Example sentences of "it was [to-vb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , in the late 1920s , a critical backlash developed against films that made themselves vacuous in an attempt to match Hollywood styles , the only way people could think of doing it was to define British cinema as the opposite of Hollywood — abandoning melodrama and flamboyance for realism , restraint and understatement . |
| 2 | On the contrary , it was to hammer long balls into the Hearts penalty area at every opportunity on the grounds that such pressure would produce defensive mistakes . |
| 3 | Ramsey asked how valuable it was to have scholarly men as bishops . |
| 4 | It was to have considerable effects upon the earlier stages of education . |
| 5 | Delightful as it was to meet pleasant company in such an unlikely place , I very badly wanted to exchange our fell citations on the other side of this rock . |