Example sentences of "was [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His own proposal , accepted some months later , was that both the Board and District should become Responsible Bodies for Cambridgeshire and that mutually negotiated and harmonious arrangements for local provision be agreed between them , with financial deficits being met from the LEA grant . |
| 2 | Thus it was that both the sun and our faces were shining when we took the telecabin to the top of the nearest mountain and developed a habit which was to stick like glühwein : rösti — a Swiss potato cake , fried , with two eggs on top . |
| 3 | My understanding of what what the panel said and what the what the Secretary of State agreed was that neither the panel nor the Secretary of State disagreed with the erm the general sense of the policy but felt that that sense was er embodied and and was able to be applied through the erm provisions of other policies in the plan at that time . |
| 4 | Er Madam Deputy Speaker , one of the difficulties addressed during the consultation exercise was that neither the term auditor , nor the phrase in his capacity as auditor , were defined in the banking statutory instrument or in the banking act itself and the government 's mindful of the need to clarify who it is who will be placed under a duty by the statutory instruments and in which circumstances the duty will apply and while this is ultimately a question for the courts , we take the view that the duty clearly covers any auditor of a bank appointed under U K company law . |
| 5 | The feeling was that only a Bass Cup win would save him , despite the tremendous success of last season 's emphatic championship win . |
| 6 | The implication was that only the retailers in each destination market would be permitted to vary prices according to local conditions . |
| 7 | And the dazzling thing was that quite a few made a beeline for a lady who co , could at least give thirty years ! |
| 8 | The outcome by 1800 was that around a fifth of manufacturing output was exported compared with a third in 1700 , and that whereas manufactured goods had then up to a third of imports , by 1815 they hardly figured at all . |
| 9 | I assume that what it was and then the next day we all gathered at Crystal Palace , rehearsed ready for their Royal Highnesses to er listen to everybody . |
| 10 | I told him that I was and suddenly the ice was broken . |
| 11 | Then , his head bent forward , he noticed that the shadows were long on the grass ; in fact , there was but merely a streak of sunshine bordering the flower garden now . |
| 12 | The delay in diagnosis was because even the possibility of coeliac disease was not considered in these cases and this prolonged patient misery and uncertainty . |
| 13 | They suggest that this was because virtually no oil tankers frequented the northern Gulf during the seven months between the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the end of the war , when Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil production was subjected to a worldwide embargo . |
| 14 | The most important factor was whether all the crops were housed in the barn or whether some or all were kept in ricks in the fields , being moved to the barn for threshing . |
| 15 | Although there was as yet no sign that the IRA was capable of mounting the sort of offensive which followed four years later , Paisley had no doubt where O'Neill 's reforming policy would lead : |
| 16 | In disputed territory plebiscites were held in which both Germans and Poles brought proceedings into disrepute by menaces , abduction , blackmail and by outright thuggery on such a massive scale that the term border warfare would be appropriate — even if there was as yet no actual border . |
| 17 | With regard to homage , it will suffice to say that there was as yet no papal decree against the homage of ecclesiastics to laymen ; and Anselm certainly thought that there was no objection in principle . |
| 18 | There was as yet no consensus on how best to overcome the Autarch 's tyranny . |
| 19 | There was as yet no separate building ( other than St. Mary 's ) and much must have depended on the enthusiasm — and ability — of the priest . |
| 20 | There was as yet no uniformity of practice among local authorities , who continued to rely on a wide variety of examining methods , though more had turned to external test agencies — organisations or examiners — than in the past . |
| 21 | It is little wonder then that they say that ‘ bibliometric analysis was as yet a very poor substitute for peer review ’ . |
| 22 | It is little wonder then that they say that ‘ bibliometric analysis was as yet a very poor substitute for peer review ’ . |
| 23 | In addition , he insists that he should listen to clerical advice , even though the new ruler was as yet a pagan , as his father had been . |
| 24 | His official title ( one used at most clubs ) was secretary-manager , and as such the administration of the club was as much a part of his job as team management . |