Example sentences of "it was [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thus the disruptive potential of the queen 's family which Gloucester chose to stress in justifying his action . |
| 2 | It was thus the disruptive potential of the queen 's family which Gloucester chose to stress in justifying his action . |
| 3 | It was thus the very strength of the state , the power of major government departments such as the Environment or Education and Science over the somewhat ragged army of local-government officials , dons , bishops , editors , and men and women of letters that contemporaries noted . |
| 4 | For an essential paradox of the bourgeois family was that it was both the privileged location of emotionality and love , the only source in respectable ideology where it could be tolerated , and simultaneously an effective policeman of sexual behaviour . |
| 5 | Adverse weather conditions , however , caused it to withdraw into shelter and while it was away the French fleet , consisting of eight sail of the line and 24 frigates under Admiral de Forbin , managed , on 8 March , to get out to sea unintercepted . |
| 6 | It was neither the sensible shopping-basket that men bought for their wives , nor the flashy jobs rich men bought for their mistresses . |
| 7 | It was evidently the Conservative intention to associate their campaign as closely as possible with the personality of the wartime leader . |
| 8 | ‘ But it was mostly the other thing , that he 'd had to sweat all his life and she 'd never done a hand 's turn . |
| 9 | She knew that it was to do with her being pregnant , but that it was n't the simple fact of her pregnancy . |
| 10 | And he either phoned me the following morning or if it was n't the following morning it was the one after that . |
| 11 | ‘ It did n't occur to you , ’ he suggested , ‘ that it was n't the poor lady herself that you heard ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Maybe it was n't the wisest thing to have done , ’ Lisa reflected to Josey over a cup of tea that evening . |
| 13 | It was n't the uncertain nature of his livelihood that worried him , nor the police visits , although he had twice been invited to accompany the officers to the station . |
| 14 | It was n't the best foot to start off on but there it was … |
| 15 | Saunders admitted : ‘ It was n't the best tackle in the world . |
| 16 | and so land reform was no longer seen as a means to achieve their end that they that and that it was n't the best policy to consolidate power , it was you needed to have the mass support there first so that 's why land reform was no longer seen as their goal so they did n't take it up at this point when one would expect them to pursue it . |
| 17 | It was n't the best news to come home to — finding my renegade nephew had not only broken and entered my apartment but was bent on destroying an important career opportunity by eloping with some feather-brained teenager ! |
| 18 | It was n't the slitest bit funny . |
| 19 | It was n't the right thing to do . |
| 20 | It was n't the right time of my life for concentration , it really was n't . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't make love to you last night , not because I did n't want to , but because it was n't the right time , or place . |
| 22 | ‘ It was n't the usual hind of thing . ’ |
| 23 | It was n't the usual rationalisation procedure , believe me ! |
| 24 | Fortunately it was n't the usual Aussie surf ! |
| 25 | But despite that it was n't the first camp up . |
| 26 | I guess it was n't the first tournament to be won and lost on the Road Hole at St Andrews . |
| 27 | Something hit me across the face and it was n't the first kiss of springtime . |
| 28 | It was n't the first time he 'd thought that , but this time he was sure . |
| 29 | Mrs Bennett would have a fit if she knew Celia had gone up to Beckwith 's Folly , but it was n't the first time lately that she had been overwhelmed by the desire to escape , although it was the first time she had actually done anything about it . |
| 30 | It was n't the first time Berowne had spent the night in St Matthew 's church vestry . ’ |