Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] it [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 Or was it possible for one individual to be in the position of a net ‘ receiver ’ for some considerable time because of an expectation that they would be able to reciprocate at some stage in the future ?
2 Nor was it easy for her at first to make new ones at The Milebrook , having only a pony and cart and her nearest neighbours being two , four and five miles away .
3 Nor was it wise for the British to make precipitate and unilateral cuts to their conventional forces .
4 And was it common for riveting squads to accumulate out of families ?
5 But was it common for everybody to do that ?
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