Example sentences of "[subord] it was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experience curve itself was developed from the concept of the learning curve , which had been used for many years in industries where it was observed that labour time fell as the workforce accumulated experience in producing more of a particular type of unit . |
| 2 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 3 | Northwestern Bell Telephone Co et al , where it was held that proof of an organised crime nexus is not required for RICO to be invoked , it is now clear that the draconian penalties applicable under RICO may be used against insider dealers . |
| 4 | For discussion of adequate display of notice , see Tevan v. Motherwell District Licensing Board ( No. 1 ) 1985 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 14 , where it was held that display of a notice within a post office was sufficient . |
| 5 | This was applied in Dixons Ltd. v. Roberts ( 1894 D.C. ) where it was held that section 14 did not catch a trader who gave a false indication that a refund would be given on any goods purchased , if within seven days the customer was able to buy the same products locally more cheaply . |
| 6 | It would have made a compact little home except it was painted dark brown like the corridors . |
| 7 | It was a manifesto for change , and although it was given greater publicity by the Tories and the local press than by the Labour Party , it was with this manifesto that Labour increased its majority in Haringey . |
| 8 | Although it was announced last November that the awards would be down to 1.5 per cent , that did not stop politicians and union leaders from condemning the Government 's action . |
| 9 | Some people were shocked although it was expected some people are devastated . |
| 10 | Cristiani agreed on Dec. 1 to the removal of the officers , although it was anticipated that Ponce would not be dismissed immediately . |
| 11 | Mendès-France thereby demonstrated that it was more important to him to keep the French army free from supranational controls than it was to prevent German rearmament . |
| 12 | One consequence was this : once it was accepted that scripture stood alone outside tradition , and could be interpreted correctly by anyone with a pure heart and God-given rationality , it was not too big a step to suggest that the same could also be said of nature . |
| 13 | Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire , Egypt was a British protectorate from 1914 until it was granted nominal independence in 1922 . |
| 14 | It remained as one of the Abbey 's treasures until it was stolen some years ago . |
| 15 | The doctrine that mental disease did not have a physical cause became widely established , so much so that a study published in 1915 which reported definite changes in the left cerebral hemispheres of schizophrenic patients was largely ignored until it was rediscovered 70 years later . |
| 16 | Well I suppose if it was raining one night she might have done . |
| 17 | Fortuna was smiling on me and my haphazard trip felt as if it was taking some kind of shape , a dynamic and a logic of its own . |
| 18 | But I mean , if it was costing this sort of money to clear the pipes and so forth out , what I fail to understand is if we 're having a full overhaul of the machine , why this was n't incorporated within it . |
| 19 | Disunity in Congress also compelled the administration to look for allies if it was to risk military involvement . |
| 20 | She said the Church could not afford to refuse to ordain women if it was to win more supporters . |
| 21 | more public expenditure : the King 's Fund researchers provided a tentative estimate that spending would have had to be just under £400 million higher in 1987/88 if it was to match 1981/82 levels , taking into account changing demand and technology ; |
| 22 | Parreira , Gilmar , Calazans and many others maintain the championship has enormous potential if it was to run all year with matches just on Sundays , as in Italy . |
| 23 | I paused , to see if it was having any effect . |
| 24 | E two if it was carried forward sir after this morning 's discussion also does n't help us because , as the county made clear this morning and made very clear just a minute ago , it would use such a policy , it sees its position as being to block erm the er inward investment planning terms to block it as er erm being out of tune with the county 's general conservation and environmental policies . |
| 25 | They were often in danger of forgetting that the good news they heard each Sunday had to be applied to everyday life if it was to have any validity . |
| 26 | Such case as the defence were able to make depended , like the defence in some of the cases cited above , almost entirely on the defendant 's credibility if it was to have any prospect of success and therefore the misdirection was material . |
| 27 | His Honour John Slack in allowing the appeal told the RSPCA that it needed to clean up its act if it was to secure future prosecutions . |
| 28 | Li Yuan watched the Marshal while he talked , barely referring to the folder in his lap , unless it was to take some diagram from it and hand it to Tolonen . |
| 29 | Poland had threatened on Sept. 9 to abandon its negotiations with the EC unless it was given extra access for food products . |
| 30 | Nonetheless , the ULFA has the support of a fair chunk of the population and , more important , is in cahoots with the Asom Gana Parishad , the regional Assamese party that ruled the state till it was sacked last year . |