Example sentences of "it was certainly the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was certainly the case that in the first centuries the example of Jesus must have been a tremendous model for living and for dying . |
| 2 | However , it was certainly the case that girls ( like their mothers ) were seen as ‘ helpers ’ and ‘ guides ’ to men and to families , and the significance of the club was that it could show them how to overcome their ‘ understandable selfishness ’ and reveal ‘ the beauty of unselfish devotion to others ’ . |
| 3 | It was certainly the view of one senior ember of the regional team of officers ( RTO ) that |
| 4 | It was certainly the instrument of death . |
| 5 | Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry . |
| 6 | It was certainly the theme of a protest against the building of a workhouse in 1785 which argued that it threatened " our liberty and laws " . |