Example sentences of "was [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Timbury recommended that it was preferable that these be provided in association with small geriatric hospitals , it was recognised that some of these may be provided " free standing " in the community . |
| 2 | St Paul was emphatic that by receiving the broken bread and poured out wine , the believer is participating in the self-offering of the Son to the Father in his broken body and shed blood . |
| 3 | Only one was emphatic that he did not wish his son to take over and have the same hard life as himself . |
| 4 | It also was emphatic that I reported back to him alone . |
| 5 | As recently as 1978 , the Court of Appeal was emphatic that ‘ police officers can only arrest for offences ’ . |
| 6 | A later subsection was emphatic that it was ‘ immaterial whether a belief [ was ] justified or not if it [ was ] honestly held ’ . |
| 7 | By June he had tried seven different prospective designers without finding one who could give him what he wanted , but was emphatic that he could not work at a distance with Hanns or other Johannesburg artists , ‘ so that 's that ’ . |
| 8 | Primo Nebiolo , president of the International Amateur Athletic Federation , was emphatic that athletes will receive no cash inducement to take part . |
| 9 | Each judge was emphatic that Justice Morling 's decision and that reached by them on appeal rested on a consideration of the context and the wording of the claim that there was ‘ little evidence ’ and ‘ none which proves scientifically ’ that cigarette smoke causes disease in non-smokers . |
| 10 | Rousseau was emphatic that the general interest of society was not the mere sum of individuals ' interests , any more than the general will was the mere sum of individual wills . |
| 11 | Yet Bright , who was known as a radical liberal , famous for his attacks on the old aristocratic and feudal order , was emphatic that he was not a democrat : |
| 12 | The Air Ministry was emphatic that it " was suicide to attempt air delivery — more especially in winter time " . |
| 13 | But the explanation could have been phrased in a different way : it was precisely because she was pregnant that Ms Webb would be unavailable for work at the critical time . |
| 14 | So when I was pregnant that would be , that was fine cos it just |
| 15 | To a growing number of health professionals it was self-evident that Israel 's priority was the application of a system which ensured dependence and control rather than the good health of the community . |
| 16 | Now bearing in mind what we were saying about exchange rates before the break , if the pound was strong that obviously implied that people wanted to buy sterling , but what goods did they want to buy off us ? |
| 17 | It was absurd that Norman Ward Westerman and Lord Boddy should listen with real deference to his views on Halifax , while at home he could n't even get a hearing from his own wife . |
| 18 | It was absurd that she had n't guessed straightaway and absurd that he should be standing in a telephone booth somewhere , talking about a queue forming . |
| 19 | And he added it was absurd that Army units which uncovered intelligence about intended attacks on UDR men , as at Drumnakilly outside Omagh , should end up in court . |
| 20 | By May , meeting the TUC again , he found their suggestion ‘ very interesting and attractive ’ , but was apprehensive that any consequent investigation of whether the pensioner had worked in the previous week would smack of means-testing . |
| 21 | It was cruel that he had to die so soon after all he had suffered ; it would have been more cruel if he had died alone , in the dark , knowing that rescue was at hand ; at least he knew the relief of the rescue and died in the comfort of his own bed . |
| 22 | He was 74 that coming April and felt that he was tired mentally . |
| 23 | It was strange that he was prepared to pay out £150million ‘ and yet he continues to deny the Government 's responsibility for mistakes and does not even apologise for his department 's role ’ . |
| 24 | Then , when I remarked it was strange that when a person was in trouble , one forgot at once any little grudge one had against them , so that bearing grudges must be only skin-deep , my friend disagreed : she thought the change of heart was because one was willing to be magnanimous when at advantage , having the upper hand . |
| 25 | The next morning at Hillside for the pre-qualifier ( it was strange that someone who had finished runner-up in the 1960 Open should have to pre-qualify the next year , but they were the championship rules in those days ) Mr Munro was with Gary player and I was back with Mr Palmer . |
| 26 | It was strange that she was in no way jealous of Jessie being her father 's choice for betterment , because Jessie herself had n't wanted to go to the Secretarial School , nor had her mother wanted her to go . |
| 27 | It was strange that this wild young man settled down to an exemplary career as a Marine and on retirement became a probation officer . |
| 28 | It was strange that she had never thought of him before , for she now remembered how quickly he had learnt poetry when she was helping him learn to read . |
| 29 | It was strange that a sexual union which left nothing to be desired should so clarify the state of her mind . |
| 30 | It was strange that , truly enamoured of New York as she was , she could still feel like this — choked with a desire to hear the broad vowels of her native Yorkshire . |