Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The findings from the investigation , as given above , caused both the client and the analysts to review the situation and concentrate first on the general organisation of the filing system as a whole , to determine if it were possible to achieve some degree of commonality as a prerequisite to the development of a computer support system . |
| 2 | If only it were possible to avoid these difficulties , and go island-hopping where they speak English , where the controllers are friendly and helpful , where all kinds of services are readily available , taxes are low and fuel plentiful . |
| 3 | We have become so used to spiteful obituaries that it was pleasant to find some kind thoughts about a dead writer . |
| 4 | There was no sense in inviting battle from a much stronger enemy ; it was better to delay any fighting in the hope of more allied troops arriving to even the numbers who faced each other south of Frasnes . |
| 5 | John Williams ( Lab ) , council leader , said it was better to accept these plans than risk losing the chance to have the site improved . |
| 6 | Surely it was better to follow any occupation , even a baker 's , a barber 's , a librarian 's , than commit the cardinal sin — for a Dutchman — . |
| 7 | Lilley stated that there was a clear shift in the balance between state provision and self provision and that it was right to shift this balance towards self provision as the wealth of the nation increased . |
| 8 | Paddock opinion agreed that it was ludicrous to imagine that Goodyear would be banned from international racing , a move that would destroy F1 at a stroke . |
| 9 | In five of them the nitrate level already exceeded 50 mg/litre and it was due to exceed that level in the others by 1991–2004 . |
| 10 | It was encouraging to find some children apparently receiving a good standard of care : for example , GCSE results were higher than previously reported research had led us to expect ( Fletcher-Campbell and Hall , 1990 ) . |
| 11 | But it was easy to put another interpretation on his behaviour . |
| 12 | When it was easy to reach this man whose spirit was born out of the best of the desert traditions . |
| 13 | Our choice was invariably Lake Vrynwy Hotel , a large Gothic edifice in which it was easy to imagine all kinds of Agatha Christie-like goings-on , although we never actually encountered any . |
| 14 | It was easy to avoid this tax by transferring assets before death . |
| 15 | From the moment the 1957 White Paper was published , the Army Council maintained discreet but relentless pressure on the Government to increase the ceiling as commitments grew , just as the General Staff had predicted they would do , and as recruiting figures showed that it was practicable to find enough men to take ‘ the Queen 's Shilling ’ . |
| 16 | He 'd done good work on the drama pilot , and it was galling to hear this woman refer to it so dismissively . |
| 17 | I suppose we have had a share of the steam action down south this season and it was good to see these trains back in action after the threats of cancellation owing to fire hazards ? |
| 18 | We should have them a bit more often — it was good to have some fun with our friends and colleagues . ’ |
| 19 | From long experience Blanche knew it was pointless to confront most interviewees , foolish to drive them into a corner . |
| 20 | His liquid ebony eyes told her it was a pointless question — just as it was pointless to make any attempt at civility . |
| 21 | was in Camplin that it was first established that rape could take place even though there was no force threatened or used provided that the victim did not consent to intercourse . |
| 22 | The Head of Department accepted that the department had some responsibility for the insalubrious state of the Pottery Hut and that it was possible to do more 3D work , although the problem of group size in this should be recognised in the report . |
| 23 | I wondered how it was possible to love many men when you had once loved one more than your immortal soul , and whether Lili had ever loved like that , or whether this was a torment saved for ridiculous people like myself . |
| 24 | It was possible to spend all day wandering happily round and round the camp musing on the possibility of a hole cut in the wire here , a tunnel dug there , or an assault with scaling ladders somewhere else . |
| 25 | Thanks to the assistance of the statistics department of Avon and Somerset Police , it was possible to answer this question and provide a fifth and final indicator of success . |
| 26 | Even without hearing the ineffable pitch of his bellow , it was possible to pick this man out in any circle . |
| 27 | Finally , it was possible to withdraw this part of the legislation as the services cover not only a more difficult area , but a quite distinct area of these provisions , without having repercussions on some of the other areas . … |
| 28 | The idea was that through deconditioning , unblocking , a ventilation of the soul ( ‘ airing your problems ’ ) , it was possible to achieve some kind of frank and freeflowing exchange . |
| 29 | In the north west , it was astonishing to see this superstar , namely Morrissey , worshipping this formerly dreadful local TV presenter . |
| 30 | There was no cinema , no dance-hall , not even a café , and as we had no centre in which to foregather ( save The Galleon ) , and were all working on different shifts , it was impossible to take any initiative in organising group entertainment . |