Example sentences of "as it [was/were] [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former is of unusual design as it was built in two storeys ( largely in the fourteenth century ) , one church above the other . |
| 2 | The issue is the people 's right to choose their representatives and to hold them accountable ; and , in this English context , Parliament has already become the focus of the struggle for democracy , as it was to remain in subsequent centuries . |
| 3 | By 1914 the terms of a possible compromise were emerging , by which Unionists would accept Home Rule and Liberals would agree to exclude Ulster ; argument continued over the exact size of an excluded Ulster and the length of time involved in exclusion , but the logic of the negotiations pointed to this settlement in 1914 just as it was to do in 1921–22 . |
| 4 | She uses only the pinhole camera or , as it was known in pre-photographic times , the camera obscura . |
| 5 | In the light of that , will he reconsider the abolition of vacation hardship allowance , especially as it was abolished in clear breach of undertakings given in the House that it would remain as a safety net following the abolition of social security provision ? |
| 6 | As soon as it was launched in 1986 the East London Compact attracted a great deal of attention from people wishing to learn how a local Partnership between Education and Industry could work to enhance the educational experiences and vocational opportunities of young people . |
| 7 | Their vision of ‘ the planet being as it were wrapped in telepathic or electronic thought of more and more brains working away ’ seems to her ‘ dangerously like the pollution that may stifle it ’ and ‘ essentially an elitist dream ’ ( 1981:388 ) . |