Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] that the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr. Zúñiga was warned that the police might seek reprisals against him , but although he informed the authorities of this , novo specific measures of protection were apparently offered to him . |
| 2 | Habitat was advised that the Americans would never take to this peculiar British invention . |
| 3 | The committee was told that the charges would save the council £280,000 next year . |
| 4 | We have a relatively high proportion of our student body that comes from overseas , and a year or so ago when the announcement was made that the fees of overseas students were going up , there was a cry that we would n't get any any more , they would all go to America or Russia or wherever . |
| 5 | In Section 2 the conclusion was reached that the jurists were prepared to dispense with direct words . |
| 6 | For instance , in 1936 the style of certain Athenian coins was compared with that of other arts , and the conclusion was drawn that the coins were produced at the same time as the other objects , i.e. , 565BC ; but we now believe that the true date of these coins is some sixty years later . |
| 7 | Thereafter the trustee applied for the certificate , but the Opinion was expressed that the justices could not grant a renewal or transfer of a certificate to a person who , not being in possession , could not carry on the business : Budge v. Goudie ( 1895 ) 2 S.L.T. 406 . |
| 8 | In 1739 , for example , the Duke of Montrose was advised that the gentlemen of Stirlingshire had determined to enliven the normal Michaelmas proceedings with an assembly and race meeting , a project whose promoters were not among the duke 's political friends . |
| 9 | The examination , held at the Freemasons ' tavern , was entirely viva voce and the complaint was made that the candidates did not even have to cast a horse , or operate on a dead one , still less on a live one which might have benefited . |
| 10 | A comment was made that the idiosyncrasies of each library made them difficult to use . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend recall that , at one time , considerable concern was expressed that the Marches , including Herefordshire , would not have the opportunity to contribute fully towards the defence of the realm in terms of reserve activities ? |
| 12 | A reasonable defence might have been that field sports were preferable to roaming the docks but , instead , the chief rabbi was assured that the boys needed the exercise . |
| 13 | So much information was gathered that the professionals could hardly find time to analyse it . |
| 14 | Upon reaching Aquitaine after this defeat at the hands of the Basques Charles was informed that the Saxons had uprisen yet again . |
| 15 | Mr. O'Brien was informed that the documents were ready for signing . |
| 16 | On the foster mother 's application under section 10(9) of the Children Act 1989 for leave to apply for residence orders under section 8 of the Act in respect of the children , no direction was made that the children 's natural mother be notified , and she remained unaware of the application until it had been determined . |
| 17 | Lord Coulsfield was told that the victims believed that the 6ft 2in , 15st Storrie had a knife and were too frightened to resist him . |