Example sentences of "it was that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How cruelly ironic it was that the first man to capture her heart and awaken her senses , the man she had waited and longed for , should be metaphorically a ship passing in the night . |
| 2 | She consulted Lessing , accordingly , about what to do with them ; and the end of it was that the long-forgotten link with the law was revived , and young Paul was placed like his father on an office stool . |
| 3 | As their Lordships understand their reasoning , it was that the two sales were not legally interdependent and that there was no evidence to support the judge 's finding that the Perots had a special interest in buying the two adjoining properties . |
| 4 | I think our crucial criticism of the whole press release was that the , it was that the good news , if you like , that the council were doing something pro-active about food poisoning came secondary , was a secondary issue in the press release , the main , the main thing was the bad news , and it could have been turned round . |
| 5 | It was that the Rural Areas Committee should have executive control over the appointment of tutors for classes and courses and thus , of course , approval of the syllabuses . |
| 6 | Writing in 1932 the English critic Bryher asked why it was that the real virtues and strengths and diversity of America had never been conveyed in the movies sent across the Atlantic . |
| 7 | Certain it was that the young man had died at Falkland palace in Fife . |
| 8 | I think what happens all the time , I understand why , if you put true you me , you you put it was that the one thing that sales people always desperately want is something new . |
| 9 | So it was that the scenic heritage of coast and countryside took on a special significance . |
| 10 | In this connection I think it important to bear in mind exactly what it was that the learned trial judge had to decide . |
| 11 | Another way of looking at it was that the basic form was a large lozenge consisting of a red hexagonal core surrounded by six brown triangular tips , or again , diagonal strips of ret hexagons kept in place by pairs of triangular brown wedges . |
| 12 | Thus it was that the 30 mph ( 50 km/h ) speed limit in built up areas led to a 50 per cent reduction in pedestrian deaths in London by 1935 . |
| 13 | Dr Neil put his head on one side and said gravely , ‘ You must learn not to be impudent to the Master , McAllister — it really will not do , ’ but she knew by his manner that he was not serious , and she thought again what a pity it was that the ugly scar so spoiled and distorted his face . |
| 14 | ‘ You see what it was that the High King Erin pronounced over me ! |
| 15 | It was not that I had abandoned the political book : it was that the mounting gravity of current events had turned my interests from theory to practice . |