Example sentences of "it was [adj] [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lilley stated that there was a clear shift in the balance between state provision and self provision and that it was right to shift this balance towards self provision as the wealth of the nation increased . |
| 2 | When it was easy to reach this man whose spirit was born out of the best of the desert traditions . |
| 3 | It was easy to avoid this tax by transferring assets before death . |
| 4 | He 'd done good work on the drama pilot , and it was galling to hear this woman refer to it so dismissively . |
| 5 | Thanks to the assistance of the statistics department of Avon and Somerset Police , it was possible to answer this question and provide a fifth and final indicator of success . |
| 6 | Even without hearing the ineffable pitch of his bellow , it was possible to pick this man out in any circle . |
| 7 | Finally , it was possible to withdraw this part of the legislation as the services cover not only a more difficult area , but a quite distinct area of these provisions , without having repercussions on some of the other areas . … |
| 8 | In the north west , it was astonishing to see this superstar , namely Morrissey , worshipping this formerly dreadful local TV presenter . |
| 9 | This view rested on an optimistic assumption that there was employment enough in the economy for all if labour was sufficiently mobile , but it was impossible to test this assumption in the 1830s and 40s . |
| 10 | Amiss detected a note of crossness in the press that it was impossible to pin this murder definitely on the IRA . |
| 11 | The restructuring school argued that to understand what was happening to the geography of British manufacturing at this time it was necessary to analyse this situation . |
| 12 | The Roman epic poet Statius , in the first century AD , claimed it was unlawful to know this god even existed . |
| 13 | That is the information on which the police were acting when they decided it was reasonable to take this action . |
| 14 | However , it was difficult to accept this concept as the prostaglandins measured were not proaggregatory . |
| 15 | So it was interesting to hear this week from Mrs Bolton of Wildlife In Need in the north of our country that she has recently saved the life of a six-month old roe doe fawn . |
| 16 | It was hard to reconcile this crisp , terse executive with the casual shorts-clad figure she had last seen on the jetty of the sailing club , directing the noisy , giggling group of children . |
| 17 | as Purchasing and Contract Department Quality manager Owen Edis explains , ‘ we encourage our managers to give recognition for a job well done , so it was natural to extend this recognition to suppliers . |
| 18 | Similarly , with the state lacking means of its own to regulate the conduct of business by its subjects overseas it was convenient to delegate this function to the great trading companies , which also assumed responsibility for general colonial administration . |