Example sentences of "it was [adj] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have become so used to spiteful obituaries that it was pleasant to find some kind thoughts about a dead writer . |
| 2 | It was encouraging to find some children apparently receiving a good standard of care : for example , GCSE results were higher than previously reported research had led us to expect ( Fletcher-Campbell and Hall , 1990 ) . |
| 3 | Having existed in the twilight world of private guitar tuition myself for nine years or more , it was easy to establish some common ground . |
| 4 | The Cabinet , meeting on 18 October , was unable to decide whether it was preferable to retain some private investment , as the Civil Aviation Committee recommended , or to proceed to complete nationalization . |
| 5 | It was good to see some other countries taking the golds although Poles Freimut/Kurpiewski must have been glad to have got 5th , sinking at the finish . |
| 6 | We should have them a bit more often — it was good to have some fun with our friends and colleagues . ’ |
| 7 | At this stage it was possible to do some preliminary calculations relating to the manufacture of each hang glider . |
| 8 | At this stage it was possible to do some preliminary calculations relating to the manufacture of the chairs . |
| 9 | When it did become available , it was possible to repeat some of the earlier investigations with the CED and OALD using the larger sample size that was recommended , and to include the LDOCE as a further choice of dictionary . |
| 10 | The idea was that through deconditioning , unblocking , a ventilation of the soul ( ‘ airing your problems ’ ) , it was possible to achieve some kind of frank and freeflowing exchange . |
| 11 | It looks as if , in western Francia at any rate , it was possible to reactivate some of the infrastructure of the late Roman state . |
| 12 | And he believed it was necessary to sacrifice some of the countryside to preserve the rest of the environment . |
| 13 | With such a low response , however , it was necessary to select some of the non-respondents in order to find out why they had not completed and returned the questionnaire , and whether their views and experiences of the Oxfordshire scheme differed significantly from those who had responded . |
| 14 | ‘ We felt it was necessary to get some kind of lasting tribute in this area , ’ said Mr Taylor . |
| 15 | It was usual to extract some form of guarantee in exchange for party support but the secrecy prevented such undertakings from being enforced . |
| 16 | It was difficult to ask some months later about the events and personnel : most Zuwaya were understandably reticent and those who were more ready to talk were not always obviously reliable . |
| 17 | Although the government suggested that it was prepared to offer some degree of autonomy to the island , the prospect of losing the tax revenue from the mine , together with the potential effect upon other provinces within the country 's ethnically diverse structure , suggested that the government would be unprepared to accept BRA 's stated aim of full independence . |
| 18 | On the eve of war it was desirable to heal some of the wounds that still remained from the convulsions of the 1320s . |
| 19 | Because of this potential interest in the difference between fixed and variable information in films , it was desirable to have some measures of the amount of such information in the stimuli being used . |
| 20 | It was excellent to see some much-needed and much-deserved coverage of Belfast ( FACE 43 ) . |