Example sentences of "it [was/were] [vb pp] that the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order that the element of farce might not be missing , it was recognised that the old trick with the Irish Free State and the King Emperor was now obsolete . |
| 2 | It was decreed that the old rating system should seek to produce a value based on a free market in property , but the House destroyed that free market in property during the first world war . |
| 3 | In 1749 , at a Vestry meeting it was decided that the Old Palace was to be the Workhouse for the villages of Birling , Luddesdown , Snodland and Halling , at which the poor of these parishes should be sent under the charge of John Seward , a carpenter of Halling . |
| 4 | In a study of potential nursing home residents it was observed that the old people were likely to undergo a major psychological upheaval as they realised that they must soon give up their own homes and accept institutionalisation for the rest of their lives ( Tobin and Lieberman , 1976 ) . |
| 5 | It had been the intention to incorporate part of the old casual ward , to the east of the infirmary but in the course of the preparatory work it was found that the old buildings were bug-infested to an extent which made it undesirable to use any part of them . |
| 6 | At one stage it was thought that the old lady would be written off , but luckily it was not to be and the following year I was able to take her from Buckie with a new lease of life . |