Example sentences of "[det] was [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The metal-workers ' union ( IG Metall ) negotiated a settlement which would guarantee parity of basic wages in the metal industry for eastern and western Germany by 1994 , on the grounds that this was essential to retain skilled workers in eastern Germany . |
| 2 | Most chess players would have thought this was inadequate to play Master-level chess even for a machine with superior positional understanding . |
| 3 | Average tax revenue went up from 34 p.c. of national income in 1979 to 40 p.c. in 1982 but this was necessary to eliminate public sector borrowing , which at some 6 p.c. of national income was an implicit ( deferred ) tax rate . |
| 4 | They have felt this was necessary to conduct proper policy and , while in power , they trusted their own leaders . |
| 5 | All of this was enough to attract one person in particular : a London girl , seven years his senior , called Elizabeth Hasted . |
| 6 | One generation had come to understand the trends within the International and the meaning of Stalinism , while another was ready to disregard such questions in an attempt to find a social solution to essentially personal problems " . |
| 7 | So that was ideal having preparatory workers . |