Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] that [adj] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she was determined that this would not happen . |
| 2 | On the assumption that people are motivated by monetary reward , it was argued that this would provide incentives for them to work harder and for entrepreneurs to create wealth and jobs . |
| 3 | It was recognized that this would inevitably deprive many parts of Britain , especially Wales and Scotland , of passenger services altogether ( Aldcroft 1968 ) . |
| 4 | It was recognised that these would be subjective and impressionistic , to some extent at least , and this chapter quotes verbatim from many of the letters it has received . |
| 5 | Because the new filter would be the last link in the chain , it was decided that this would be primarily a biological filter . |
| 6 | As the intention in this study was to have subjects make estimates while they were driving it was decided that this would be unnecessarily difficult . |
| 7 | It was hoped that more would be done by legislation to impose on local authorities a duty to consider , assess and intervene ‘ Where there are elderly people in need of some support or advice in order to prevent or postpone personal or social deterioration or breakdown — necessitating their removal to institutional care ’ ( Age Concern , 1986 , p. 128 ) . |
| 8 | It was hoped that this would result in better co-operation from local administrators and party members in the supply of labour and fuel , etc . |
| 9 | It was hoped that this would reveal the differences to be taken into account when establishing a revised organisation structure , and also highlight the areas of opportunity to enable the Colleges to move towards the state implied by the ideal model . |
| 10 | It was hoped that this would be remedied in the near future . |
| 11 | Whereas it was hoped that this would be brought to the Council by the end of November , it may now be into 1993 before the first draft is presented to the Planning and Development Committee . |
| 12 | It was hoped that this would lead to a positive referendum result in Denmark in late April or early May 1993 and to the subsequent completion of the Maastricht ratification process . |
| 13 | It was hoped that this would reduce independent expenditure and thus overall spending . |
| 14 | It was hoped that this would increase Italy 's own food production and increase Italy 's economic independence as part of the policy of autorkay . |
| 15 | It was felt that these would allow a gradual transition from computer-supported indexing ( with back-up copies of documents held on microfilm ) to a filly computerised filing and retrieval system . |
| 16 | Priority was to be given to walking , not only because it was felt that this would give disproportionate environmental benefits and would aid access to public transport , but it would recognise the dominance of local movement by foot transport . |
| 17 | It was felt that this would enable more rail services to be withdrawn in rural areas without ‘ undue hardship ’ ( an ill-defined term ) being caused to the communities currently served by rail . |
| 18 | It expressed the view that opportunities should be provided for suitably qualified students to obtain a degree , although it was acknowledged that many would not be prepared to take the longer course this entailed and some would not be considered suitable for admission to degree studies . |
| 19 | He said it was envisaged that this would either take place through increases in manpower approved by the Home Office or through ‘ civilianisation ’ of police posts to release officers to other duties . |
| 20 | It was agreed that these would be discussed by a new joint working group on foreign policy issues . |
| 21 | It was agreed that these would be made available to the relevant political bodies and the public for consultation and amendment . |
| 22 | It was agreed that this would be handed over to the Angevins when the marriage itself took place . |
| 23 | These treatments led to cation losses of 100–240 kg per ha per annum calcium and 30–80 of magnesium , for example , but it was estimated that such would be restored through rainfall input over 10–20 years of fallow ; the 1300 1400kg of nitrogen appears to be more easily replaced as fixation rates of 100–150 kg per ha per annum were recorded . |
| 24 | It was expected that these would be first seen at a higher value of the exposure and that in every case a roughly linear graph segment would follow the point at which the subject was fully seen . |
| 25 | Major improvements were being noted two years later , and it was expected that these would be carried further when the Polytechnic was transferred to the East Sussex Local Authority following county boundary changes . |
| 26 | It was expected that this would open the way for further World Bank and European Community lending ( Yugoslavia having already requested $500 million in aid to recapitalize its banking system , and $1,000 million in medium-term economic assistance over three years , from the Group of 24 Western countries and Japan ) . |
| 27 | It was anticipated that this would be seen by " many people " as undesirable or beyond Britain 's powers . |
| 28 | All contributions towards the proceedings arising from the pre-congress conference on Chemistry and developing countries had been received and it was anticipated that these would be published through the Commonwealth Science Council in the near future . |
| 29 | Independents won seven seats and two were reserved for guerrillas who gave up their arms ; it was anticipated that these would be allocated to representatives of the Workers ' Revolutionary Party ( PRT ) , a guerrilla group which signed a peace pact with the government on Dec. 28 and was due to disarm in the far northern province of Sucre on Jan. 26 . |
| 30 | It was anticipated that these would be passed separately in coming weeks . |