Example sentences of "it was [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And last night it was believed 55-year-old John Meade may have killed himself in depression . |
| 2 | In the 1970s high domestic inflation rates encouraged governments to change the emphasis of economic policies towards money supply control , as it was believed excessive money creation had caused inflation . |
| 3 | It is regrettable that the friend will be hurt if his advice is not followed after it was given due consideration , or at least it is regrettable that he will be hurt to a degree which justifies this reaction . |
| 4 | And it was given new nourishment by a series of Hitler speeches in late 1940 and early 1941 which aimed to strengthen confidence in final victory and create the impression that the decisive strike to end the war — people still presumed that it would be against Britain — would take place in the course of the next twelve months . |
| 5 | The concept of the church as heaven on earth was as old as Byzantium , but it was given new impetus in these confections of the Holy Roman Empire 's last century . |
| 6 | Poland had threatened on Sept. 9 to abandon its negotiations with the EC unless it was given extra access for food products . |
| 7 | Apart from the area around Manchester , ill other regions were experiencing a steep decline in membership by 1935 , and anti-semitism now showed itself to be a viable propaganda vehicle in a particular locality ; from then on it was given special prominence . |
| 8 | I have remarked on its dominance in Oxford English , and a generation ago it was given magisterial expression in Northrop Frye 's Anatomy of Criticism , which aspired to a ‘ scientific ’ criticism where there would be no place for evaluation , since it is not nobler to study stars than earthworms . |
| 9 | Local journalist Mike Stairs has been following the story closely , but says it was n't until the mid-'80s that it was given national attention . |
| 10 | It was made clear thoughout that Women for Socialism are not attempting to set the agenda for other women 's groups . |
| 11 | And erm in between the wars , erm it was made double track , er up towards over there . |
| 12 | But I was so small I can remember very well going down this what we called the Middle Pad , this Roa , it was n't Road , I think it was called Middle Pad . |
| 13 | In other words , it was called general repairs . |
| 14 | When Lawson resigned the pundits gathered , and mused , and offered up their conjectures and reflections , and it was called Political Speculation . |
| 15 | It was called real cheese turned into a spread . |
| 16 | It was called Zurvan akarana , or infinite time , and was the progenitor of the universe and of the Spirits of good and evil . |
| 17 | It was called High Tea . |
| 18 | Perhaps appropriately , given the inflammatory nature of the effect Gav and Janice seemed to have on each other 's glands , it was called Red Heat . |
| 19 | It was called Red Channels and a copy was standard equipment for every Hollywood producer and every radio , television and Madison Avenue advertising executive . |
| 20 | It was hardship in this , that er , perhaps the hardest time came after it when er , well it was called public assistance then , social security payments had to be payed back . |
| 21 | It would have made a compact little home except it was painted dark brown like the corridors . |
| 22 | 19E was delicensed on 17 February , but instead of being put into store like the others , it was painted plain red and fitted with primitive snow brooms , which were no more than boards with bristles attached , fitted in place of the lifeguard gates and it was used for sweeping snow in the Croydon area until 31 March 1937 . |
| 23 | Not only were there numerous deep recessions , but by the end of the century it was discovered foreign iron ore was of a higher quality , and although the MSG works did smelt imports from Spain , Russia and Chile , it was furnaces in ports that could do the cheapest . |
| 24 | From sixth century beginnings Bicester gradually grew into a focus for an area separate from Oxford , and during the Middle Ages it was granted various licenses for markets and fairs . |
| 25 | Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire , Egypt was a British protectorate from 1914 until it was granted nominal independence in 1922 . |
| 26 | E two if it was carried forward sir after this morning 's discussion also does n't help us because , as the county made clear this morning and made very clear just a minute ago , it would use such a policy , it sees its position as being to block erm the er inward investment planning terms to block it as er erm being out of tune with the county 's general conservation and environmental policies . |
| 27 | But it was exasperated Tory backbenchers who sealed his fate . |
| 28 | It was voted Regional Newspaper of the Year in 1991 . |
| 29 | If things did go wrong , especially during recording , it was counted major disaster , increasing proportionately in scale the nearer to 10.00 pm the clock ticked . |
| 30 | Such areas as staffing and physical resources were monitored by CNAA and , thus , it was considered unnecessary duplication to seek to do this again . |