Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upon it were visible the prints of many different thoughts , and some conflict . |
| 2 | If it were consistent the government would have to view these variations too as evidence of inefficiency . |
| 3 | If the retail sector were imperfectly competitive , the derived demand curve would be steeper in slope , and if it were inefficient the derived demand curve would be a greater distance below . |
| 4 | Wickham 's initial feeling was that if it were true the only surprising thing was that Barron had not flown away sooner . |
| 5 | And if it was pre-theatre the diners would be all edgy and watching their watches . |
| 6 | It was certain the display would be repeated . |
| 7 | It was better the week before when they had erm Henry Cooper . |
| 8 | At that moment it had been appropriate to put big pickets you know I think if we thought too much about it we would have and taken it to the lodge and put it through the union it would have had cold water put over it and you know it was right for Tom to be wary and it was probably right for us to do what we did I mean I think you know it it was successful the way it turned out . |
| 9 | Babs Osborne said it was odd the way Stella was always around when tragedy struck . |
| 10 | The Museums Commission said it was confident the newly-formed Department of Heritage would support the needs of smaller galleries and ensure that collections of national importance , like that at the Pitt Rivers Museum , are preserved for the public . |
| 11 | Downing Street insisted it was confident the two leaders will achieve a rapport and put that at the top of its agenda . |
| 12 | The trio of vessels ( with a combined weight less than one of today 's jumbo jets ) passed the tip of a small island where it was dear the two oceans ' waters met — the point is now named Crosstides — and through the Paso Tortuosa . |
| 13 | By the time of local elections , it was apparent the SDP of ‘ claret and chips ’ mould-breaking fame at the time of the Limehouse Declaration in 1981 was disintegrating . |
| 14 | By the early Fifties , however , it was apparent the movie industry in Britain was beginning to run out of steam , losing ground to a younger , more immediate industry with which it just could not compete — Television . |
| 15 | The flat string of squares flickered slightly just sufficiently to show it was a projection , nothing real ; but although it was apparent the line of squares itself was merely an image , on its surface sat seemingly real and solid wooden chess pieces made from black and white wood , and set on that strange line like tiny isolated guard towers on a chequered frontier wall . |
| 16 | It was hopeless the way he charmed her . |
| 17 | It was terrible the things that used to happen . |
| 18 | I 'm usually quite clear-minded , but it was strange the way my unconscious set to work , pushing back my maternal goalposts and persuading me that another year or two would do my hoped-for child no harm . ’ |
| 19 | It was all the Yeti 's doing when you come right down to it . |
| 20 | Rank , however , argued with equal conviction that it was all the government 's fault . |
| 21 | It was all the greatest nonsense but the scare ran for a couple of days . |
| 22 | It was all the incitement which some of them required . |
| 23 | Fracastorius , in whose poem Syphilis , the shepherd , was cured by guaiacum , endorsed the product and it was all the rage until Von Hutten died at the age of 35 of late syphilis in spite of his alleged cure . |
| 24 | It was all the Treasury 's fault . |
| 25 | For the player it was simply sartorial preference , but as he explained in his autobiography , for the over-ripe imaginations of Glasgow — a town called malice — it was all the proof they needed to spread the rumour that MoJo was a heroin addict disguising his needle marks . |
| 26 | Whether it was running the Woman 's Institute or assembling and distributing gas masks , it was all the same to them . |
| 27 | It was all the wrong way round , I thought : it was more usual to know the crime and seek the criminal , than to know the criminal and seek his crime . |
| 28 | Then it was all the fun of the Whit Monday Fair . |
| 29 | It was all the liquor , he was n't used to it any more . |
| 30 | It was all the burning that was going on . |