Example sentences of "but [was/were] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marcella would never grow up , but was it possible that , along with a childish naivety , she had carried forward into adult life the single-minded ruthlessness of the young ? |
| 2 | But that still leaves for the jury in submission , A , whether they used reasonable force yes reasonable to act , but was it reasonable force to act , was it a reasonable method of acting , by which I mean time of er , time of the incident . |
| 3 | Of so many recordings issued these days one might say , ‘ It 's perfectly good , but was it necessary ? ’ , because of a lack of character and musical insight . |
| 4 | But was it necessary to kill my men in cold blood ? |
| 5 | But was it right to argue that British banking suffers from overcapacity ? |
| 6 | But was it right ? |
| 7 | Now the tax has been scrapped , but was it due to citizenship or merely the need of a new leader to gain popularity ? |
| 8 | But was it common for everybody to do that ? |
| 9 | Such a voice assignment for a man , a god no less , might raise some eyebrows today , but was it exceptional in France in 1663 ? |
| 10 | But was it likely ? |
| 11 | Brilliant , yes , but was it sound ? |
| 12 | It was regular , but was it fainter than usual ? |
| 13 | But was it significant ? |