Example sentences of "that was [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A face that was simply the front skin of the self concealed and separate |
| 2 | But that was generally the practice of settled people : Zuwaya were scattered over a vast territory , and although they owned land they were not permanently resident on it . |
| 3 | Certainly we had a minority of outright failures , whose grasp of their work was negligible , but that was generally the case . |
| 4 | ‘ That was rather the impression that I gathered , sir , ’ the lawyer said with a lift of one ironic eyebrow . |
| 5 | May be I 'm being a little unkind but that was rather the impression I got . |
| 6 | Er I as I recollect it , that was largely the view the the Secretary of State took when he when he approved the plan and indeed there is a relationship between most of the policies . |
| 7 | That was effectively the end of Liverpool 's challenge , and Spartak confirmed their greater class with a second three minutes from time . |
| 8 | That was evidently the conclusion reached by the magistrate in the present case . |
| 9 | Influenced by our strong local-government showing in Birmingham and the Midlands , I advised June and that was clearly the majority view . |
| 10 | In 1923 , when the Liberals found themselves in much the same situation as Mr Ashdown is hoping for today , Asquith told them that they ‘ were not sent here by your constituents to play the part of soldiers of fortune ’ , but that was exactly the part they found themselves playing then , and will find themselves playing now if we get a hung Parliament , and they will be unsuccessful mercenaries at that . |
| 11 | Eventually he bent over and told the Head Girl to kick him ; she was amazed but she did so — just stepped forward and kicked him and that was exactly the step he wanted . |
| 12 | Nor was it a fluke , as the bass player in the band , not to be outdone , bought a Fender Precision from Selmer 's a week later that was exactly the same colour . |
| 13 | That was exactly the point . |
| 14 | As Doug , Meadowbrook would be cast violently against type , but that was exactly the sort of doubletake effect I was interested in . |
| 15 | That was also the political judgment of the terrorists , or they would not be so anxious to be interviewed by the media or so against the ban . |
| 16 | If my understanding is correct , that was also the conclusion expressed by the Commission in its written observations in the Factortame case ( Case C 221/89 ) , which were submitted before the judgments in Ex parte Jaderow Ltd. and Ex parte Agegate Ltd. were delivered . |
| 17 | That was also the time when the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook claimed that Labour would win by a landslide in the 1987 election . |
| 18 | That was also the year of the opening of the new Parliament Buildings at Stormont by the Prince of Wales , who , it was rumoured , was less than enthusiastic about coming to do his royal duty . |
| 19 | ‘ I could n't find a mirror I liked or that was even the right size , so I decided to have one handmade that would incorporate the colours and the theme of the living room , ’ said Geoff . |
| 20 | That was just the news I was hoping for . |
| 21 | But to be fair that was just the gourmets . |
| 22 | Garbo , Garland , Gardner , Garson and Gable were there — and that was just the Gs — but the old grey Mayer was n't what he used to be , and he had been ousted from MGM by the time Nicholson arrived as a messenger boy . |
| 23 | That was just the opposite of Roux 's result and was the first clear demonstration of the process known as regulation : the ability of the embryo to develop normally even when some portions are removed or rearranged . |
| 24 | It was true ; that was just the way it happened . |
| 25 | That was just the start . |
| 26 | I 'm not suggesting it was malicious ; that was just the result . ’ |
| 27 | That was just the beginning . |
| 28 | AND THAT WAS JUST THE START OF A THOROUGH RENOVATION THAT 'S TAKEN 20 YEARS TO COMPLETE . |
| 29 | Yeah that that was just the ideas it had . |
| 30 | That was just the , yeah , dredger and th the tug was called er Nine 0 , the Ninety . |