Example sentences of "it was [adj] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court of Appeal had ruled that whether or not such material might be ‘ beneficial to those who were sexually repressed or perverted or deviant ’ did not make its publication ‘ an object of general concern ’ , since otherwise any form of pornography could be defended on the ground that it was beneficial to some people , if not to the public at large . |
| 2 | At the beginning of the 1980 's a typeface would have cost around $4,500 and you would probably have had to wait a couple of weeks while it was digitised from some master copy . |
| 3 | It had been written for an age when wind was still the motive power for most of the world 's shipping , so that , though technically out of date , it was invaluable for some of the work I was doing , particularly wire splicing , and if we were rolled over and had to jury-rig the ship it would be a life saver . |
| 4 | I mean it was invaluable in some sense but erm |
| 5 | There was a general acceptance within the green community that the speech was a good one , although it was grudging in some cases : ‘ Full of poetry and passion but … short on policy , ’ wrote Tom Burke , Director of the Green Alliance . |
| 6 | Stephen left parliament disillusioned ; virtually all the colonies passed legislation by 1820 , and although it was unsatisfactory in some respects to the reformers they were constrained by the existence of the legislation . |
| 7 | The proviso whereby it was possible for some individuals to enjoy an enhanced accrual scale to qualify for full pension benefits after 10 years of service was altered in the 1987 Budget — with a new period of 20 years ' service being required . |
| 8 | Money was allocated for coaches and teacher supervision ( now that there are so many educational cutbacks on outings ) , special allowances for printing and photographic paper were made , as it was impossible for some schools to provide such basics . |
| 9 | If it was necessary for some purpose proper to the existence of the people , then there were engineers whose task it was to build and operate it . |
| 10 | It was lucky for some as Dunwoody squeezed home a twenty to one winner . |
| 11 | When the fashion changed after the war , it was difficult for some older singers , just as it was for some of the stars of silent films when the talkies came in . |
| 12 | I thought it was kingly for some time . |
| 13 | This polychrome type of design seems to have been invented at Knossos , where it was fashionable for some time before it was adopted generally in the east of Crete . |
| 14 | It was true for some people , because if you act soft when you go in , they do pick on you , but when I got there I knew how to act from being in Bullwood Hall and other places . |
| 15 | It was common for some to build footpaths across the lines and in other cases bridges were built . |
| 16 | Even at sixteen it was clear to some of those who observed him , as it was to William Joyce himself , that his were the qualities of a leader rather than a follower . |
| 17 | Though the archival evidence shows that if the Masai did not change it was not for want of trying on the part of the administration , it was convenient in some quarters to suppose that it was . |