Example sentences of "was [conj] it [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real clincher was that it made better tea and beer than the pump muck . |
| 2 | The benefit of the system was that it demanded that society intervened for those who were under great pressure and could not take the stress . |
| 3 | Another criticism of the Leeds adjournment system was that it added further stress to socially disadvantaged people already living under stressful conditions . |
| 4 | The main point of the case was that it involved domestic property where the client would suffer ( as a private purchaser ) a relatively great loss if the report were negligent , while the risk that would have been undertaken by the surveyor , if he had accepted liability for negligence , would have been relatively low , since it was a routine survey of domestic property , and for him , as a businessman , the value of the property in question was not relatively a great amount of money . |
| 5 | One notable feature of the gold standard was that it allowed automatic adjustment to take place via changes in expenditure and output . |
| 6 | One of the good things about the school was that it overlooked open countryside , where there were usually buzzards and kestrels flying around . |
| 7 | ‘ Only when it was in the net did I realise what size it was and it weighed 26 ob 8 oz , ’ added John who went on to bank five other pike , two of 8 lb 8 oz , and others of 10 lb , 11lb and 14 lb . |