Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The advancing edge or step is now twice the normal height and so would require twice the amount of new material if it were to advance at the same rate as the other layers . |
| 2 | When it was pointing at the far corner of the floor , it emitted a stream of high-pitched bleeps . |
| 3 | It was situated at the far end of the house , above the sweet store room . |
| 4 | It was answered at the other end after the first ring by a friendly , but formal , female voice . |
| 5 | It was developed at the Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research by crossing a wild Asian banana with a Brazilian variety . |
| 6 | It was developed at the Royal Small Arms Factory in Enfield . |
| 7 | The first definite report of women taking the side of the men comes in early August , when it was announced at the quarterly general meeting of the Edinburgh Typographical Society that in the office of Neill & Co , 51 " female compositors had intimated their intention of tendering notices on Friday 5 August " alongside the men . |
| 8 | It was announced at the same time that two others had been executed in the Sumatran town of Medan in October 1989 . |
| 9 | It was announced at the same time that the UK Prime Minister , John Major , would travel to Beijing to sign the agreement , making him the first Western head of government to visit China since the crushing of the pro-democracy movement in June 1989 . |
| 10 | It was decided at the last cash crisis meeting to get rid of the grandstand and claim the insurance , only local radio jockey , Keith Labone , thought there might be some insurance fiddle on the go . |
| 11 | It was represented at the International Rose Festival at Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park in July . |
| 12 | The Department of the Environment said it was looking at the legal position of local authorities wanting to control parties . |
| 13 | It was said at the annual conference of the Association of District Councils on 1 July 1988 . |
| 14 | It was discovered at the earlier date that the remains of an impressive Roman villa straddled the course boundary . |
| 15 | It was noted at the same time — though with rather less interest — that the lady Anne 's companion was leaving sanctuary . |
| 16 | THE Restoration and maintenance of the village green and its stream had been a major project for the year , it was noted at the Old Alresford Parish Council 's recent annual general meeting in the Christy Hall . |
| 17 | This kitchen extension is an excellent example of how it should be done : it looks as if it was built at the same time as the rest of the house |
| 18 | Mr Michael King , regional secretary for the association , said it would provide accommodation where it was needed at the very bottom of the housing ladder . |
| 19 | It was suggested at the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council that I send you a copy of the objections made by the Parish Council to the siting of a communication mast on land off Higher Lane , Scorton . |
| 20 | The remit with regard to the er one day seminar , it was suggested at the last meeting er that it would be useful if the activists of the free union actually got together held a one day seminar or training course whatever terminology you like to put on it er to actually educate ourselves on how we should be conducting the campaign basically . |
| 21 | ‘ Addressed to myself , it was delivered at the back door this morning by a manservant . |
| 22 | Councillor Collinson is the owner of the local post office and general stores and it was agreed at the recent meeting of the Parish Council that this would be a good way of ensuring that the information pack was readily accessible by anyone wishing to consult it . |
| 23 | It was agreed at the regular meeting of the Council , today . " |
| 24 | It was agreed at the last meeting of the Parish Council to endorse this request . |
| 25 | He was preparing himself for a British Council tour of France but it was cancelled at the last moment ; he did , however , fly to Amsterdam and then on to Rome in December under the auspices of the same organization . |
| 26 | and that er he was er cos er last week there was supposed to be one of these big like rave things on and it was cancelled at the last minute . |
| 27 | An overwhelming vote of no confidence in it it was passed at the annual Police Federation conference in 1989 , with one member being reported in the press as having described the Authority as ‘ hell-bent on depriving police officers of their civil rights ’ . |
| 28 | In 24 patients ( 86% ) the Dieulafoy disease was located within the stomach ; in 17 patients ( 61% ) it was found at the classic site within 6 cm from the gastroesophageal junction ( in eight cases near the lesser curve , in two near the greater curve , in three on the anterior wall , in two on the posterior wall , and in two in a hiatus hernia immediately below the oesphageal-gastric junction ) ; in five patients in the corpus ; and in two patients proximal from the anastomosis after gastric resection . |
| 29 | You can not deduce from the fact that it was happening at the same time that it was a cause . |
| 30 | What would the public sector borrowing requirement be today if it was running at the same proportion of GDP as in 1975-76 ? |