Example sentences of "[adj] was that the [adj] [noun pl] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |