Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a complete misunderstanding to discuss this argument as though it were dependent on empirical facts about whether or not myths were the product of one person . |
| 2 | In the face of mounting pressure the British government at last sensed it was incumbent on them to act . |
| 3 | First , it was unsuccessful on the correct interpretation of the relevant statute , the Police Act 1964 . |
| 4 | It rained on April Fool 's Day like it was intent on making wets of all of us ‘ on the just and unjust alike , ’ observed Derek Foster without ( gentleman that he is ) further categorisation . |
| 5 | It was true ; it was cooler on the island , and as the afternoon progressed the temperature was likely to drop even more . |
| 6 | and it was right on six when I got up |
| 7 | It was late on Friday evening in London ; in the cities of the western Pacific — Tokyo , Hong Kong , Seoul , Vladivostok , Sydney — it was early Saturday morning . |
| 8 | It was late on a Sunday morning and they were still in bed , the radio on but turned down low . |
| 9 | It was late on Friday evening — Friday , May 9 , 1941 — and he was ordered to present himself at the office at ten past seven in the morning . |
| 10 | It was higher on the leg but did n't have that fancy tag ! |
| 11 | It was available on a floppy disk before any paper deigned to print it . |
| 12 | IT WAS 9.15 on Tuesday night , the din of a thousand jubilant Tories echoed round a Wembley conference hall and the verdict from the critics was that John Major 's final rally address had been a success . |
| 13 | It was conditional on Budapest agreeing a structural adjustment programme with the International Monetary Fund and implementing market-based economic reforms . |
| 14 | It was conditional on Budapest agreeing a structural adjustment programme with the International Monetary Fund and implementing market-based economic reforms . |
| 15 | Natfhe 's executive last night recommended rejection of the offer because it was conditional on lecturers accepting changes to their working hours and because the £700 lump sum would not be included in basic pay calculations next year . |
| 16 | The Board appointed Mr. G. Chaplin and Miss Anne Reid , who had been assistant master and matron respectively at the Hackney Union , but it was conditional on their being married ( to one another ) by July . |
| 17 | It was easy on Parky , not requiring a step-ladder , and not nearly so far to fall once aboard . |
| 18 | It was worse on sitting forward and lying down . |
| 19 | Cos it was indigo on Monday as out it go on Saturday , if you were lucky . |
| 20 | Thera Island was some four miles distant with Cape Akrotiri lying directly to the north and Mount Elias , the highest point of the island — it was close on 2000 feet — to the north-east . |
| 21 | Yeah but it was all on you see . |
| 22 | But it was good on film . |
| 23 | It was cool on the landing , and she was shaking slightly … with the night cold , of course . |
| 24 | The defendants argued that : ( a ) The proviso quoted above came within the first test enunciated by Lord Reid in the Esso case ( see p 7 above ) ie that it did not deprive the plaintiff of any freedom which he would otherwise have had ; accordingly that it did not operate as a restraint of trade and therefore that it was effective on the admitted facts to terminate the plaintiff 's entitlement to commission . |
| 25 | It was dark on the island , the green mists drifting densely . |
| 26 | It was dark on the river , the moon obscured behind the Wall 's north-western edge . |
| 27 | If it was flat on it was the same because he 's got to go right through to the sline before he could get anything you see ? |
| 28 | It was profitable on turnover of $3.2m for the quarter to March 31st . |
| 29 | She said in a rage that she had been thinking it was rough on him to belong to a society with a theology of gambling . |
| 30 | It was dangerous on the roads for bairns as usually the horses with running with the carts . |