Example sentences of "it [was/were] [vb pp] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Douglas B-23 Dragon N4000B was stored outside the Museum building ( inset 1990 ) , it was blown a considerable distance . |
| 2 | The morning it was announced a vast audience arrived for Ramsey 's lecture and cheered him all the way up to the dais . |
| 3 | It was decided a long time ago and the waiting is over . ’ |
| 4 | She might say ‘ no' ’ even if it was planned a long time . |
| 5 | When it was reconstructed a rare turbine , instead of the usual waterwheel was installed . |
| 6 | It was given a small head lamp in place of the Croydon side lamps . |
| 7 | As far as the news operation was concerned , it was given a revamped look . |
| 8 | It was given a prestigious launch at a conference arranged by the Bedford WEA branch and attended by many supporters including Messrs. Liddle ( Headmaster of Bedford Modern School and Chairman of Bedford 's WEA branch ) , Baines ( Director of Education for the LEA ) , Glazier ( County Librarian and a former part-time WEA tutor ) , Wash ( WEA District Chairman ) and , of course , Pateman as District Secretary . |
| 9 | It was given a central plan by its Italian builders , with side chapels dating from 1603–12 dedicated to SS Salvator , Roch and Anthony . |
| 10 | Although this kind of shift was common to many local Labour Parties , and has been characterized as the rise of the ‘ new urban left ’ ( Gyford , 1985b ) , in Sheffield it was given a particular twist by the nature of the local economy and society . |
| 11 | It was given a qualified welcome by Donald Riegle and Henry Gonzalez , the ( Democrat ) chairmen of the Senate and House banking committees respectively , who stated that an extension of bank operations into financial services should be delayed until the implementation of the supervisory and deposit insurance reforms , the latter being expected to attract widespread public opposition . |
| 12 | On it was written a short list which he read through quickly . |
| 13 | It was made a compulsory subject in the schools , an essential part of the Leaving Certificate , and it was necessary to pass an exam in the language to enter the civil service . |
| 14 | Erm well why would you er get engaged in a , a contest erm with er the three warring factions , because you certainly would n't be able to con confine yourself to one , and since there 's no national interest as such , I know there have been many attempts to link er Bosnia with er peace in the world generally or with world order , in fact there is no threat er this is a civil war , strictly speaking , and th there 's no evidence that it would er sp spill over into a major war unless it was made a major war er by those er with the er forces that exist . |
| 15 | The most blatant example came in 1981 when it was made a criminal contempt punishable with two years ' imprisonment for journalists , after a trial was over , to interview jurors about their deliberations . |
| 16 | Abortion was a common-law crime until 1803 , when it was made a statutory offence . |
| 17 | But nineteen thirteen I went to this examination and it was called a Labour Examination , and if you were able to pass this examination you could leave school at thirteen . |
| 18 | Planners had wanted it to die … it was called a rural slum . |
| 19 | It was called a departmental agency , but the constraints of trying to be fully integrated with a major department like the Department of the Environment meant that the theoretical freedom to manage , which it had started off with , very quickly disappeared . |
| 20 | It was painted a fiery red and had huge windows . |
| 21 | At Greenham Common , for example , it was declared a criminal offence to ‘ enter , pass through or over or remain in or over ’ the area of the base . |
| 22 | Octopus feed on small crustacea , and Young designed experiments in which the octopus would be shown a large black or white shape — say a cross — at the same time as it was offered a small crab . |
| 23 | ‘ A small cromlech was discovered by some miners about the year 1837 near the Cheesewring in a barrow or cairn and under it was found a bell-shaped gold cup with a sphere or sceptre . |
| 24 | Near it was found a fragmentary base with a reference to Chios and names including Archermos . |
| 25 | To it was added a certain unpredictability these days because of its British incumbency . |
| 26 | But when Cecilia was married in 1940 and first went to live there it was thought a poor sort of house , semi-detached , shabby and in a dowdy district . |
| 27 | It was thought a generous declaration — but not in the light of Wales 's batting in their first innings . |
| 28 | At twenty-eight shillings a week , ‘ it was considered a good position , ’ says Marian , his daughter . |
| 29 | It was considered a great honour not only for Eva , but Salvation Army work as a whole . |
| 30 | In addition to the exceptional nature and size of his victory , it was considered a potential watershed in Haiti 's history , a view given further credence by the failure of a coup attempt in January 1991 which had aimed at preventing Aristide 's inauguration [ see p. 37955 ] . |