Example sentences of "it [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked at the low asset base and in the end it was decided to go for a trade sale . ’ |
| 2 | After careful consideration , Fred Dunston explained the intolerable conditions to those concerned and it was decided to arrange for the return of the children to Bydown . |
| 3 | Iraqi Turkoman groups meeting in Istanbul on Nov. 9 called for a " unitary Iraqi state " but indicated that " if , in a free referendum to be held in Iraq under the supervision of neighbouring countries , including Turkey " , it was agreed to opt for a solution " based on ethnic structure " , Iraqi Turkomans would " exercise their right of self-determination within this structure " . |
| 4 | It was required reading for the Royals in Balmoral this weekend . |
| 5 | As the ideology of motherhood strengthened during the early twentieth century in response to the high infant mortality rate and the implications it was feared to have for the health and welfare of an imperial nation , so the pressures exerted on working class mothers increased . |
| 6 | when it was proposed to apply for a bill to make a line from Wolverhampton to Montgomery , and afterwards to abandon the latter part of the line , no meeting was called to ascertain the views of the district on the proposed abandonemtn of the part between Lydham Heath and Montgomery . |