Example sentences of "it was [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One could not know what an experience was like without knowing whether it was pleasurable or not , but one could know what it was like without recognizing its value , even though this follows necessarily from its being like just what it was . |
| 2 | It was nationalist and virulently anticommunist . |
| 3 | They may never have closely observed the play , perhaps thinking it was boring or just something to keep the children out of their way . |
| 4 | It was ironic that now everybody in our district had plenty of money for food they could n't obtain it because everything was rationed . |
| 5 | I thought it was right and therefore we went ahead . |
| 6 | I did n't know if it was right or not . ’ |
| 7 | I got the binoculars and saw that it was narrow and straight ; it was smoke from a small fire . |
| 8 | It was late and maybe she wanted to get home , or to a hotel , or maybe a car park . |
| 9 | It was strong and deeply magical and filled with power and enchantment and with the twilit scents and the dusk-laden sounds that were part of the ancient Wolfwood . |
| 10 | Most of it was helpful and extremely kind . ’ |
| 11 | It was sad that so few could participate . |
| 12 | It was tiny and not terribly clean , but it entranced Constance . |
| 13 | In general , it was apparent that as far as possible different regions of the country ( with the exception of East Anglia and the South West ) were to gain at least one designation . |
| 14 | As we have seen , it was encouraging that over half the applicants , while not taking a course at the institutions in our study , did take up courses at other institutions . |
| 15 | Mr Sells said data emerging from hospitals in Madras was offering an alternative where it was impractical and too expensive to treat large numbers of patients on dialysis machines . |
| 16 | It was simple but very elegant through that carved stone gateway , the courtyard roofed in by vines twining over wires , so that the chairs and tables were shielded from the sun 's extreme heat by the delicate leaves . |
| 17 | Indeed , sitting through the replay it was difficult to gauge whether it was live or not . |
| 18 | She did n't really smoke , but it was time-consuming and also provided a potential weapon . |
| 19 | Tubercle bacilli are included in this table , in a single line , without information about the strain used and whether it was virulent or not . |
| 20 | He said that it was strange that so few were facing charges after the widespread upheaval of 1989 . |
| 21 | It was strange and horribly unsettling to have such violently opposing feelings about a person . |
| 22 | Dexter thought it was outlandish and rather fun . |
| 23 | It was voidable but not void . |
| 24 | Child labour recommended themselves to the early factory masters not only because it was cheap but also because it avoided dependence on adult labour whose traditional work habits were too deeply ingrained . |
| 25 | It was close but far . |
| 26 | Charles thought that the whole affair was now out of his hands , and , though it was unsatisfactory that so many questions remained unanswered , at least some kind of justice had been done . |
| 27 | It was selective and not general : it was determined by basic need and not simply as a way of reducing inequality . |
| 28 | If people leave feeling it was good but rather long , you have failed . |
| 29 | I went into the gardens one Sunday morning with the dog found a body in a sleeping bag and I really did n't know whether I thought it was alive or not alive so I went rather closer and I got a very defensive angry stare from a young man and I said to him I 'm not going to ask you to move , because you 've probably got nowhere to go , my real concern is are you okay . |
| 30 | It was possible but not inevitable that the EMF , which would have powers to impose monetary discipline on lax national treasuries , would evolve into a fully-fledged European central bank . |