Example sentences of "it [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do n't support the roof you can expect it to fall and two men were hurt . |
| 2 | It argued that public-sector resources were substantial , ‘ but efforts need to be pulled together more effectively , and brought to bear in the same place at the same time ’ ( ibid . |
| 3 | Mr Allan admitted keeping houses secure was a problem and said it seemed that young children were to blame for most of the damage and fires in the street . |
| 4 | In all directions it seemed that scientific investigation was triumphing over ignorance , and scientific analysis replacing rule of thumb . |
| 5 | To me , it seemed that those teachers were more likely to be experts in their own system than I would be . |
| 6 | It reckoned that such change was likely to be revolutionary . |
| 7 | It shows that this officer was authorised to carry a gun and erm that 's not in dispute . |
| 8 | It showed that gravitational collapse was not as much of a dead end as it had appeared to be . |
| 9 | The perversity of the decision should not detract from the flaws it appeared to expose in sport 's crusade to eradicate drug abuse , nor the manner in which it showed that financial considerations were as responsible for the debacle as the gross ineptitude of the DLV . |
| 10 | It discovered that local government was rather lax and did not appreciate the problems of dealing with toxic and hazardous waste , and central Government were equally lax in ensuring that local government enforced laws under the Control of Pollution Act 1974 . |
| 11 | It began when four Hurricanes were scrambled at 0830 after a reported five Ju88s at 21,000 feet . |
| 12 | How much would it cost if fair compensation were paid to the standard rate taxpayer each year if that were to be done ? |
| 13 | It followed that each seller was liable to his buyer for breach of the condition in section 12 . |
| 14 | It followed that some schools were more competitive and selective academically than others : those which had no fee-payers ( in the pre-1932 sense ) were startlingly similar in character and purpose to the type of post-war grammar school of which , very much later , I became a head . |
| 15 | Indeed , it appears that that debate was so thorough that many Northern Ireland Members no longer wish to debate the matter or to listen to my opening comments . |
| 16 | But here again it appears that poor Michael was , shall we say , not fully briefed . |
| 17 | Judging from entries made in burial registers it appears that three days was the average length of delay . |
| 18 | As another pseudo-emblema of the later second century , therefore , it appears that this panel was the work of a mosaicist employed on the Lion and Stag and , perhaps , on the Cupids mosaic . |
| 19 | It appears that this request was contained in a letter from Mr. Qalib dated 15 December 1991 addressed to the Secretary General to the United Nations and the President of the Security Council . |
| 20 | When the housing market collapsed , it appears that this property was affected because it became the subject of a forced sale . |
| 21 | ‘ The dispatch of the fax appears to have been disregarded at the time by the team of detectives investigating the bombing , ’ declared the Independent , concluding , unwarily , that ‘ after two years of pursuing members of Jebril 's West German cell , and their associates across Europe , Scandinavia and the Mediterranean , it appears that these men were not responsible for planting the bomb . ’ |
| 22 | However , when there was a conflict it appears that both interpretations were considered , and that it took a considerable amount of time to resolve the conflict . |
| 23 | It appears that Scottish Amicable was unwilling to provide the comfort sought by the Bank of England , which was , therefore , not prepared to sanction the deal . |
| 24 | The assembly could ask the Westminster Parliament for powers to be transferred to it provided that such requests were supported by 70 per cent of the assembly . |
| 25 | It seems that new recruits were likely to have been the spies of political opponents or officers of the Special Branch . |
| 26 | Private Acts of Parliament could be used to overcome opposition ; 472 between 1770 and 1779 , 2000 in all ( Darby 1973b ) , although it seems that more land was enclosed in the seventeenth than in the eighteenth century . |
| 27 | In fact , it seems that this chintz was the product of a relationship rather than a society . |
| 28 | From the CECOS Report it seems that church-related activities were often the main focus of outings for girls . |
| 29 | Few copies ever reached the streets : it seems that most copies were seized . |
| 30 | Despite assurances from advisers over the confidentiality of information presented in the self-appraisal , it seems that most staff were unwilling to produce anything more than a public type of document , providing little more than factual information . |