Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Of course , if it were simply a matter of agreeing on an arbitrary definition , there would be little problem . |
2 | But if it were simply a matter of providing skills to make their students more employable , that would be a much more dubious enterprise . |
3 | Where religion is reduced to either , and treated as if it were simply a form of knowing or a form of doing , it is lost to sight altogether . |
4 | A disclaimer would not be effective if it were merely contained in the small print of a contract or if it were simply the subject of a casual remark by the salesman during negotiations . |
5 | If it were otherwise the court system would simply collapse under the strain . |
6 | The defenders pushed at the makeshift scaling ladders , and at least one went crashing back down into the crowd below ; but those who exposed themselves to do it were immediately the target of a dozen archers . |
7 | So mm it were just a case of a flying visit cos we 've not seen you for nearly twelve months . |
8 | Er the reason we wan na get it right is because er this Superintendent , erm he 's obviously got his interests very much on it , and he 's he 's keen to know what our response is going to be , and if it were just a member of the public I think we could we could being crude I think we could fob 'em off , but I think it 's gon na have to be a very structured answer as to why we 're not gon na do it . |
9 | ‘ If only it were just a story . ’ |
10 | His hands are gently folded over it as if it were just a bag of laundry on his lap . |
11 | You have run after me to find out this thing as if it were just an answer to a riddle , or a joke which you remembered half of . |
12 | Now the other side we did n't have one at all , we did , it were just the path down . |
13 | If it were less an absurdity , the House of Commons would have to take it seriously . |
14 | If it were still the case that affray required that the incident should take place in public , the case would be cast-iron . |
15 | If it were merely a matter of eloquence , or energy or conviction , the education system , like other male institutions , would have been transformed by women already . |
16 | If it were merely a handful of Irish psychopaths against us , they might be foiled by a piece of pasteboard with a photograph and some numbers stamped on it . |
17 | However , if it were merely the scale of the transactions that was unlawful or that payments had been made out of the wrong fund , it may be the council could be forced to honour the contracts . |
18 | A species , as a succession of organisms produced sexually , might have only a limited total lifetime , Darwin argued ; just as a succession of apple trees propagated by grafts was supposed to last only so long before degenerating and dying as if it were merely the extension of a single limited life . |
19 | One of the reason you get took on , I mean , it were only a borstal when he went were n't it ? |
20 | If it were only a matter of alcohol , would a body care ? |
21 | And if it were only the future of the Conservative Party that was at stake I would probably agree that electoral chastening would be a good thing . |
22 | The head saw a possible solution in a more flexible points allocation for ancillary assistance than that which was LEA policy , but recognised that it was principally a matter of lack of finance . |
23 | The response — on the day it was revealed she was the voice on the tape — was as staggering as it was overwhelmingly a vote for the Princess . |
24 | It was overwhelmingly the empire of India . |
25 | At best it was either a publicity stunt designed help sell third-rate books or a neat piece of disinformation put out by the Russians in order to sow confusion amongst the West 's intelligence agencies . |
26 | It was either a passage or a long , thin room , a stone-walled storage space lined with gunpowder plot-style wooden barrels . |
27 | ‘ I 've been driving a great deal in the States but it was either a Packard or a Studebaker . ’ |
28 | Well we thought it was either a rent man or somebody collecting for the council . |
29 | I remember that when we were there we went on th , it was either a boat or something ? |
30 | It was either a penalty , or a goal kick ( if the ref thought that the forward had intentionally got tangled up ) . |