Example sentences of "it was [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 That was the cost of borrowing £5,000 over 180 months for the first year ; after that it was £100.77 a month .
2 Three series later it was Cleese 's decision to dissolve the group .
3 I need some le er the , I wanted a carton of live yoghurt I do n't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it was n't , it was natural , but it said mild flavoured
4 I do n't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it was n't it was natural , but it said mild flavoured and I do n't think it was the proper like the Greek style really live yoghurt that would have started all the fungus growing on it .
5 In 1989-90 the total amount of grant was £33.8 million , in 1990-91 it was £31.2 million and for 1991-92 it is £29.7 million .
6 It was not held at this level ; for most of the 1390s it was 8d. and dropped to 6d. again only in 1398 .
7 It was shellfish , however , for which Saltash was renowned .
8 If we look back at what was spent in 1978-79 under the last Labour Government , we find that it was £3.7 billion , but we are now talking about a budget for next year of approaching £12.5 billion , which is a real increase of 19 per cent .
9 Ermann and Lundman ( 1982:148 ) show that the heaviest fine in 1961 was the equivalent of $12.30 and in 1976 it was $1.80 !
10 Subscriptions increased rapidly throughout the inflation-sick 1970's , so much so that in 1970 the men 's subscription had been only £28 but by 1980 was £126.50 + V.A.T. ( In 1960 it was £14 and today ( 1986 ) is £165 + V.A.T. ) .
11 Interestingly , the rt-PA started at a mean of I 19 minutes in Group A as opposed to 187 minutes in Group B. Surprisingly , even with that short time difference , the infarct related regional third ejection fraction in those who received earlier thrombolytic therapy ( Group A ) was 41% whilst in Group B it was 28% .
12 From , it was fourpence , return .
13 I 'm not saying it was fourpence but perhaps you 'd get fourpence .
14 In Spain it was £15–25 for landing and parking , since the first band of charges covers aircraft up to five tonnes for landing and two tonnes for parking .
15 The end of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century saw the publication of Buchanan 's works ( just after one of them , his treatise on Scottish political theory , De Iure Regni apud Scotos , had enjoyed the distinction of being burned , with Hobbes ' Leviathan , by the University of Oxford in 1683 ) ; to begin with , it was works particularly dealing with Mary , the Detectioun and the History of Scotland , which were published , and then in 1715 came Thomas Ruddiman 's Opera Omnia Georgii Buchanani .
16 And it was works like these , where the kitchen table was strewn with the un-washed remains of breakfast , that helped to give the movement its name .
17 The following year , 1991 , it was 17% of the money disbursed , and last year it was 26% .
18 In September , 1945 , the then receiver of the plaintiff company looked into the matter of the lease and ascertained that the rent actually reserved by it was £2,500 .
19 It was 9in to 10in long and it had a jagged edge like a saw blade . ’
20 It was 11lb 15oz .
21 An article published by Treasure Hunting Manual was written by one user with profound hearing loss , who claimed that it was 100% successful .
22 In 1991 it was 12.9p .
23 In 1991 the top salary range for a Senior Chief Officer of a Shire District with a population of over 460,000 was £38,769 to £55,230 ; for a County with a population of over 1,700,001 , £45,723 to £64,536 , and for a London Borough or Metropolitan District with a population over 1,080,001 it was £43,647 to £66,417 .
24 I think that it was £6 billion last year , or £15 million every day that the Minister has been in office .
25 It was 75% successful .
26 It was 75% active in DNA binding as measured in gel retardation assays .
27 Lone parents now account for 14% of families with dependent children ( it was 8% in 1971 ) .
28 Turnout here was still the highest in the Province at 78% though it showed a reduction from 1973 when it was 85% .
29 It was Cal that answered the phone .
30 Mercantile Data 's 1992 turnover was $23.2m ; it was 80% owned by Oy Mercantile Ab and 20% by Bull .
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