Example sentences of "was that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frank Field , Labour chairman of the Commons Social Services Select Committee , said a common thread was that many of the youngsters came from broken homes . |
| 2 | The irony was that many Nepmen had in fact been nurtured by the state during the harsh economic stringencies of War Communism . |
| 3 | Their reason was that many of the country 's enterprises will be uncompetitive at any ‘ realistic ’ exchange rate . |
| 4 | The real message that came from this question was that many family and part-time farmers had wives willing to do more than at present . |
| 5 | One of the consequences of the difficult situation in schools and the low pay was that many teachers left the profession , even to work in the informal labour sector , and some moved to other countries . |
| 6 | An important finding was that many relied on their own transport and went to stay with friends and relatives some distance away , rather than relying on the 19 official evacuation reception centres . |
| 7 | The result was that many deaf men were unable to obtain work . |
| 8 | The third distinctive feature of the dinosaurs was that many species grew enormously in size . |
| 9 | The result of the enclosures was that many countrymen lost what little security they had formerly possessed , including the sense of belonging to a particular village or cottage . |
| 10 | ‘ Spinal Injuries in U.S. Rugby : 1970–90 ’ , was that many more catastrophic scrum injuries come from ‘ colliding ’ scrums ( 57 per cent ) than collapsed scrums ( 26 per cent ) , and that hookers accounted for 81 per cent of scrummaging injuries . |
| 11 | An even more important feature was that many Europeans came not to administer but to settle permanently , which they did on a large scale in Kenya and Zimbabwe , smaller numbers also being found in Zambia and Tanzania . |
| 12 | One consequence of this was that many stories were not really about events but merely reports or rewrites of speeches made by leading politicians at events . |
| 13 | The main problem was that many graduates did not want to go to units where conditions were not seen as ‘ suitable ’ to their requirements . |
| 14 | Sotheby 's followed the Schimmel collection with a very strong mixed-owner sale that featured an unusually high percentage of Roman marbles — word from the trade was that many of them were Basia Johnson 's . |
| 15 | The most worrying aspect of all , for Corby , however , was that many parents felt they were kept in the dark about what was happening , so that while there were exceptions , and in some cases social workers had gone to great lengths to explain the system and the likely outcomes , in two cases the parents were not aware until later in the process that they and their children were the subjects of child abuse investigations . |
| 16 | Before the clampdown , I used to be able to score round here , there was that many places that you can score really . |
| 17 | One effect of the nation 's defeat was that many of the elements of ‘ Japanese spirit ’ , as well as the individuals who had most vocally espoused them , were discredited . |
| 18 | For Law , the issue was that many Unionists would in any case feel compelled to support Lloyd George and that he might command a large personal following in the constituencies ; it would be useful to capture him as Joseph Chamberlain had been captured in 1886 . |
| 19 | We was there till six o'clock in the afternoon and it took us from the er ten o'clock in the morning , say about ten when we got there , it took us from ten till six to fire five rounds of ammunition because there was that many there and you had to wait your turn . |
| 20 | The real problem was that many students felt unable to ask for help when they were in difficulty . |
| 21 | The consequence was that many authorities were too small and too poor financially to provide a good standard of service , to employ the requisite staff and provide the necessary specialized units . |
| 22 | The main impact of this measure was that many landlords used the freedom to evict allowed under decontrol to sell previously let properties into owner-occupation . |
| 23 | The only difference was that many of the cars were big limousines , in contrast to the bikes and the pieces of bikes chained to railings that were her last , hazy recollection of the hospital . |
| 24 | Professor Laffer 's idea was that many ‘ big government-big tax ’ countries are now at tax rates above t * ; . |
| 25 | The view of the hon. Member for South Down ( Mr. McGrady ) was that many things should be left as they are , but he accepted that savings could be made and changes ought to be made , although he did not explain how . |
| 26 | The aversion argument was extracted from its literary context and elevated into a full-blown defence of crudity in the Oz case : " One of the arguments was that many of the illustrations in Oz were so grossly lewd and unpleasant that they would shock in the first instance and then would tend to repel . |
| 27 | The irony was that many would soon end up owner-occupied thanks to a central part of Thatcherism — the right to buy scheme . |
| 28 | The difficulty with restoring the former glories was that many bands had outpriced themselves . |
| 29 | What Mr Major should have said , if he was intent on justifying his decision , was that many of the executions were grotesque by any civilised standards , but that they accorded with the code of discipline that was in force at the time . |
| 30 | Its overall conclusion was that such a policy increased the mutual respect and understanding of social workers and parents and contributed to improving the thinking , discussion and decision making . |