Example sentences of "was [verb] [conj] [pron] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , it has been pleaded at various points throughout paragraph three in reciting the history , that at the various meetings between Peter and Mr that no advice of this nature was given and it is the plaintiff 's case that failure to give advice of this nature , even if they did not ask for it , which they did not , was a breach of the professional duty owed to them by the defendant . |
| 2 | Well he , he possibly may have felt that he could erm very quickly stir things up but there we it was n't quite to the extent that this was happening but there was the , the chance it would . |
| 3 | Until quite recently it was considered that it was the crust that attained equilibrium with respect to the mantle , but it is now known that isostatic adjustments also involve the rigid mantle forming the lower part of the lithosphere . |
| 4 | One focus of discontent did raise the issue onto a more general level when it was argued that it was the southern origins of the planning officials which.were responsible for their unsympathetic approach to Orkney 's housing preferences . |
| 5 | She signed because she was persuaded that it was the right thing to do , not because her husband 's pressure deprived her consent of reality . |
| 6 | He asked the Myrcan about it , and was told that it was the badge of a Teller . |
| 7 | She was told that it was the law to pay the full amount and she must pay it in full , and her answer was that it was the law last year that everyone should pay their own bills , and what happened to them ? |
| 8 | And the , the chef 's were squeezing the custard carton and it was going cos it was the last and the |
| 9 | Well in in general er the original work plan had divided up the production work to share out the technology and this meant that components were being shipped around more than actually they they needed to be or that was economic and it was found that there was the potential to concentrate manufacturers sub-assemblies for each of the major components of the aircraft and subsequently assemble the major components in one country rather than several . |
| 10 | When he had not returned by lam , it was assumed that he was the wanted man . |
| 11 | At the turn of the century , Russian society was changing and it was the challenge of the autocracy to absorb these changes or push increasingly alienated social groups further into political and social isolation . |
| 12 | Courtaulds Fibres commercial director said this was the first time such an exercise had been held in Spain and the Courtaulds site was chose because it was the first in the country to have an emergency plan approved by the civil protection authorities . |
| 13 | The stimulation of new microvessel formation was postulated as it is the major mechanism of action of FGF on gastric ulcers and of acid resistant bFGF on healing acetic acid induced gastric ulcer and cysteamine induced duodenal ulcers in rats . |
| 14 | But I could n't make out which Richard she was talking whether it was the one up above her or the one above Mrs . |
| 15 | It would only be a matter of time before it was discovered but it was the best she could do in such a short time . |
| 16 | A part or organ in one animal that has the same function as another part or organ in a different animal ’ ( 1843 ) ; ( on late nineteenth century biology ) — ‘ Morphology was studied because it was the material believed to be the most favourable for elucidation of the problems of evolution , and we all thought that in embryology the quintessence of morphological truth was most palpably presented ’ ( 1922 ) ; ( on developmental constraint ) — ‘ But if organisation and the laws of development exclude some lines of variation and favour others , there is certainly nothing supernatural in this , and nothing which is incompatible with natural selection ’ ( 1919 ) . |
| 17 | The idea was to show that it was the bumps on the skull that lead on to glory . |
| 18 | For further discussion of " facilities of the same or similar kind " , see Collins v. Hamilton District Licensing Board , 1984 S.L.T. 230 , where it was held that it is the facilities which have to be the same or similar , not the type of licence . |
| 19 | ‘ They also say that he was murdered because he was the father of Cissie Jordan 's baby . ’ |
| 20 | Said Rugby League public affairs executive David Howes : ‘ Offiah was chosen because he is the greatest personality in the game . |
| 21 | When Base officials decided to display one of our first jet aircraft , ‘ 633 was chosen as it was the most complete remaining airframe . |