Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This case is so important , by comparison with the social situations of artists in later societies , that it is often presented as if it were singular and uniform , and this can have important effects on its more general interpretation . |
| 2 | I knew I was being bewitched , laid under a spell so intensely personal , so thrilling , I did not have the power to resist it , or to judge if it were good or evil . |
| 3 | The CML accepted the force of this objection , and proposed instead that any rule , if introduced , should require solicitors simply to inform lenders immediately if it were evident that completion would be delayed by more than 3 days — a view which appeared to be supported by a considerable number of other respondents . |
| 4 | But the following year ( 1905 ) William Hamilton declared to a delegate meeting of the STA that " even if it were true that work would be lost to Edinburgh , it would be better to follow the work and get fair wages than to see the bread taken out of our mouths at home " . |
| 5 | If it were true that research effort in the area of the curriculum promoted teaching commitment , few would quarrel with the proposed obligation on the department . |
| 6 | It was better than walking , better than fighting the tangle of woodland , but whether it was better than lying in the clearing , I could n't decide . |
| 7 | She sipped as if on automatic pilot , which was n't good but it was better than catatonia . |
| 8 | ‘ It was better when Mam was alive . |
| 9 | She still kept her eyes fixed on the swirling liquid ; when she did speak it was part-defiance and part-apology . |
| 10 | It was 1852 before freight receipts exceeded passenger receipts and it was around the same time that the railways overtook the canals to become the principal freight carriers . |
| 11 | The weather missed it : it was higher than weather , |
| 12 | It was surprising that lack of capital did not figure more prominently in people 's minds as the buildings , labour , and amount and type of land could all be related to this . |
| 13 | It was 4.30 and teatime for lockkeepers . |
| 14 | It was apparent that Labour had done well in the old inner cities , which the population had been leaving in the previous decade , partly owing to the growth of suburbs , partly owing to the effects of wartime bombing . |
| 15 | The experiments in rabbits were begun and within a month it was apparent that 6-MP was a potent suppressor of the immune response . |
| 16 | It was dry and light to the touch . |
| 17 | It was dry and limp . |
| 18 | Experiments show that when words or letters are presented very briefly , subjects are in fact sometimes able to report what letter or word they have seen but not whether it was upper or lowercase ( Coltheart and Freeman , 1974 ; McClelland , 1976 ; Adams , 1979 ; Friedman , 1980 ) . |
| 19 | It was curious that grass production did not warrant a high response when this crop accounted for 83% of the arable land . |
| 20 | But it was simple and plain , an ordinary junk-shop bed — although quite large , by no means king-size — two armchairs , a table with a Tilley lamp . |
| 21 | It was worse than school . |
| 22 | It was worse than soccer hooligans . |
| 23 | said it was the most , said it was worse than Body of Evidence . |
| 24 | It was unclear where responsibility for child-minders , registration of playgroups , etc. would rest in the new organisation , but it was possible that the new provisions in the Children Bill going through parliament would allow for those services to be provided through education departments . |
| 25 | I ran hard and fast along the wet sand where it was good and firm , making a jet noise with my mouth and holding my binoculars and bag down tight to my sides . |
| 26 | We took the light out , just along from the stop , so it was good and dark . |
| 27 | They said the trend was an unusually low blip and it was possible that crime rates would continue to rise in 1992 . |
| 28 | It was possible that recovery might be organised , and for that reason he would remain where he was at least until morning . |
| 29 | It was cool and dark , a beautifully built long-house with decoratively carved wooden uprights , carved cross beams and a dormer roof . |
| 30 | Outside it was cool and dark . |