Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] to have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was rather nice to have a woman crying over him . |
| 2 | Mr Parrish said it was most unusual to have a planning inquiry with several options but the NGC said it was quite normal to make such planning applications . |
| 3 | There was had to be a discreet list circulated naming those ( mainly ) Soviet Bloc officials in London with whom it was highly inadvisable to have a solo drink or dinner . |
| 4 | Yes , it was extremely useful to have a car , whatever people said about traffic and pollution and expense … yes … |
| 5 | His damn wife said it was not natural to have a room without a window . |
| 6 | Although West Germany was not supposed to have an independent foreign policy , the Chancellor effectively handled international affairs from his own office , helped by his assistant Herbert Blankenhorn . |
| 7 | No doubt there was room for argument as to whether in 1923 it was still possible to have a peer as Conservative Prime Minister . |
| 8 | Simultaneously , Jack Wood , soon to be returned unopposed in the forthcoming municipal election , told the West Ham Trades Council that ‘ he was more delighted to have a place on ( the ) united Labour Party platform than to have a seat on the council ’ ( ibid ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Right from the beginning I 'd felt it was more important to have a woman with me than my partner . |
| 10 | We we had a cost of living bonus when it was practically unknown to have a cost of liv , which we 'd had er er since er immediately after the First World War , nineteen nineteen time . |
| 11 | As they reached the privet hedge fronting the Newleys ' garden , he was fervently grateful to have a last-minute reprieve : the drawing-room curtains were n't thick enough to conceal the light behind them . |
| 12 | It was n't possible to have a conversation unless her earphones were connected , but this was the least of her worries at the moment . |
| 13 | Although it was a major political speech by the Prime Minister , it was quite appropriate to have a military band and flags and a bit of excitement . |
| 14 | Angry at the injustice of it all , Katherine was yet relieved to have an excuse to stay out of her mother 's way . |
| 15 | It was therefore essential to have a co-organizer , someone who would keep a cool head . |
| 16 | GCE O and A levels were devised when a large proportion of children left school after the fifth year , and when it was therefore sensible to have a block of examinations taken in that year , to operate partly as a school-leaving certification , partly as a screen , to select those who would stay on . |
| 17 | Speculation that global climate change could result was largely discounted , since the smoke cloud was too low to have an impact on stratospheric climate circulation . |
| 18 | I told her I wanted something I could look at on days when it was too hot to have a fire . ’ |
| 19 | The differential was too small to have a big impact , and , when it was publicised at all , was accompanied by assurances that the cost would be cancelled out by the lower summer charge . |
| 20 | Did you think perhaps I was too old to have a grandmother still alive ? ’ |
| 21 | My period was a week late but I was too scared to have a test . |
| 22 | The Working Party felt it was very necessary to have a closer contact with Society members than was possible at present and that this could be best achieved by being in direct communication with them . |
| 23 | The conditions made everybody uptight , and it was very difficult to have a normal working atmosphere . |