Example sentences of "this was [adj] [subord] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew this was right because every Saturday I had the job of taking the insurance book and sixpence along the street to the insurance agent 's house . |
| 2 | As this was higher than the average rate over such a period that had been experienced at any historical time , something had to be done . |
| 3 | The company explained that this was necessary until the line was further extended into Tamworth Road . |
| 4 | We should satisfy ourselves that any work beyond this was necessary because a restricted repair was not practical and re-roofing in part or in full was the only effective method of repair . |
| 5 | This was necessary because the nets were not very high and one rabbit caught midway between stakes would sag the net and allow other rabbits to escape over the top . |
| 6 | This was better than the label on the bottle of Camp coffee . |
| 7 | This was better than the book of the same name . |
| 8 | This was understandable since the Fellowship cultivated a quietist spirit remote from active engagement in politics . |
| 9 | And this was applicable where the first accommodation was in another country . |
| 10 | ‘ And this was cheaper than an aeroplane . |
| 11 | This was wider than the path , and there were hoof-marks and fresh horse droppings . |
| 12 | This was possible because the topmost floor of the two-and-a-half storey building is entirely in the roof space , obtains all its daylight from a new roof-light and therefore can not be used easily for habitable accommodation . |
| 13 | Inside the Iguanodon men of science were entertained to dinner ; this was possible because the beast had been made horizontal . |
| 14 | This was fewer than the number of people looking at a daily newspaper . |
| 15 | This was important because the latter School was taken to represent the highest standards of humane scholarship . |
| 16 | This was important because the ruling class ( and the state which was its instrument ) did not merely rule by coercion — which for our purposes means in particular by punishing people for breaking its laws . |
| 17 | It was argued that this was obvious because every competent housewife knows that dust can be removed from a floor by the passage of a vacuum cleaner . |
| 18 | He did not turn up to the funeral when his friend died , and for me this was sadder than the loss of the vicar who had found peace and hope before he died . |
| 19 | Under s 115(2) , TMA 1970 , this was permissible provided the notice was addressed to the debtor at his usual or last known place of residence . |
| 20 | And er I well remember on one occasion in the course of my analysis with Anna Freud I had the uncanny feeling , well this was more than an uncanny feeling , I think it was the reality , I touched the superego of Sigmund Freud because at one point I said something in my analysis which implied that her father , for instance , might have some interest in religion and Anna Freud flared up and what I felt was flaring was her superego and this was the superego she had got by identification with her father . |
| 21 | This was fine until the wind direction changed slightly and came across the fixed line . |
| 22 | We believe that this was valid because the mortality rate of patients with inflammatory bowel disease did not differ from that expected in the background |