Example sentences of "[that] it [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stated that it was a response to three problems : identification , intent and witnesses ( ibid . , |
| 2 | In a statement confirming the ban , first imposed in October 1991 [ see p. 38553 ] , Yeltsin said that it was a response to recent French and US cuts in testing [ see pp. 38890 ; 39121 ] . |
| 3 | Most of the music is lost but it is clear from the libretto that it was a hybrid of Italian opera and French ballet de cour ; as Prunières put it , ‘ Instead of being self-sufficient , the ballet is justified by the comedy and the comedy draws the ballet into the dramatic action ’ . |
| 4 | I understand that it was a sample of 100 Members of Parliament . |
| 5 | We could see by its black bib that it was a male ; the female 's throat is unmarked . |
| 6 | when we played CBGB 's this guy who 's some sort of junior manager for Marvel came up afterwards and said he really liked the band and that it was a shit thing they sued us . ’ |
| 7 | As a member of the Scottish side that qualified for the 1986 World Cup , he would also have been aware that it was a heart attack that claimed Jock Stein 's life at Cardiff in September 1985 . |
| 8 | This was the largest loan granted by the IDB and its President Enrique Iglesias stated that it was a sign of the IDB 's " great affection " and " admiration for the vigorous stabilization programme under way in Peru " . |
| 9 | A Sierra Club spokesman suggested that it was a sign that " the Administration is finally getting serious " about global warming . |
| 10 | When news of the event reached the graveyard cottage Willie had overheard Tom muttering something to the effect that it was a wonder the tree did n't have to be taken too . |
| 11 | about the room were high chairs and low chairs , bandy-legged chairs , chairs so attenuated that it was a wonder any but a sylph could sit upon them , marqueterie tables covered with marvellous gimcracks , china ornaments of all ages and countries , bronzes , gilt daggers , Books of Beauty , yataghans , Turkish papooshes and boxes of Parisian bonbons … |
| 12 | Despite the fact that she wanted to weep , and she was shaking so badly inside that it was a wonder she could still stand up straight at all , she snorted derisively , because she was too afraid to believe his words . |
| 13 | After all , Papa was only just forty-one , and Mama was younger than that , and they were both so handsome that it was a wonder — or perhaps not — that they were so faithful to one another , so much so that it was almost a joke , Papa having been a great ladies ' man in his youth , she had discovered . |
| 14 | Equally , if it decided to push ahead against a company , but withdrew in the face of firm resistance from the directors , word would soon get about that it was a pushover . |
| 15 | A framework allowing Iraq to pump and sell oil under strict controls [ see p. 38406 ] was approved by the UN sanctions committee on Oct. 15 , but rejected on Oct. 24 by the Iraqi Oil Minister Usamah Abd al-Razzaq Hummadi al-Hithi , who said that it was a scheme aimed at unseating the government and that " it 's not going to happen " . |
| 16 | Some at the grass roots feared that it was a rejection of traditional Puritan virtues . |
| 17 | There is no hint that dreaming , in this context , was any more than a poetic device , with no connotation of the supernatural simply from the fact that it was a dream . |
| 18 | The note embarrassed her considerably , although she suspected , even while she read it , that it was a dream . |
| 19 | They were just embarrassed by the fact that the Kurds ' predicament was being televised and people who had backed the war under the impression that it was a struggle for human rights and freedom were beginning to ask troublesome questions . |
| 20 | You may conclude that it was a drug which was administered to him . ’ |
| 21 | And it had on painted hose of black and white , so cunningly painted that no man who saw them would have thought but that they were grieves and cuishes , unless he had laid his hand upon them ; and they put on it a surcoat of green sendal , having his arms blazoned thereon , and a helmet of parchment , which was cunningly painted that every one might have believed it to be iron ; and his shield was hung round his neck , and they placed the sword Tizona in his hand , and they raised his arm , and fastened it up so subtilly that it was a marvel to see how upright he held the sword . |
| 22 | I had a mental picture of the conductor on the red London bus talking to Hammouda the village postman , of the English boy 's friends playing with Khadija 's grandson , especially Margaret , whose hair reminded me of the coloured feather duster Khadija 's grandson had pleaded for everytime he saw it in the market , thinking that it was a toy or a bird . |
| 23 | And he agreed that it was a pity . |
| 24 | Fenella thought that it was a pity that Caspar was so scared of the giants , because he knew so much about Tara that he might have been of considerable help . |
| 25 | Rain murmured that it was a pity the keys had gone and made an effort to get Ruby to go too . |
| 26 | He was so strong and confident , so sure of himself , that it was a pity he held all women in contempt . |
| 27 | The most exciting part of all , though , came with the discovery that the puppy was the one Farmer Bolsover had lost and that it was a pedigree sheepdog worth at least a hundred pounds . |
| 28 | If it has been made of lead , then I would also have suggested that it was a pommel . |
| 29 | Silkin replied that it was a factor which he was entitled to take into account . |
| 30 | The absence of political initiatives ( as opposed to operational ones ) from the Tories is so total that it was a relief that these subjects were mostly ignored during the election . |