Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [was/were] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unidentified groups of rioters attacked and set on fire the city police headquarters , where it was believed that some of those arrested earlier in University Square were being held . |
| 2 | At the end of week six , I had a medical interview where it was decided that due to hurricane Gilbert there was no medical facility adequate for my medical needs ; I 'm asthmatic . |
| 3 | They were schools , therefore , where progress in matching library provision to curriculum need had already begun , and where it was hoped that this impetus could be further developed through participation in the project and a grant in the region of £2,500 . |
| 4 | At the other extreme was a father and son dairy farm where it was claimed that each was working 110 hours per week . |
| 5 | The result is very different from the ideas expressed in chapter 6 , where it was suggested that one of the many results of the rise of material culture as a mode of cultural form was its ability to multiply and keep apart a plethora of hierarchies and diverse spheres . |
| 6 | See also Chief Constable of Grampian v. Aberdeen District Lit. , oil Board , 1979 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 2 , where it was held that mere reiteration of the wording of s. 17(1) ( b ) of the Act was insufficient . |
| 7 | The French government tried to save money by accrediting the consul-general it sent to Japan in 1858 also as chargé d'affaires ( a device quite often used outside Europe , mainly in minor Latin-American states where it was expected that political relations would be very much subordinate to commercial ones ) . |
| 8 | Where it was found that middle peasants had been encroached upon , where it was found that middle peasants had been dispossessed erm that position would be rectified and that would be given back to middle peasants . |
| 9 | We continue to 24–48 hours based on our previous experience with streptokinase where it was found that this was the critical period for reocclusion . |
| 10 | In the eighteenth century the scales of justice could be tilted in favour of a relative or friend , or it was feared that this was the case , unless strong interest was made in behalf of a litigant in order to ensure equity . |
| 11 | Khrushchev asserted in March 1960 that ’ the Soviet Union is now the world 's strongest military power' ( Izvestiia , 2 March 1960 ) and , although it was recognised that Soviet economic capacity was then inferior to that of the United States , it was confidently predicted that the socialist nations would have outstripped the West within a decade . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The third stage of the project was to involve reporting and discussion at the end of the observation period , although it was acknowledged that incidental feedback in the context of dialogue with teachers , students and outsiders was inevitable , and that smaller , interim reports to the SLG , as steering group , would be necessary . |
| 14 | However , it seems unlikely that it was intended that less disclosure should be made to private customers than to professionals . |
| 15 | As a result the warbler increased in numbers until by 1988 the population had built to the extent that it was decided that some birds could be caught and transported to the island of Aride , some twelve kilometres north , which is managed by the UK-based Royal Society for Nature Conservation . |
| 16 | The fact that it was shown that corporal punishment in a school tended to exacerbate rather than diminish misbehaviour was the principal reason for reform . |
| 17 | The reference to ‘ the application in the prescribed manner ’ makes me believe that it was contemplated that some form of summary process would be prescribed in order to enable speedy relief to be given in clear cases . |
| 18 | Thirdly , that it was considered that any non-certified outstanding points could be decided subsequently by the Court of Appeal . |
| 19 | It is clear that he was considering that that extension would add two further bedrooms . |
| 20 | Once it was recognised that any kind of cancer had an identifiable cause , it was natural to try and determine the exact chemical identity of the substances responsible ( the ‘ carcinogens ’ ) . |
| 21 | Once it was accepted that this kind of question could be raised , the way was open to the conclusion that the Bible should simply be treated as a collection of ancient religious literature with no special claims to be heard or accepted except where it happened to express some general religious ‘ principle ’ that could be recognised as universally valid — the kernel within the husk . |
| 22 | They could well imagine the panic that would now ensue at Russian military headquarters once it was realised that all their previous secrets had been lost . |
| 23 | Once it was realized that financial self-sufficiency was no longer possible , the focus moved to forms of state control of the railway and the need for state resources to fund its deficit . |
| 24 | Women made up only a minor proportion of the prison population in Geurrero and I was assured that this situation was reflected throughout Mexico . |
| 25 | I have asked parliamentary questions about the illegal sale and possession of knives and I was told that 150 people were prosecuted in 1988 for having in a public place such an article with a blade or point and in 1989 , it was 2,018 — a huge jump . |
| 26 | After a pause , she said , ‘ And you were hoping that one day she 'd give up seeing men altogether and have a steady relationship with you ? ’ |
| 27 | And she was determined that this would not happen . |
| 28 | I was talking to a woman and she was saying that young people were n't the same in her day . |
| 29 | Um I think that um y'know it 's often quite intimidating to be confronted with y'know sort of say eighty odd questions , if you were to use that many , erm so if you if you kind of break it up a bit in some way and have different headed sections with slightly different format questions it might y'know kind of help people through it as it were . |
| 30 | Compared with Barry 's Board of Trade , the Broad Sanctuary houses were hideous and it ‘ would excite one 's horror , if one were to imagine that any portion of London was to be covered with such edifices ’ . |