Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was good enough however to set her on the way to winning vital experience — and other roles soon followed . |
| 2 | My own guess , in the latter case , is that sheer ecstasy came with the discovery that it was possible not only to walk out of a marriage , but to do so and flourish , and that the rest of her life was devoted to recapturing this outrageous , outcast joy . |
| 3 | But the belief that it was necessary not simply to lessen poverty but to improve the moral standards of labourers and also of capitalists remained central to the debate . |
| 4 | I found artefacts dating back a century and felt that it was important not just to preserve them , but to use them in the education of today 's children . ’ |
| 5 | It was important not only to provide readable records in the file ( 101 entries ) but also to provide clearly between the purposes defined by pupils and the information books . |
| 6 | Before the Reformation it was common not only to commit one 's soul to Almighty God , but also to ‘ our Lady St. Mary and to all the holy company of heaven ’ . |