Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were decided to impose a breakeven constraint , and assuming that there is more than one product price involved , the target may be achieved in many ways . |
| 2 | His article is illustrated with huge colour photographs of the white cliffs of Dover in case the alligazoos who read it were tempted to miss the point . |
| 3 | The EC is already funding a management programme for the threatened wetlands , and according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , the Commission would be " pouring its own money down the drain " if it were to decide to back the scheme . |
| 4 | This would protect the holdings against a future decline of the dollar , but at the cost of pushing the risk on to the United States if it were required to compensate the IMF ( which would take over these dollar holdings ) for any losses . |
| 5 | People may tense their bodies in a variety of ways to cope with the threat of strong feelings , but then as it were forget to relax the muscles after the immediate threat has passed . |
| 6 | Not all of them I accept and they 've been very helpful and when it comes to erm any other issue , I think basically , unfortunately sir , I think that we have strayed from the debate , we 've strayed onto ethnic issues er er and I think it 's a shame Mr , there was no need to introduce that and of course it was bound to bring a backlash , it was bound to introduce it it it it 's coloured it it 's made opaque the issues because you make it complicated , in actual fact er er I think that er being a governor of a school , I think that 's absolutely marvellous that some youngsters the future , I think the future will decide , I think there are kids out there will turn round one day and say how could you have done that ? |
| 7 | The court held that on the authorities it was bound to quash the sentence of three months ' imprisonment , Scott L.J . |
| 8 | Accordingly an injunction against the defendant fulfilling any contract with any person named on a card index which he had obtained from his former employer was discharged , the court saying it was bound to limit the period to one year at the longest . |
| 9 | Though the landscape was flat , it seemed , both visually and from the effort it was taking to move the wheelbarrow , that I was continually walking up a hill , but when I looked back , it was as if I had just walked down one . |
| 10 | Once the new curriculum was underway , the predominant concern of the department was the time it was taking to cover the syllabus . |
| 11 | But we think , ’ Rose said , ‘ it was done to disguise the fact that the poison that killed Sir Thomas was not in the entrée at all , but in another dish . |
| 12 | Hong Kong announced on May 3 that it was refusing to allow the ship into the colony . |
| 13 | However , in addition to the mining ban , it was understood to cover the protection of the marine environment , the disposal of waste from the numerous research stations in the area , and the preservation of fauna and flora . |
| 14 | If neither of these provisions applies , the affidavit must be sworn by a person having direct personal knowledge of the means adopted for service , and must specify the steps which have been taken to serve the demand , the means whereby ( those steps having been ineffective ) it was sought to bring the demand to the debtor 's attention , and the date by which , to the best of the knowledge of the person making the affidavit , the demand would have come to the debtor 's attention . |
| 15 | 715 this House accepted as correct the dissenting judgment of Holt C.J. where it was sought to challenge the removal of a rector by the visitor of Exeter College by an action in ejectment . |
| 16 | The large 11x18in steam plate made wallpaper stripping fast and easy , even on painted paper , once it was scored to help the steam penetrate . |
| 17 | Before it left Scampton it was inspected to gauge the material and manpower needed to re-finish the aircraft , and while it was at Bicester a team from St Athan completely stripped the Lancaster , although it was decided not to apply its new paint scheme until it was finally in situ at the RAF Museum , to avoid damaging the paintwork on its journey to Hendon . |
| 18 | In other parts of the world there have been cases where it was desired to combine a system of local independent governments with a unifying central administration which would provide strength especially for foreign affairs and defence . |
| 19 | January 1895 , when it was arranged to have a meeting of members the Friday following , the 25th. inst. each member to contribute a song . |
| 20 | The Appeal Fund had now reached £65,000 , of which £23,000 had been spent on the Gymnasium ; it was decided to continue the Appeal for a Hall costing in the region of £90,000 . |
| 21 | Although he was a member of the supreme council of the IRB , and is supposed to have been present at a meeting in September 1914 at which it was decided to stage a rebellion against British rule in Ireland , he played no role in planning the Easter rising of 1916 . |
| 22 | Because towns and cities had grown too rapidly in the 1930s , it was decided to restrict the growth of cities and to disperse populations into new towns . |
| 23 | However , at an ITTO seminar in Cambridge , chaired by the UK and attended by 10 of the organization 's members , it was decided to suppress the report on the grounds that it might damage trade . |
| 24 | In 1985 it was decided to move the engine to a Great Western line and so Kinlet Hall arrived at Toddington . |
| 25 | Mr Runciman said it was decided to issue a profits warning which would have come as a bombshell . |
| 26 | The material deterioration in the company 's prospects had to be made public under Stock Exchange rules , and it was decided to issue the warning . |
| 27 | It was decided to enlist the help of East Hampshire District Council in an attempt to assess how best to tackle the problem . |
| 28 | No great progress was made over several years , so it was decided to enlist the services of the Ergonomic Department of Loughborough University . |
| 29 | It was decided to cancel the Manchester landing and fly direct to Prestwick . |
| 30 | By the next morning its hyperactivity had returned , and to make future ease of handling possible it was decided to employ the Walther method of de-clawing . |