Example sentences of "that it was [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it is n't , I ca n't see that it was pushed any distance … |
| 2 | The company explains its performance by saying that 1989 was the first year that the US contributed the majority of its sales , 61% of the total , and that it was hit that year by a 35% fall in the UK because it was too reliant on one customer ; it raised £1.5m in a rights issue . |
| 3 | The fragment sheds some illumination on what it was like to be a feminist 50 years ago , though we would point out that it was written 20 years after the event with all the problems of interpretation that implies . |
| 4 | Local journalist Mike Stairs has been following the story closely , but says it was n't until the mid-'80s that it was given national attention . |
| 5 | As part of the fund-raising effort , the Scottish Bridge Union ran a National Spring Swiss Teams and this was such a success that it was repeated this year . |
| 6 | It was only in the more enlightened judgments that it was held that resistance was unnecessary where the complainant was overcome by fear . |