Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On some railroads , however , it was far and away the most important single item of freight . |
| 2 | It was true that both the house and the grounds had the curious quality of seeming larger than they were . |
| 3 | But there was still you know a substantial It was more or less the same case as we had before in terms of the traffic relief that each afforded and the economic rates of return . |
| 4 | I would n't of thought so , I would of thought it was more or less the van than anything else |
| 5 | By the early sixties … it was clear that neither the efforts made in the first post-war decade nor the developments outlined in Mr Butler 's White Paper were reducing — or were likely to reduce — the volume of crime or the numbers of persistent offenders . |
| 6 | They stood to attention , but it was clear that both the administrator and his deputy were unsure of the proper response . |
| 7 | Shipbuilding was in crisis , and it was clear that only the fittest could survive . |