Example sentences of "it was [adj] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was frustrating to discover that his nearness could make her feel so vulnerable . |
| 2 | Of course it was nice to know that some of our things were made from the wool from our own sheep . |
| 3 | Still , it was nice to know that he had . |
| 4 | It was pleasant to know that that fact had been noted among the critical young gentlemen who comprised , as far as it could be done , Edwin 's set . |
| 5 | And I think it was right to argue that the book has its ‘ strict disclaimers ’ and that goodness of heart , chiefly Jenny 's , is defensively displayed amid a welter of misconduct . |
| 6 | If it was contradictory to say that he was ready to go to another woman so soon after declaring Kee to be the one ‘ and no other ’ , very well then , he contradicted himself . |
| 7 | It was odd to think that even without his talent she had inherited this from her father . |
| 8 | It was unreasonable to suppose that an enlargement of Nicholas I 's " personal " principle could fill the vacuum in the countryside , for when the serfs were free they were even more likely to misinterpret dictates from the centre than they had been as bondmen . |
| 9 | He claimed that , in a fully articulated theory of inflation , it was incorrect to assume that price expectations were static or , worse still , to ignore the role of price expectations altogether . |
| 10 | It was sad to think that they had waited so long in England for this invasion of their homeland and after a few hours ashore so many of them had been killed or wounded , the dead now lying in a temporary grave in the corner of a Normandy orchard . |
| 11 | Barth therefore concluded that it was correct to argue that if we could define God then God must exist . |
| 12 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 13 | It was easy to see that in reality the tables were old and stained with coffee rings , the seats cheap and plastic , the magazines tatty and two years out of date , and the strange , tropical foliage too glossily green and perfect not to be artificial . |
| 14 | It was easy to see that he was clever and well read , but he was also boring . |
| 15 | Watching the two of them play together during the session it was easy to see that Tom was active and restless while Sue would sit quietly and watch what was happening . |
| 16 | From the way her companion was looking at her it was easy to see that only part of his mind was concerned with art . |
| 17 | It was easy to see that his roots went down fathoms deep in this soil , and transplanting would have destroyed everything in him that was of quality . |
| 18 | It was easy to see that he was the Princess 's father : her likeness to him was astonishing , as more than one person commented . |
| 19 | That ‘ little grey home in the west ’ idea was n't going to fool her for a minute ; it was easy to see that the man sitting next to her loved every minute of his fast-living , action-packed life . |
| 20 | The swelling made it impossible to discern his expression , but it was easy to see that the lower half of his face would always be grotesquely twisted . |
| 21 | It was easy to see that he was running for his job then . |
| 22 | With a brass section that cheerfully joined in any chorus they could remember complete with formation instrument swaying and excellent drums , double bass and guitar , it was easy to see that this band have been all over the world together . |
| 23 | Max Caulfield , in his biography of Mrs Whitehouse , sums up the argument in one sentence , saying ‘ as to the purpose of all this frenzy it was easy to explain that the forces of revolution , unable to achieve their objectives at the ballot box or , because of the existence of the nuclear bomb , by full-scale war , were endeavouring to encourage moral decay ’ . |
| 24 | Some were significant when they happened : it was easy to grasp that the changes they foreshadowed would be fundamental . |
| 25 | It was easy to anticipate that respondents would be sensitive about such matters , and it was our general tolerance of such fears that continually led us to try to pacify and reassure respondents . |
| 26 | Even from the distance she could see Doreen clasping his arm while looking up into his face , and it was easy to guess that she was pleading to be moved into a chalet . |
| 27 | ‘ On occasion , after two or three hours of moving accounts of bombardments , combat , mutilations and all kinds of suffering and humiliation , it was easy to forget that one was listening to a teenager , and only a few details could bring the situation back into perspective , back to the fact that a nineteen-year-old was speaking . |
| 28 | It was easy to imagine that it might have been Camelot , like in the picture story-books I 'd read . |
| 29 | It was easy to establish that a peasant unit was unviable below a certain minimum size of holding and resources , which varied with soil , climate and type of production . |
| 30 | It was easy to believe that anything could have happened here . |