Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.

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1	It 's simply the reason it was done that way was to reflect a County Council decision which had been taken fairly recent times on the route of an outer as opposed to an inner .
2	‘ I heard on good authority that Albert Reynolds sent an emissary to the north to make sure it was understood that Spring was not speaking for the government .
3	In the exile it was decreed that circumcision was to be the official rite of initiation into Judaism and all that that now meant .
4	See Stewart v. Dunphy , 1980 S.L.T. ( Notes ) 93 in which it was decided such persons were guilty of an offence .
5	It was decided that training was necessary , so the officer training corps were introduced at several universities .
6	It was intended that assessment was made through observation , practical work and discussion during normal lessons .
7	Discussion took place over Korea and it was agreed that trusteeship was the appropriate policy to adopt .
8	Increasingly it was reported that gold was being reconverted into cash , which was then deposited in new saving accounts offering high rates of interest .
9	It was only in the more enlightened judgments that it was held that resistance was unnecessary where the complainant was overcome by fear .
10	It was held that time was not of the essence .
11	It was held that time was of the essence .
12	The defendant thought that he was being attacked when he acted , and it was held that self-defence was available to him .
13	However , in Coca-Cola Co. of Canada Ltd. v Pepsi-Cola Co. of Canada Ltd. ( 1942 ) , it was held that PEPSI-COLA was not too close to COCA-COLA because the suffix COLA was a word that had become common and descriptive of a type of beverage ; that is , a generic word .
14	The Commander , US Naval Activities , UK , it was held that refusal was reasonable due to increased travelling time , travel costs and loss of status .

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