Example sentences of "[conj] it was a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The happiest occupation for the cornetto is in playing florid divisions on vocal works — chansons , madrigals and the like , to which its ‘ vocal ’ qualities suit it , or in taking the place of the violin in sonatas and canzonas — and not only where it was a declared option , which is what happens in this recording . |
| 2 | But then where it was a closed shop . |
| 3 | Garland was murdered because he was Garland , or it was a motiveless killing , or it was a mistake . |
| 4 | If you do n't make a sale , or it was a successful day , it 's the fact that you 've had a full day of activity that matters . |
| 5 | It was n't lumber or it was a funny name , backscratch or something , a dance . |
| 6 | Looking back at this morning — any early mist patches soon cleared and although it was a dry staert everywhere , it has remained cloudy . |
| 7 | From one of the chimneys only rose a thin , faint streak of smoke , but although it was a sunless day and darkening already , the black windows sent out no gleam of lamp or fire . |
| 8 | You 've got , in fact , to work out what their proper significance is , but there 's no doubt that it 's seen as a kind of turning point , and although it was a Roman Catholic Council , its effect has been marked on all aspects of Christian life in Europe and , well , through the world . |
| 9 | As they were about to go inside — for although it was a pleasant summer day , it was always likely to be windy on top , and their hats might blow away — Florrie exclaimed in sudden panic : ‘ Oh , good gracious ! |
| 10 | The Glasgow " rent strikes " of 1916 , the engineers ' strikes led by the Clyde Workers Committee and the political agitations of John Maclean marked a growing radicalism in Scotland which was largely outside established parties , although it was a major factor in the electoral sweep of Glasgow seats for Labour and the ILP in 1922 . |
| 11 | And although it was a typical Lineker goal which ensured England 's place in the European Championship finals , when he scored a late equaliser in Poland , Taylor 's doubts began to emerge clearly . |
| 12 | Although it was a typical crunching Wimbledon performance , there can be no doubt they deserved it . |
| 13 | The damaged one was still working , although it was a little way out of alignment . |
| 14 | So I think bringing out the national agreement , although it was a great development for the union , and these docked a lot of the work they had to beforehand had to do , it certainly did n't help the relations and the entries in the trade union movement . |
| 15 | Although it was a great coup for the KGB , once the pair got to Moscow it is hard to see what they could have told the Russians that was not already known or made any great difference to East-West relations . |
| 16 | First , although it was a serious issue which eventually led to the introduction of the Public Order Act in 1936 , such violence was only a pale reflection of the conflict which led to the growth of fascism in Italy and Germany in the inter-war period . |
| 17 | Although it was a large fire , she had never known it have more than one bar on at a time . |
| 18 | Although it was a difficult time for most people not everyone was distraught . |
| 19 | To get there they had to cross the mud , and sank in it to their ankles , but below the soft surface the foreshore was hard here , and although it was a filthy journey it was n't particularly difficult . |
| 20 | had a good reputation , although it was a non-union firm and n much maligned by er union people who disliked stand for not er sort of recognizing . |
| 21 | Erika and Paul went , Paul politely , solicitously , opening the door for Erika and waving her through first , although it was a tight squeeze in the tiny vestibule , and at the bus-stop , in a bizarre parody of good manners , insisting that Erika stand in front of him . |
| 22 | In the accounts of classroom confrontation we found no instances of girls resorting to physical abuse , although it was a different matter in the home . |
| 23 | For Delahunty , though , although it was an horrific afternoon , it was also just another day 's reporting . |
| 24 | Although it was an imposing building , it did n't seem special enough to be included on a tour . |
| 25 | It had got rid of this , the old order and new power relations had been established and so it should n't be regarded so much as an economic failure but as a profound political and social reform , which is an important step towards the Party 's ultimate aim of communism , and going back to the beginning of my paper that how that they had always seen industrialization as a means to an end and that how that socialism and ultimately communism could only be achieved through stages and so that , although it was an economic failure , it was a sort of a social |
| 26 | Cos although it was an amicable split , I still needed time to settle down and get used to the fact that I was on my own again . |
| 27 | committee did draw distinction between the two different kinds of schemes , erm perhaps if I could just ask you what do you think of the committee the Good reports er conclusion on training for trustees where they er the recommendation was that it was a laudable objective , but should not be made compulsory ? |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman suggests that it was a bogus sham . |
| 29 | In 1974 , D. J. de Solla price reported on the results of X-ray and gamma-ray radiography of the corroded remains of this bronze mechanism and concluded that it was a calendrical computing device . |
| 30 | Some people , after an experience of regression to a Past life , are absolutely convinced in their own minds that it was a genuine recollection of a time when they have lived before . |