Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [adv] [that] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was logical enough that the Minister for the Army should be a soldier , General Varela ; but the choice of another military man , Colonel Juan Beigbeder y Atienza , rather than a diplomat , as Foreign Minister gives a revealing insight into how Franco thought foreign policy should be conducted . |
| 2 | It was bad enough that a National Front MEP should emerge as chairman of the delegation to the Swiss parliament ; worse still that one of Mr Schonhuber 's men should be vice-chairman of the delegation to Israel 's Knesset . |
| 3 | It was bad enough that the anniversary of my David 's death was only a few days away . |
| 4 | When English merchants moved out into the world beyond Europe , it was natural enough that the Spice Islands became their ultimate objective . |
| 5 | But it was plain afterwards that the Israelis had not moved one tiny step closer to accepting the United Nations Commission of Enquiry into the Temple Mount killings last week . |
| 6 | There was a thermometer on the wall displaying the temperature , ensuring that it was constant so that the paintings were preserved correctly . |
| 7 | It was clear then that the staff would not only have to work extremely hard , and be at their most alert , they would also have to be unusually flexible . |