Example sentences of "[subord] it [was/were] a [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The damaged one was still working , although it was a little way out of alignment . |
| 2 | To this extent , we may consider society today to be healthier than it was a few decades ago . |
| 3 | Certainly more confident now than it was a few days ago . |
| 4 | It is a great deal more professional than it was a few years ago comparable with the standards of other types of consultancies and partnership firms , and is attracting an altogether higher quality of person than was previously the case . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's like it was a few years ago , when no one bothered too much about how you looked , and you did n't get any edginess or aggression . |
| 6 | In this case the relationship is treated as if it were a one-to-many relationship , but the records on the ‘ many side ’ are duplicated because each record can be related to several parents . |
| 7 | The political currency that underpinned the spread of UDCs is no longer so clearly in the government 's control as it was a few years ago . |
| 8 | With the soft detergents now in use , this trouble is not so bad as it was a few years ago , but appreciable quantities still get into some rivers , even though the bulk is removed in sewage-purification treatment . |