Example sentences of "that [was/were] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt that Marlborough , Massachusetts-based Sequoia Systems Inc has all its marbles in the right place when it comes to designing and building fault-tolerant Unix systems — it would n't be an important partner of Hewlett-Packard Co if that were n't the case , but it still needs to get its act together on the marketing and finance side . |
| 2 | That were n't the reason , ’ she snapped . |
| 3 | It is indeed true that balance of payments deficits can be sustained for longer than they could a generation ago ; we would have never got this far without a much worse sterling crisis if that were not the case . |
| 4 | Lastly , it is worth pointing out that that presence in the territory of the country of establishment must be intended to be permanent , or at least of an indefinite duration , because if that were not the case there would be no distinction between establishment and the supply of services . |
| 5 | Public business could not be carried on if that were not the case . |
| 6 | If that were not the case then we would n't have er public consultation exercise and ask for people 's views in terms of which routes they support . |
| 7 | As Lord Justice Lloyd has said , if that were not the rule , no one would safely be able to advise litigants in personal injury cases to settle claims , or know what to pay into court . |
| 8 | Sometimes she had the strangest feeling he knew her better than she knew herself , and if that were truly the case then how on earth was she to go on protecting herself ? |
| 9 | If that were indeed the case their Englishness was certainly no impediment to involvement in a cosmopolitan , international world in which French speech and culture was dominant . |
| 10 | Certainly we had a minority of outright failures , whose grasp of their work was negligible , but that was generally the case . |
| 11 | But that was generally the practice of settled people : Zuwaya were scattered over a vast territory , and although they owned land they were not permanently resident on it . |
| 12 | So that was why the blacks were up , thought Willie . |
| 13 | He thought that was why the plague had come . |
| 14 | Presumably that was why the kitchen door been left open — to get enough light from the kitchen . |
| 15 | That was why the Congress of People 's Deputies was being recommended to give priority to the government 's report on the economy . |
| 16 | At first I thought that was why the police wanted him , because the sort of way we were thinking in there had been definitely subversive , I mean they do n't teach you that in school eh ! |
| 17 | So that was why the police-sergeant had been so pleased ! |
| 18 | That was why the lad was different from the other vagabonds . |
| 19 | Mr Paisley , the politics of Northern Ireland never far from his mind , joked : ‘ Her Majesty mentioned the rain ; I said that was why the grass was so green I could n't get the word orange in . ’ |
| 20 | That was why the party 's polices had been reviewed . |
| 21 | That was why the Liaison Office , looking to make some gesture of welcome had invited Maxim . |
| 22 | That was why the Postman had so many dogs following him ! |
| 23 | That was why the launderette was so evidently a good investment . |
| 24 | And that was when the university was very much on the British Council circuit . |
| 25 | That was when the drink began to matter . |
| 26 | That was when the realization hit me . |
| 27 | That was when the idea lodged itself in her . |
| 28 | That was when the idea came to her . |
| 29 | Someone complimented me on my beautiful baby , and I suppose that was when the idea came into my head . |
| 30 | That was when the telephone rang . |