Example sentences of "and [conj] [pron] was [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Financial limitations and unwillingness to sell made new players increasingly hard to find , in an area where , as Chapman pointed out , industrial conditions were not conducive to home-grown talent , and where there was strong competition from rugby . |
| 2 | The majority held that , whilst an honest but unreasonable mistake would negative liability , such a defence should be put to the jury only where the defendant expressly asserted belief in consent and where there was some evidence beyond his mere assertion . |
| 3 | In their examination of popular culture Stuart Hall and Paddy Whannel were worried by the fact that music-hall seemed to belong far more to the professional performers than to the audiences and that it was individual stars who actually seemed to have created the stereotypes and much of the idiom . |
| 4 | None of the writers realized that the Cubism of this date relied on a balance between abstraction and representation to achieve its effects , and that it was this balance that gave each work a significance on more levels than one . |
| 5 | It is clear that Wagner became genuinely fond of Nietzsche , but for all the young professor 's admiration of him as a person , Wagner — it is a notorious fact — was a supremely egocentric man ; it is easily inferred that he glimpsed in Nietzsche a means of gaining respectability in hitherto hostile academic circles , and that it was this glimpse , as much as anything , that encouraged his fond feelings to grow . |
| 6 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal considered that multiple interviews ‘ could readily have been arranged without inconvenience or dislocation to the company ’ and that there was insufficient evidence that the need for secrecy precluded consultation . |
| 7 | One effect of the early deadline was that some teachers claimed that their reports had to be rushed and that there was little opportunity for a considered appraisal : |
| 8 | The lay judges , like Stanhope and Stirling , on the other hand , must have been well aware of the realities of the situation , and that there was little chance of the prize-winners being commissioned to carry out the work . |
| 9 | She considered that women photographers were still very much outside the college system , and that there was little evidence of any change . |
| 10 | Michael Bates , standing in Langbaurgh , said his other son had the same operation on the NHS and that there was little difference between the two . |
| 11 | He had said that it was neither functional nor aesthetically pleasing and that there was death-watch beetle in the roof . |
| 12 | Lord Hailsham held that the mental element required for rape was intent and that there was ample authority in support of this proposition . |
| 13 | For example , it is now known that in Israel anatomically modern humans were present some 90,000 years ago and that there was human occupation of Australia 50,000 years ago . |
| 14 | As a member of one of the two departments into which the direction politique of the foreign ministry was then divided , he found that he and his colleagues spent much of their time playing draughts and that there was considerable rivalry between the two as to which could make the better " five o'clock tea " . |
| 15 | I could probably give you the best idea by saying that I conducted most of my tests at an output rating of only 8 watts per channel and that there was sufficient volume to overwhelm a large mammal . |
| 16 | She was told that there was slippage of some support among backbenchers ; that the 1922 Executive was divided , with some preferring a wider choice in the second round ; and that there was some disquiet in the Cabinet . |
| 17 | This was a means of seeing whether they looked well and that there was proper control of their curfew . |
| 18 | Franchises were re-allocated by competition in 1964 , 1967 and 1981 , and although there was each time a public invitation and a grand interview , the procedure involved a good deal of preliminary contact and discussion , not least about such important but apparently secondary factors as studio locations and offices . |
| 19 | Overall supervision of any banking system is essential to protect the interests of depositors , and although there was some degree of depositor protection in the 1960s it was not until the secondary banking crisis of the 1970s that formal supervisory structures were developed and embodied in the Banking Acts of 1979 and 1987 . |
| 20 | There was no sign of Carrie and although it was milking time the cows were still in the field . |
| 21 | She was wasting time trying to rack her brains , and if there was one thing she hated doing , it was wasting time . |
| 22 | And if there was one thing Charity was good at it was disciplining her mind . |
| 23 | He warned the jury that they were not there to judge anybody , but to decide how the unfortunate Mr Oliver had died , and if there was sufficient evidence to bring criminal proceedings against anybody . |
| 24 | In many cases it obviously would be and if there was any element of duress brought on the other contracting party under the modern development of this branch of the law the proposed breaker of the contract would not benefit . |
| 25 | And if there was any doubt , I always had a spare driving licence in that name anyway . |
| 26 | Out of this it was agreed that services ( unemployment relief , pensions , education , etc. ) were provided at a similar level to those in Britain and if there was any money left , an ‘ imperial contribution ’ was paid towards the cost of common services such as the armed forces and the cost of conducting foreign policy . |
| 27 | Floridian sandwiches , on the other hand , filled up an entire tray and if there was any bread it lurked deep in a jungle of cress and lettuce . |
| 28 | When I did n't have any way out , I felt like songs were a tunnel and if there was any mess I could just funnel it out and it would become a beautiful picture at the end of the tunnel . |
| 29 | And if there was any justice remaining in this world , she would take de Raimes with her when she left it . |
| 30 | They had to keep the river streams all flowing and if there was any deluge of rain and stones they would have to keep all the pools in good order and they would |