Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were possible to have sex with objects , then that would be a different matter ’ |
| 2 | If it were possible to have sex with objects , then that would be a different matter . ’ |
| 3 | A national investment board should decide on the overall level of investment to preserve full employment , and deficit spending was advocated if it were necessary to prevent unemployment . |
| 4 | I note that the report to which the hon. Gentleman refers says : ’ Labour , if elected , would have little scope for increased spending in the early years unless it were willing to increase taxes by more than it has indicated . ’ |
| 5 | Thus , as the political centre grew in importance , those who ignored it were unlikely to gain legitimacy as political newspapers . |
| 6 | This is the place for lovers of stalagmites and stalactites , of which there are some noble specimens and which the guides , true to their kind , will insist on likening to some human or animal shape , as if it were wrong to allow rocks to look only like rocks . |
| 7 | ‘ It was nice to see Gary and baby George here , ’ said Livermore . |
| 8 | It was nice to see Stratford . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ It was nice to see Dwight come into a bit of form . |
| 10 | It was nice to see people happy , I thought . |
| 11 | It was nice to take games to North and Midlands and Glasgow and let people see touring sides and top level games . |
| 12 | I did their first demos with them , and took the opportunity of telling them a few facts of life , saying that while it was nice to play guitar , if at the end of the line they were all broke then they were going to be very unhappy musicians who had missed their chance to be big , and so they had better take care of certain realities and do it right away . |
| 13 | It was legal to seize cattle which were trespassing on fenced land , but such action could lead to an accusation of theft . |
| 14 | It was pleasant to see people returning to the old ways , he said . |
| 15 | It was n't what I wanted — even then I did n't feel it was right to get Ebert thrown out of the force for something he 'd said in a heated moment . |
| 16 | I debated with myself whether it was right to have lunch with an aristocrat but I was also very curious to see what lunch with him would be like and accepted the invitation . |
| 17 | The day before it was due to take effect , the tenant , having learnt of the order , made an application to set aside the order for possession and the judgment which had resulted in that order . |
| 18 | It was due to take place the last week in August and Mrs Bennett who , since the death of her husband , had lived with her married daughter , had promised to ‘ see it through ’ , as she put it ; but she had also made it quite clear that she had no desire to stay on permanently , as Celia had hoped . |
| 19 | After their previous performances against Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday , it was surprising to see Coventry on the defensive early in the game as County went close through Williams , Wilson and Devlin . |
| 20 | In the ’ old ’ days it was traditional to fish bunches of maggots or large lumps of flake , both on large hooks . |
| 21 | With food being in short supply , it was illegal to throw bread into rivers . |
| 22 | There were , however , some times of the year when it was unreasonable to expect farmers to leave the farm work for training courses . |
| 23 | Democrats , whilst welcoming Bush 's retreat on the tax issue , argued that it was unreasonable to expect Democrats to associate themselves with spending cuts and tax increases , if they could not be certain that the President could hold his own party to such a deal . |
| 24 | One can become very parochial in concentration on simply British concerns , so it was invaluable to hear presentations and discuss different educational perspectives within the action research framework . |
| 25 | It was sad to see Rocky go but at least we got a player back , White seems a strong and determined player and has fitted in quite well already . |
| 26 | Since the route-finding task took place within a discourse framework , unlike the conventional referential communication task where the activity seems to be virtually disembedded from natural dialogue , it was appropriate to use methods of discourse analysis to throw further light on the communication process . |
| 27 | Chairman er in his remarks a bit earlier on Professor said that he did not think it was appropriate to give executive power to the director of education I wrote your words down at the time he did not think it appropriate to give executive power to the director of education and he said , despite Mr 's clarification you want to move a bit nearer if you 're going to be his minder Mr that in fact he did n't |
| 28 | However , it was encouraging to see Wayne Pollock get on the score sheet in his debut match with a goal off the back of his head as he stood watching a flock of swans fly overhead . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's my own fault — there were times when there was no real leadership in the county and it was easy to let things slip . ’ |
| 30 | If ready cash was not available , it was easy to borrow money because interest rates were low and banks eager to lend to potential investors . |