Example sentences of "it was [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was nice to see all these old geezers with huge noses treating him as if he was a man . |
| 2 | We have become so used to spiteful obituaries that it was pleasant to find some kind thoughts about a dead writer . |
| 3 | But it was pleasant to feel safe and looked-after , and another nice thing was that nobody remarked on , or even appeared to notice my absence of rings — except the Matron , who was inclined to toss her head a bit as she passed me , but perhaps she just had a tic . |
| 4 | ‘ it was submitted that it was unobjectionable to penalise false statements made without taking due care to verify their accuracy . |
| 5 | The style of discussion — Zuwaya rhetoric — was generally subdued and relaxed , governed by two apparent rules : first , it was shameful to display personal interests openly ; and , secondly , it was impolite to disagree with guests or hosts . |
| 6 | It can not therefore now justify that it was right to cause those same pensioner 's to pay twenty per cent of the Poll Tax . |
| 7 | Lilley stated that there was a clear shift in the balance between state provision and self provision and that it was right to shift this balance towards self provision as the wealth of the nation increased . |
| 8 | ‘ It was right to do this to maintain the level of demand during the recession . |
| 9 | They had a phone poll last week , the question being ‘ do you think it was right to sell Batty ’ . |
| 10 | I felt it was prudent to remain silent and then keep out of the Brigadier 's way until he had forgotten the incident of the bodyguards . |
| 11 | Paddock opinion agreed that it was ludicrous to imagine that Goodyear would be banned from international racing , a move that would destroy F1 at a stroke . |
| 12 | In five of them the nitrate level already exceeded 50 mg/litre and it was due to exceed that level in the others by 1991–2004 . |
| 13 | To confirm that it was due to free radical production he searched for a less complicated generator of oxygen radicals . |
| 14 | It was due to become effective following its formal ratification by North Korea , which had signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1985 , but had not previously discharged its obligation as a signatory to negotiate and sign a safeguards agreement which would allow international inspection . |
| 15 | It was surprising to see two sports being played side by side in such harmony despite some savage tackling at short extra-cover . |
| 16 | It was unreasonable to feel shocked by this , I thought , watching them from the edge of the terrace as they sat at our table and Richard ordered drinks : a young woman with an older man is not even a cause for surprise . |
| 17 | It was hopeless to ask any more questions . |
| 18 | The controversy over ordinary and honours degree pathways was to smoulder between CASS and CST , and the CASS pressure for the ending of the policy was countered consistently by CST with the argument that in science and technology it was appropriate to have two types of course , and that in general it considered students with lower abilities and attainments were more suitably educated ‘ in courses specially designed to make a different intellectual demand ’ . |
| 19 | It was well to begin 1942 with a triumph for Dr Laurent , for now tribulation was really beginning . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | Meanwhile it was crucial to prevent popular unrest from spilling over into a major social and political crisis . |
| 22 | As it was impractical to remove this essential structural element , the new first-floor construction had to terminate on this line , so the added floor was restricted to the east side of the central truss . |
| 23 | But it was easy to put another interpretation on his behaviour . |
| 24 | I tried to keep my eyes off his muscular thighs in their tight blue jeans , but as we bent over the café table it was easy to cast occasional surreptitious glances at his powerfully outlined sexual equipment under the much-rubbed fly , which seemed to be almost bursting at the seams . |
| 25 | When it was easy to reach this man whose spirit was born out of the best of the desert traditions . |
| 26 | Once it was easy to attract hi-tech business to replace the shut down railworks . |
| 27 | But after that , life began again and it was easy to feel full of courage and cheerfulness . |
| 28 | In a veritable sea of people it was easy to get lost , and so it proved . |
| 29 | It was easy to get most of the music you wanted from the shops in the High Street . |
| 30 | It was easy to offend middle-class pride . |