Example sentences of "[pron] it was [vb pp] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the book went to press there has been Smith v. Schofield , in which it was said that seventeen pages of algebra used to show the consequences of one construction of a tax Act should have been proved by an expert witness and not merely put before the judge ; this does raise sharply the difference between argument and evidence . |
| 2 | Fritz Leiber once wrote a terrific book called Conjure Wife , in which it was revealed that all women were witches . |
| 3 | Also , as it so happens , in August 1941 Winston Churchill had a meeting with President Roosevelt on board a British battleship , off the coast of Newfoundland , and that was followed by a further meeting at Christmas in Washington , when they agreed to send aid to Russia in the form of armaments , etc. , also they drew up the Atlantic Charter under which it was proclaimed that all peoples , in all parts of the world , would have the right to choose their own form of government . |
| 4 | An odd example of the rule is provided by an old case in which it was proved that 1,000 rabbits meant 1,200 rabbits ( Smith v Wilson ( 1832 ) 3 B & Ad 728 ) . |
| 5 | Raym. 742 in which it was held that indebitatus assumpsit lay for money paid under the sentence of a court which had no jurisdiction . |
| 6 | The report 's publication followed a conference at which it was estimated that older people were then spending upwards of £14 billion a year in the marketplace . |
| 7 | His concern was echoed in a BBC Panorama investigation Only Fools And Horses ? on Monday in which it was claimed that off-course bookies must pour more of their profits back into the Sport of Kings — or it could die . |
| 8 | But Finch proceeded against the principal offenders , from whom it was hoped that substantial sums could be extracted , ‘ by way of a Speciall Indictment ’ . |