Example sentences of "[was/were] [conj] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their main grievances against the education system , which fell under the dual control of the church and state , were that it victimised teachers who showed dissent by questioning the working conditions or salary scale . |
| 2 | The importance of Cockburn 's work was that it integrated studies of local political activity into this wider view of the capitalist state . |
| 3 | One defect was that it required proof of the likelihood of a breach of the peace as a result of the defendant 's conduct . |
| 4 | The essence of Hollywood was that it used actors who became real before the camera ; they were not ciphers there to be manipulated by an all-powerful director but they were actors who were able to combine natural qualities and varied skills and techniques in such a way as to create an on-camera identity . |
| 5 | One of the reasons why this proposition was distasteful to many of Bruno 's contemporaries was that it deprived humanity of a privileged place in the cosmos . |
| 6 | This was because it first and foremost provided for our species ' impressive pattern of braingrowth . |