Example sentences of "[subord] it was [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gerard said that " all kinds of Hyssope do grow in my Garden " and disdained to describe it , any more than Dioscorides did : " as being a plant so well known that it needed none " ( description ) , and it was illustrated in an Italian Herbal published in 1744 , where it was called H. vulgaris . |
| 2 | An ambulance took him to Leeds General Infirmary where it was found John , 72 , was suffering from a vicious flu bug . |
| 3 | Although it was getting dusk , he was certain that he had seen someone or something fall from the bridge . |
| 4 | In his annual report to the Supreme Soviet Matiukhin said that he had resigned because ( i ) the government had taken no effective steps to solve the cash shortage ; ( ii ) inter-enterprise debt stood at 2,000,000 million roubles for which the Bank was criticized although it was following government policy ; and ( iii ) the Supreme Soviet was demanding a reduction of the 80 per cent interest rate to 50 per cent . |
| 5 | Later , however , he came to realize that it was more accurate for him to say Truth is God than it was to say God is Truth . |
| 6 | It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason . |
| 7 | It failed because the French and the British were unhappy about supporting such a move and indeed the United Nations looked very likely er er to be more erm willing to condemn the United States than it was to condemn North Vietnam but the view of most countries in the world at that time was that North Viet that North and South Vietnam were part of the same country , that the Geneva accords in nineteen fifty four which called for unification should be upheld , and that the United States was interfering in , in a south east Asian country for no good reason . |
| 8 | Helen Gardner , for many years an Oxford luminary , did not believe that the purpose of ‘ English ’ was to turn out critics , any more than it was to produce poets and novelists . |
| 9 | The railways are strapped for cash in any case , so it was causing BR to lose money . ’ |
| 10 | Once it was called Murias , and many stories were told of how it had sunk down from the upper world to Undersea . |
| 11 | It provides , secondly , that long elusive missing link , decision taken on 5 Corps ' signal on 23 May reiterating that it could only carry out its orders to hand over the Cossacks if it was given authorization to use force . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , the Israeli government indicated that it was prepared to discuss the demand for Yassin 's release if it was given assurances that Toledano was alive . |
| 13 | Somewhere in the corridor , the basement door slammed and Jimmy watched everything as if it was taking place on a stage , and he was a member of the audience . |
| 14 | They had approached a GLC body , the Greater London Enterprise Board ( GLEB ) , for money and been told that if it was to put money in , an established business person had to be involved . |
| 15 | However , during the summer Lord King warned that Boeing had ‘ better get going ’ if it was to beat Airbus to the order . |
| 16 | While the DUC itself had amassed information and expertise by now to undertake this study itself , it realized that the report would have to be produced from outside the community if it was to have legitimacy or to be seen in any way as neutral : ‘ We in the Committee felt that we knew enough to write the report ourselves but we also felt that it would n't be acceptable to the County Council so we had to get somebody else to do it ’ . |
| 17 | Recent calculations suggest that a Roman cavalry horse required a space approximately 2.74 by I.82 m ( 9 by 6 ft ) if it was to have room to lie down and rise again and if other horses could pass to its rear . |
| 18 | Cos it was getting dark and he had n't got his light |
| 19 | Like the style of coverage or not , we undoubtedly saw far more cricket than we ever would have done had BBC had the contract , and for that I for one am profoundly grateful and not ashamed to admit that I purchased my Sky system purely because it was producing coverage of cricket that otherwise would not be available on TV . |
| 20 | The bomber released its load because it was having difficulty reaching the coast . |
| 21 | ‘ Then you 'll also know that Zimbala has been a one-party state since it was granted independence by the French forty-five years ago . ’ |
| 22 | Also , as the first signatory of the motion , may I say that since it was tabled statements have been made to me about the involvement of Stella Rimington and Mr. Roger Windsor of the National Union of Mineworkers . |
| 23 | More than 1,000 women have been recalled for a repeat smear test after it was revealed Practice Nurse Ina Gordon used a wooden spatula designed for holding down the tongue instead of special metal spatulas made for the vital tests . |
| 24 | The UN International Atomic Energy Agency requested a special inspection after it was denied access early this month to two buildings at the Yongbyon nuclear complex . |
| 25 | Police divers worked through the night in the Sharpness to Gloucester canal at Sharpness docks , recovering the woman 's body , after it was discovered half-submerged by walkers . |
| 26 | The chemical company Albright and Wilson has been fined £1,000 for polluting the Irish Sea near its works in Whitehaven , Cumbria , six weeks after it was fined £2,000 for another pollution offence . |
| 27 | Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’ |
| 28 | She loved organising things and being with young people , whether it was debating society , Saturday night socials , musical activities , sports , whatever . |
| 29 | She put up her hand but whether it was to catch hold of the reins or to protect herself I do not know . |
| 30 | Not that Melissa cared two hoots whether it was making money for Bonard or not — whatever Iris might claim , he was certainly not strapped for cash — but it was essential for Iris 's self-esteem that it should go well . |