Example sentences of "[adj] was that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this was that the fallen leaves blocked our sluice and had to be removed manually with a hay rake at least three times a day and often at night as well . |
| 2 | Our researches have confirmed Shandruk 's indication that the reason for this was that the Ukrainian Division was simply permitted to make its own way to Italy . |
| 3 | What was clear was that the new department was intent on circumscribing medical influence within the state . |
| 4 | The allegations were unverifiable , but what was clear was that the mixed population was not around to enjoy day one of its newly-bestowed freedom . |
| 5 | One of the things that was popular was that the smaller things like rabbit clubs when people could then get food for them officially if they did that . |
| 6 | What I thought was interesting was that the vital points at the end of the day were supplied by some of the unheralded members of the team . |
| 7 | What happened in 1548 was that the ruling party came to terms with France , in order to find quick relief for only one of their difficulties . |
| 8 | What was even more alarming was that the American president believed North to be some sort of hero . |
| 9 | The first was that the large majority of intentional killings within the family , or other existing personal relationships , were excluded from the death penalty , leading Professor Glanville Williams to remark : |
| 10 | The first was that the Maronite community — which at best constituted only 30 per cent of the Lebanese — was almost certainly outnumbered by the Sunnis or the Shias . |
| 11 | The first was that the informal wages policy arranged by Bevin had been successful in stemming wartime inflation , and it was assumed this could be continued in peacetime . |
| 12 | What in effect happened after 1880 was that the biological approaches of those such as Darwin and Spencer were transformed by Fabians and New Liberals . |
| 13 | What made the ruling even more surprising was that the Japanese government had pledged to correct bias in school textbooks after South Korea and China lodged diplomatic protests in 1982 , when the book was originally banned . |
| 14 | And our best interpretation as far as we could tell from that of course that was that the implied increase in sharing , because sh assumes that households with dwelling was about between four and five times the present sorry nineteen ninety one level share in the county . |
| 15 | What was significant was that the vast majority of these appeals were rejected , and that while the Court had no means of enforcing its opinion , its verdicts were accepted , if not immediately implemented . |