Example sentences of "it was [adv] [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I imagine that in Austria , as in England at the time , it was rather frowned upon by so-called serious musicians ? |
| 2 | It was n't frowned upon for a woman to start talking loud and making a fool of herself . |
| 3 | It was also accounted for in Government planning guidance and other environmental policies that influence land use . |
| 4 | It would n't surprise me to hear it was locally referred to as the sugar sifter ( a metaphor at last ! ) , one of those useless gadgets dispensing too little or too much in cheap cafés . |
| 5 | When the Foreign Office List made its first appearance " it was strongly objected to in certain quarters , as likely to afford information to the general public with regard to the office , which they thought it advisable they should not possess , and much information was for a time withheld " . |
| 6 | It was highly thought of by Stephen Hales [ q.v. ] , |
| 7 | In this book , it will be called ‘ offensive conduct , ’ because although the marginal note speaks of ‘ harassment , alarm and distress , ’ and although it was commonly referred to in the Parliamentary debates as the ‘ disorderly conduct ’ clause , this is not the most accurate description . |
| 8 | ‘ Second Empire style ’ was copied and transplanted to other European capitals , and even to the New World and it was so closely identified with the Emperor himself that it was sometimes referred to as Style Napoléon III . |
| 9 | During the UDI ( Unilateral Declaration of Independence ) years there was little love lost between the Smith regime and the university — indeed it was often referred to as ‘ the Kremlin on the hill ’ . |
| 10 | Because it was so small — no more than a Hamlet — it was often referred to as ‘ Little Sutton ’ . |
| 11 | Any sound grain which was harvested was completely unusable for flour because of the fishy smell which accompanied the smut , ( hence it was often referred to as stinking smut ) . |
| 12 | The fact that visiting supporters were allowed in to the same terracing , even though distinctly segregated , was a constant source of irritation to many Oxford fans , and it was often pointed to as an explanation for the occurrence of ‘ bovver ’ . |
| 13 | It 's believed it was deliberately set upon by lurcher dogs . |
| 14 | It is , however , clear that their Lordships in Reg. v. Morris did not regard anything said in that case as conflicting with Reg. v. Lawrence for it was specifically referred to in Lord Roskill 's speech , with which the other members of the [ Appellate ] Committee all agreed , without disapproval or qualification . |
| 15 | It is , however , clear that their Lordships in Reg. v. Morris did not regard anything said in that case as conflicting with Reg. v. Lawrence for it was specifically referred to in Lord Roskill 's speech , with which the other members of the Judicial Committee all agreed , without disapproval or qualification . |
| 16 | Well , I am alas going to have to leave out my discussion of God in Paradise Lost , the question of whether , by presenting the obedience to God you can somehow make it more palatable to the readers ' tastes than you could if it was entirely thought of as a secular morality . |