Example sentences of "[adj] that [det] was a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chief Superintendent Large had been polite but made it clear that this was a matter for professionals and he had everything sewn up . |
| 2 | Again and again he swiped at Chloe , but she remained convinced that this was a game and every time her friend approached she darted away and went to sit somewhere else in the clearing , her tail brushing the ground frantically . |
| 3 | Wanting very much to hear ( because he was sure that this was a lover calling , from the voice ) , the man used the boxing match as an excuse , and he came and stood in the kitchen doorway with a wet plate and the cloth in his hands , and looked at the television . |
| 4 | As European financial controller Ton Canta says : ‘ We felt confident that this was a company that would remain committed to its products well into the future ’ . |
| 5 | I put it to you that it is unlikely that such widespread invasive tumour arose from one small marker lesion and the surgeon concerned that this was a staging error initially . |
| 6 | However , it is evident that this was a development of old problems of racism , racial disadvantage and poverty exacerbated by unemployment and particular styles of policing . |
| 7 | Although we thought at first that this was a saw intended for only a serious builder , we discovered that it also earned its keep doing fairly mundane cutting jobs that would normally be done by hand . |