Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] it [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once Newton 's physics had been constituted , it was possible to apply it in detail to astronomy . |
| 2 | No doubt it was easier to reform it with Dzerzhihsky nut of Moscow , although he retained his post as head . |
| 3 | Tyndall chose , and it was brave to do it in Belfast , to mount an attack on organized religion in the name of science . |
| 4 | The premise on which African governments worked was that if capital could not be had on highly concessional terms it was better to accept it on terms more or less defined by the donors . |
| 5 | Joseph saw that although he was given evil he was able to turn it into goodness . |
| 6 | Everything that had been lost he was able to restore it to Ruth . |
| 7 | Because it was deemed to have been lost in antiquity , the finder was allowed to keep it , although happily the British Museum was able to buy it at auction . |
| 8 | But , whatever the case , in order to assess the effectiveness of regional policy it was necessary to examine it in relation to the context in which it was operating . |
| 9 | The land itself was poor — wild and unmanured' — and the lessees were compelled to bring Huguenot refugees ‘ from Hatfield chase ’ , who would undertake to do what was necessary to bring it into cultivation and pay a reasonable rent . |
| 10 | Now and then he was obliged to curb it in order to give a chance to the bluebells and the wood anemones , which were both getting sparse to the point of extinction . |
| 11 | I think he was frightened to give it for fear of hurting me . ’ |