Example sentences of "[adj] it [was/were] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1983/4 it was deemed important to redirect resources to inner-city areas , following the race riots ( for example the weight given to the ethnic indicator in the assessment of educational needs for special remedial provision was doubled ) . |
| 2 | When Harry , without complications or much assistance , arrived that same evening , she remembered ever afterwards thinking quite clearly how much easier it was to bear physical than mental pain . |
| 3 | At a meeting of North and South Korean Red Cross officials on June 12 it was agreed that exchange visits of dispersed family members would be held on Aug. 25-28 . |
| 4 | At a hearing on Jan. 30 it was announced that retrial on the outstanding charges would begin on March 9 . |
| 5 | The term of service was reduced by his successors and in 1762 it was made voluntary , but the great bulk of the officer corps continued to be staffed by hereditary noblemen . |
| 6 | By late 1874 it was producing various types of coloured printing papers , as well as newsprint , on a 54-inch machine . |
| 7 | The rotating presidency of the Council was held by Ireland for the first half of 1990 , by Italy for the second half of 1990 , and in 1991 it was held first by Luxembourg and then by the Netherlands . |
| 8 | Driving to Glasgow I wondered how easy it was to get lost and end up in Wales or Norfolk or somewhere , but once it began , it was so exciting and I saw one could n't get lost , not even if one tried . |
| 9 | If a virus had begun to affect people who put crosses against Conservative candidates in general elections , I would presumably be arguing that this proved how immoral it was to vote Tory , but I hope nobody would believe me . |
| 10 | In Saddleworth Urban District Council v Aggregate and Sand Ltd. it was held that lack of finance was not a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with a nuisance order under s.94 of the Public Health Act 1936 , in respect of an abatement notice served under s.1 of The Noise Abatement Act 1960 and s.93 of the 1936 Act . |
| 11 | He admired the stonework of the school , the windows and even pointed out how quaint it was having two handles on each side of the door . |
| 12 | By 1705 London already had 180 departing coach services ; by 1836 it was to have 342 . |
| 13 | On Saturday 4 June 1859 it was announced that prayer meetings would be held in the Town Hall at 6.00 am , 12.00 noon and 8.00 pm . |
| 14 | From 1969 it was awarding honorary degrees . |
| 15 | The city 's Friedrich-Wilhelm Universität was founded only after Baron von Stein 's reforms in 1810 , yet by 1870 it was setting international standards in history , classics , physics , chemistry , and medicine . |
| 16 | In 1984 it was estimated that three-fifths of part-time workers — some 2.75 million employees , mostly women — were earning below the National Insurance threshold ( Employment Gazette , 1984 ) and , given the rise in female part-time employment , the figure would be much higher today . |
| 17 | Ramsey asked how valuable it was to have scholarly men as bishops . |
| 18 | In the 1780s it was estimated that of the troops raised in Great Britain on the Irish establishment one-sixth deserted every year . |
| 19 | In the field of care of the elderly it was stated that |
| 20 | ‘ I heard on good authority that Albert Reynolds sent an emissary to the north to make sure it was understood that Spring was not speaking for the government . |
| 21 | By 1976 it was becoming difficult to ring changes on the " Pure Gold " theme and , Salmon adds , " the public was becoming over-familiar with the campaign and it was being copied by rivals . |
| 22 | THE number of people hit by the flood disaster , dubbed the ‘ storm of the century ’ , will exceed 3,000 it was revealed last night . |
| 23 | How terrible it was to have those easy phrases , trotted out so often in the course of gossip , or heart-to-hearts , or in magazine articles , or even court cases , become so real . |
| 24 | But , poorly placed as X Corps was for any new attack , its position on either side of Fort Douaumont was so untenable that just by sitting still it was losing 230 men a day to French shellfire . |
| 25 | The basic objection to any continuation of the campaign was its organized nature , based on the " creation of machinery with staffs and offices throughout the country " .40 It was made clear that no campaign of any sort was to be allowed and , on their refusal to accept this decision , the four members were expelled . |
| 26 | It is very unlikely it was intended that way . |
| 27 | In the beginning it had a circulation of two thousand ; by 1930 it was selling nine thousand copies per month at ten cents . |
| 28 | ( iii ) In respect of count 1 it was submitted that section 2(1) did not apply to the facts of this case ; in particular it was submitted that in order to contravene section 1(1) and therefore in turn section 2(1) it was necessary to establish that the offender had used one computer with intent to secure unauthorised access into another computer . |
| 29 | In respect of count 1 it was submitted that section 2(1) did not apply to the facts of this case and it was particularly submitted that in order to contravene section 1(1) , and therefore in turn section 2(1) , it was necessary to establish that the offender had used one computer with intent to secure unauthorised access into another computer . |
| 30 | On Oct. 16 it was announced that work had begun to erect 40 mobile homes at Givat Hamatos in southern Jerusalem . |