Example sentences of "[was/were] it a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor was it a regular determinant of foreign relations ; the faction-fighting between Mary of Gueldres and bishop Kennedy was the exception rather than the rule . |
| 2 | Not only was it a vast amount of money for the fledgling state to raise , by many Israeli officials felt passionately that Israel should not begin its life be seeking to extend its reach ad influence through such obvious corruption . |
| 3 | Was it a good decision to airfreight an order because we 'd messed things up on the plant ? ’ |
| 4 | And was it a real drama at that time for him ? |
| 5 | ‘ Was it a complete surprise to you when Matthew and Inez agreed to marry ? ’ |
| 6 | But that still leaves for the jury in submission , A , whether they used reasonable force yes reasonable to act , but was it reasonable force to act , was it a reasonable method of acting , by which I mean time of er , time of the incident . |
| 7 | Was it a different kind of Oedipus complex ? |
| 8 | Was it a last stand against total urbanisation ? |
| 9 | was it a flying visit like ? |
| 10 | Was it a huge game of bluff ? was it ever intended that if the reports favoured nationalization we were to get it ? |
| 11 | What was life like here back in forty three , forty four , was it a depressing place to be ? |
| 12 | Was it a whole egg with th the yolk in the middle ? |
| 13 | Did it accord with legitimate expectations of fair and reasonable persons or was it a high-handed exercise of power of a kind more to be expected of an authoritarian government than one guided by and subscribing to principles of limited government ? |
| 14 | Mr Kronweiser was unsure about that ‘ we ’ : was it a plural , or was it an ironic reference to Viola Machin ? |
| 15 | Particular questions to be considered include : i to what extent has the emergence of new military technology from the laboratories been steered by strategic interests and too what extent was it an autonomous product of the laboratories ; ii how has the relationship between the work done in the national laboratories to that done by defence contractors altered ; iii what are the pressures for greater commercial application of research ; what effect has this had ? |
| 16 | Nor was it an appealing thought to the king that while his own bureaucrats and servants were being thus harried , the pope 's men were assured of dispensations enough , and that since the resigned livings were vacated by papal decree , and therefore in effect at the Curia , they were to be filled by papal provision , not by the previous or usual patron . |
| 17 | Alternatively , was it an iniquitous form of torture perfected in Munich ? |
| 18 | Not only was it an important factor in winning the Second World War , for its specific electrical insulating properties were a key to the development of radar , but it is one of those rare inventions which create an entirely new industrial development . |
| 19 | Was your career decision a carefully thought out choice based on a thorough consideration of your strengths and values and of the opportunities available to you — or was it an intuitive leap into the dark ? |