Example sentences of "and it was [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then we have published the timetable for the amalgamation of regiments , and it was to that fact that my right hon. Friends were perfectly fairly drawing attention . |
| 2 | Yet it emphasizes the close personal bonds which had existed between the dukes of Aquitaine and their vassals : the Pommiers were an ancient family , members of the ducal household , and it was to this kind of traditional relationship that appeal could be made by a largely absentee king-duke at periods of crisis . |
| 3 | And it was to this man that almost everyone now turned as the rather quiet , rather cultured , rather interesting , wholly English voice began to speak : |
| 4 | He was a funeral ‘ director ’ rather than a furnisher , and it was to this practice that a number of top-rank funeral furnishers working in London looked — Ballard , Dowbiggin & Holland , J.D. Field , A. France & Son , J. Kenyon , Leverton 's and John Nodes — though they were never quite to match his mastery . |
| 5 | It finishes tomorrow and it was for fifteen days . |
| 6 | They are admittedly themselves valueless and are thrown away and it was for that reason , no doubt , that Upjohn J. was constrained to say that their value lay in the evidence they afforded of success in an advertising campaign . |
| 7 | This is very clever of Brutus , saying that he loved Caesar more than anybody , and it was for this love that he killed him , to prevent him from the trouble brewing ahead for him . |
| 8 | What he wanted to do was to publicize erm the whole issue , and it was for this purpose that he joined in these campaigns . |
| 9 | I am unaware of any biography in print , and it was for this reason that I wrote this brief account of the life of a truly great man of God . |
| 10 | Our policy has been to try to build up a great team and not to weaken our playing strength , and it was for this reason that we accepted the offer made . |
| 11 | Councillors had an understandable reluctance to commit themselves to a political course which would deprive them of access to patronage , and it was for this reason that it was necessary for politicians to provide demonstrations of power . |
| 12 | For Sartre ‘ human history ’ was identified with the history of the West , and it was for this reason that Lévi-Strauss contested Sartre 's claim to have established the human foundation of ‘ a structural , historical anthropology ’ for Marxism . |
| 13 | The official line was that ‘ true character of French concessions to Indo-Chinese nationalism and ultimate intentions are clear to Department ’ and it was for this reason that no further substantive concessions involving parliamentary action in France were called for at that time . |
| 14 | If anything should happen to him , there could well be a collapse in Indo-China and it was for this reason that Collins recommended that the US should continue to extend military and economic aid ‘ in order to check the spread of communism in South-East Asia ’ — but only as long as de Lattre was in Indo-China . |
| 15 | The coypu-control man must have come on a weekday , though , and it was with that hangover that Adam associated his coming . |
| 16 | It was Willans who advised Rolt 's parents to apprentice him as a mechanical engineer , and it was with great enthusiasm that in 1926 the boy left Cheltenham College , which had been a miserable experience for him , to serve as a pupil at Bomfords , an agricultural engineering firm at Pitchill near Evesham . |
| 17 | Naturally , when I made this suggestion to St John and his sisters , they protested strongly , and it was with great difficulty that I finally managed to convince them of my firm intention to carry out this plan . |
| 18 | As you can see , sir , this lady is quite a redoubtable lady and it was with great difficulty that we persuaded her to await the outcome of this enquiry before insisting on seeing you personally , sir . ’ |
| 19 | Bowls of pot pourri scented the air , and the high ceilings gave a feeling of space and light The en suite bathroom was white marble with a luxuriously deep bath and lots of goodies to pamper yourself and it was with great effort that we dressed again for dinner , leaving our soft bathrooms and preening behind . |
| 20 | However that was where the comeback ended and it was with much relief that Parrott eventually clinched victory , taking the 15th frame 64-11 . |
| 21 | However that was where the comeback ended and it was with much relief that Parrott eventually clinched victory , taking the 15th frame 64-11 . |
| 22 | By then every muscle ached , and it was with deep gratitude that they turned at last to drag their feet towards the house . |
| 23 | Many passengers transferred from the Sophocles , I amongst them , and after much anxiety the Nestor actually sailed and it was with happy hearts that we saw Table Mountain gradually disappearing behind the horizon . |
| 24 | And it was with this development that the company expanded internationally ; it prompted Harlequin , a Canadian based publishing house to approach Mills and Boon for the North American rights to some of their titles . |
| 25 | Market research had suggested that there was a role for viewdata in education and it was with this project that Solihull Sixth Form College ( SSFC ) became involved . |
| 26 | Like Terry Venables calling for a pre-match arsenic , the old trouper knows that the best way to disarm your critics is to make ‘ em laugh , but the joke has been wearing a bit thin , and it was with some relief that he swopped his sheepish smile for a satisfied one . |
| 27 | Benny said she did n't want anyone they did n't know , and it was with some relief that they heard the niece Clodagh did n't want to go amongst strangers either . |
| 28 | A woman 's number was at the bottom of the Time Out piece and it was with some feelings of fear that I decided to ring it , not knowing who or what I would find . |
| 29 | It was then that she and Madeleine saw each other : and it was at that instant that their military training served them well . |
| 30 | I felt wonderful , and it was at that moment that I realised that if I started taking my athletics seriously , if I started training properly , if I started listening to Ron , then maybe I could do something in the sport . |