Example sentences of "it [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | foreshadowed the ‘ construction ’ approach in Lonrho by treating the common law criminal contempt as if it were created by a hypothetical enactment and asking what intention was to be inferred , with regard to civil liability , from the exercise of the contempt jurisdiction . |
| 2 | As the whole system is headed by a man , it is likely that the village has to move more frequently than if it were headed by a woman . |
| 3 | If it were imposed on a narrow range of products , would it not encourage substitution ( from plastics to glass , for instance ) ? |
| 4 | For long chains , co-operative motion can not be expected to extend along the entire length , and the polymer tends to act as if it were composed of a series of interconnected , but independent , kinetic units . |
| 5 | Details of it were stored on a floppy disk . |
| 6 | It would be a pity if talk of road pricing were to divert attention from commonsense action needed now , or if it were seen as a substitute for a properly funded roads programme . |
| 7 | I am not referring to the conservative perspective which condemns sexual deviance per se , but to another viewpoint , one which might actually endorse deviance in principle , at least if it were seen as a quest for authentic selfhood of the kind explored in Chapter 3 . |
| 8 | They had realised , as William Pitt had done , that minimum wage legislation , even if it were based on a family with three children , was not enough to meet the need of all families . |
| 9 | Ooh the they had er it we it were built as a proper music hall was that you know . |
| 10 | Staff and resources allocated to it were redirected to a major project intended to regenerate east Glasgow . |
| 11 | ‘ As though it were sworn in a court-room , ’ confirmed the detective . |
| 12 | If , however , it were marketed as a child 's toy or the blade were such that when used to peel potatoes it disintegrated into splinters , then it would not be as safe as people generally were entitled to expect . |
| 13 | However exciting his paper , his thesis seemed in danger of crumbling if it were reworked into a conventional historical discourse . |
| 14 | But the disguise , if it were meant as a disguise , had been ineffective . |
| 15 | I 'll get Annunziata to keep something hot in the kitchen and then if you 'd rather not be bothered with us tonight , you can have it there — or in bed , if that would be better , ’ said Julia , her heart feeling as though it were held in a tightening vice as she saw his misery . |
| 16 | Delisting would do Jardine Matheson no good in Hong Kong ( though it would certainly do less harm if it were attributed to a row with the regulators than , say , to lack of faith in the future of the place ) . |
| 17 | This morning , having forced herself to her study , still wearing her dressing-gown and clutching a second cup of coffee as if it were attached to a lifeline , she began searching among her papers for the output of the previous day . |
| 18 | The idea that England was an ‘ Empire ’ was not new : it was asserted in a letter from Cuthbert Tunstall to Henry VIII in 1517 : ‘ But the Crown of England is an Empire of hitself … : for which cause your Grace werith a close crown . ’ |
| 19 | The ‘ bomb ’ was sent 700 miles south to Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico where it was exposed to a beam of muons produced in the laboratory 's particle accelerator . |
| 20 | It was fractured with a solvent-cleaned chisel , and the outer orange layer discarded . |
| 21 | And a fire officers car was also damaged after it was rammed by a gypsy vehicle . |
| 22 | Where this problem was found at high level on the aisle gable walls , it was owed to a poor constructional detail . |
| 23 | In separate developments it was confirmed at a UK House of Commons defence committee on Nov. 8 , that low-level flying in the UK after 11 pm was to be increased during 1990 . |
| 24 | It was confirmed in a Commons written reply today that the Inland Revenue is investigating the claims . |
| 25 | If laboratory tests for HIV were not performed or gave indeterminate results , any of the conditions in the list below would indicate AIDS if it was diagnosed by a definitive method and the patient had none of the other causes of immunodeficiency listed below that could explain the occurrence of the indicator disease : |
| 26 | Approximately 1,250 pages of new information were produced by 3.5 typists , and this involved a lot of unpaid overtime as it was supported with a mere extra £1,000 for limited additional typing help . |
| 27 | you had a a slate like you 've got on the roof , but it it was bound with a wooden frame . |
| 28 | Clara was not fully aware of Miss Haines ' interest , because it was hidden by a sharp and brisk demeanour , and by an almost excessive severity , so she worked all the harder in her efforts to impress . |
| 29 | Involuntarily Wycliffe turned to look back at the house on stilts , but it was hidden by a bulge in the slope of the hill … |
| 30 | Henry Yaxlee 's stable lay west of the House , at the far end of the village , where it was hidden by a belt of tall chestnuts . |