Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian Kennedy , Reader in Law at King 's College , London , who gave the 1980 Reith lecture on medical ethics , felt that firmer legal guidelines were required to ensure that handicapped babies were not left to die , and that the decision could not be left to parents and doctors . |
| 2 | A couple of paragraphs of lay anthropology were added to suggest that black people in Africa had accomplished ‘ virtually nothing ’ before ‘ the White Man came ’ . |
| 3 | At their recent meeting the Parish Council were disturbed to find that both these bills have increased substantially . |
| 4 | Engineers were reported to suspect that one of the telescope 's two mirrors had been manufactured to slightly incorrect specifications , resulting in a distortion of images in the visible spectrum . |
| 5 | However , if the condition in question were designed to ensure that all operators of fishing vessels were based in the United Kingdom , it would inhibit the export of fish by British flag vessels to other member states and so constitute a breach of article 34 of the E.E.C . |
| 6 | They went to the pub with Air Marshal 's ranking chalked on their uniforms , windows were smashed to prove that broken glass need not draw blood , there were tremendous fights , he lived at the local hall , there was game , there were bounties we never saw in London — he sailed very very close to the law during that period . ’ |
| 7 | History elements were introduced under this organising thematic structure , and checks were made to see that all the requirements for history ( the focus statements , the prescribed content , the attainment targets , and so on ) were being fully met . |
| 8 | Although most educated men were predisposed to believe that white-skinned , richly clothed Europeans like themselves must belong to a species altogether different from that of the dark-skinned , naked savages described by the traveller-ethnographers , there was the awkward fact that the book of Genesis declares that the whole of mankind is descended from Noah . |
| 9 | Those who love their cricket history were forced to concede that this kind of combat could not be surpassed for entertainment . |
| 10 | Both Annie and Elizabeth were disturbed to find that each morning brought fresh fox tracks circling the hen huts . |