Example sentences of "[adv] this [was/were] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Arguably this was the case in the English penal system during the supposed reign of the ‘ rehabilitative ideal ’ . ) |
| 2 | Apparently this was the wont of the original Lazy Lawrence , a lackadaisical labourer who would avoid making an extra trip if he could . |
| 3 | They worked hard for any money they got er but basically this was the idea that they could earn more money than say a joiner or a plumber or whatever , and therefore they had a wee bit of pride in themselves . |
| 4 | But Nigel did take the time to explain that b that basically this was the , the , the view that the new directive would take place keeping it simple . |
| 5 | Perhaps this was the case but there is a danger of becoming so immersed in oneself that the music tends to lose its reactivity . |
| 6 | Perhaps this was the ‘ green and pleasant land ’ that Blake was invoking . |
| 7 | Perhaps this was the main anxiety , and the main reason for the RHA taking a role in local decision-making . |
| 8 | One of the features of the cerebral hemispheres is that they have more extensive interconnections from one part to other parts than is usual in sensory centres , and perhaps this was the feature , inherited from its origin as the smell-brain , that made it useful for other modalities as well ; global pattern recognition requires taking into account large chunks of sensory information , not just localised patches . |
| 9 | But perhaps this was the best way , to come running out with his cousin and his friend . |
| 10 | Perhaps this was the explanation : Conchis was simply an old queer . |
| 11 | Strange that he should offer her coffee , but perhaps this was the way this firm did things in the interests of good customer relations . |
| 12 | Perhaps this was the beginning , a new era , a real coming to terms with the painful knowledge that Mark would never be around again . |
| 13 | It crossed her mind fleetingly that perhaps this was the attraction for Benedict Beckenham . |
| 14 | Perhaps this was the result of an adrenalin-rush from all that anger . |
| 15 | So this was the primary function of the ADAA at its founding ? |
| 16 | So this was the reason I was late and then it was , " Sit down , all right " . |
| 17 | So this was the only way in — underneath the port . |
| 18 | So this was the abortion . |
| 19 | So this was the , the main incentive for joining the army then ? |
| 20 | So this was the Dock Commission ? |
| 21 | Erm , and so on , so , so , so this was the , this was the , er this is what I was trying to do , try and contrast the use of psychoanalysis in , in biography , from character assassination on one hand , to hagiography at the other , and with Freud 's Woodrow Wilson somewhere in , in between , but perhaps nearer the character assassination end , because erm , neither of them , er neither of the authors were , really had , had much of a brief of Woodrow Wilson . |
| 22 | So this was the husband . |
| 23 | So this was the Angel Gabriel 's temptation : to stop working miracles and run away , because Izzie begged him to , and cried in the dark . |
| 24 | So this was the first fruit of our collaboration , the test of our method ! |
| 25 | Er mm I do n't think so because the , the , we , we are with all of this we are still in north China so this was the first time land reform has come . |
| 26 | So this was the eligible Dr Kent that Penny had mentioned . |
| 27 | Browne knew the Masai well and understood how alien such a proposal was to their consensual system of politics , but nevertheless this was the beginning of a long and unavailing effort by the British to set up the laibon as chief of the Tanganyika Masai , until at last in 1933 the current occupant asked to be relieved of his office . |
| 28 | A spokesman said yesterday this was the earliest that details could be given to its workforce . |
| 29 | Until yesterday this was the nearest Mike Cratchley thought he was going to get to the chateau he had booked for a group holiday this summer . |
| 30 | After a day of unsuccessful auditions , he went to a Barnsley nightclub , saw Lynne and knew at once this was the woman he wanted . |