Rusche and Kirchheimer argued that the choice of methods of punishment is largely influenced by fiscal interests , such as how much a punishment costs to administer . |
| 3 | The three parties fought the elections for the Constitutional Convention as a coalition with a joint manifesto which-emphasised that Northern Ireland should remain indefinitely as an integral part of the United Kingdom and that power would not be shared with Republicans although that was not an objection to Catholics as such . |
| 4 | Half the force had been at the match , of course , although that was hardly an excuse . |
| 5 | I 'd hate to think that that was n't an aim of management . |
| 6 | That seemed logical , but now he thought about it he was n't sure that that was n't the way to remember the way it was n't , not the way it was . |
| 7 | so , so that that was , that was n't the case in your , that that was n't the case for you ? |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman is supposed to be in the medical profession , so he will know that that was not a yawn ; I was choking . |
| 9 | Lewis replied that that was not the Government 's intention , nor was it ‘ committed or pledged to the adoption ’ of any of the competition designs . |
| 10 | Yes I I would agree with that but I wondered , I think perhaps it should be the finance committee , I mean cos I understood that most of these these items are contained within the existing budget , because I mean the individual committees do have have the power to the monies within their own , and I it has it I would agree with Peter that if we have gone over and above the that the committee were working to but I understood that that was not the case , so I . |
| 11 | It was most unsettling to discover that that was not the case . |
| 12 | Yesterday , however , a source close to the company said that that was not the case . |
| 13 | But a part of her knew that that was not the way . |
| 14 | The thought patterns like Joanne and others the the concept of putting a little circle down and one word in it and expanding that out and being able to stand around and talk erm for three minutes or ten minutes or whatever for a significant amount of time erm that that was also a revelation to me . |
| 15 | In fact I cried when I got to the top , but I think that that was just a release of emotion . |
| 16 | Right that that was just a letter for reference anyway |
| 17 | Ironic that that was originally the reason she 'd hesitated to invite Carolyn : fear of her Mum hovering round the house all the time . |
| 18 | What Myeloski did n't appreciate was that that was how the plane was meant to be landed in such terrible conditions , that he had witnessed a superb piece of flying by a highly trained pilot . |
| 19 | He did n't believe in the idea of people possessed by devils , because it seemed to him that that was only a way of trying to tidy up the world by pigeon-holing everything . |
| 20 | I did n't , I was n't aware that that was still a part of , of the Guild work today . |
| 21 | This first approach to studying international relations has become known as Idealism , although this was not a term that the academics working in the subject at the time used themselves . |
| 22 | Although this was not the music of the star performers , some names became established . |
| 23 | The reduced deficit was to be achieved by ( i ) a 13.2 per cent reduction in investment spending ( although unused investment allocations for 1988 were to be carried over into 1989 ; and ( ii ) the raising of direct and indirect taxes by 29.7 per cent and 23.3 per cent respectively ( although this was largely a reflection of the fact that actual tax yields in 1988 exceeded 1988 budget projections by some 20 per cent ) . |
| 24 | The average number of quarrels per hour was three to four , although this was probably an underestimation . |
| 25 | Earlier , Dave McCullouch stated that , although this was always the case , it did n't have to be . |
| 26 | The received wisdom about reform came to be that ‘ research shows that nothing works ’ , that ‘ whatever you do to offenders makes no difference ’ , although this was always an exaggeration . |
| 27 | Staff agreed that this was probably an area which needed improvement and discussion with parents . |
| 28 | Martin thinks that this was probably an oversight on my part and suggests that a simple s.p.s.t. toggle switch should be incorporated in the positive supply from the 9V battery . |
| 29 | Snizort thought that this was probably the time of day that the Beastline enjoyed best ; supping at the long oak table , making plans to regain Tara , drinking spiced wine or mead . |
| 30 | Figures 2.1 and 2.2 remind us that this was also an era of sporadic , but vicious , feuds between whites and what they saw as the invading blacks . |