Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] was [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For long it was thought that wet spraying turned the buds to a wet mash , and therefore dusting each individual bud was necessary . |
| 2 | Hitherto it was thought that natural selection is standing still , or merely weeding out the more harmful defects . |
| 3 | When males and females were analysed separately it was found that different characteristics were associated with non-completion and that these differences were quite striking . |
| 4 | They had removed him from the stifling atmosphere of the Court , but already he was finding that Civil Service protocol could be just as oppressive . |
| 5 | Yet only weeks ago he was saying that existing derelict land was needed for greening the cities , and providing amenities for citizens . |
| 6 | Mercifully , there was no proposal to attempt landing an aircraft by the same means , but rather it was envisaged that rough landing strips could be constructed adjacent to the launcher . |
| 7 | Indeed it was hoped that overall adjustment would take place successfully through the cooperation of member countries in accepting such rules of conduct . |
| 8 | I did not receive a thank you from the owner of these cards nor from the Midland Bank , yet I was told that common practice in Britain is to reward the finder . |
| 9 | KATRIN KRABBE 'S hopes of avoiding a four-year doping ban received a boost yesterday when it was revealed that influential scientific reports backed up her case that she did not take banned steroids . |
| 10 | An imperial tradition lasting for more than two centuries was ended on Oct. 5 when it was announced that federal Prime Minister Paul Keating and Queen Elizabeth II had agreed that Australian citizens would no longer be nominated for the receipt of UK honours . |
| 11 | Gorbachev met Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal in Moscow on Sept. 17 , when it was announced that diplomatic relations between the two countries , broken off since 1939 , were to be resumed . |
| 12 | A second round of exploratory talks was held in the Chinese capital on Nov. 17 , when it was agreed that Japanese restrictions on travel to North Korea would be lifted by April 1991 . |
| 13 | Moreover , the approach taken by their Lordships in George Mitchell does seem at variance with the Photo Production case where it was held that artificial distinctions should be rejected in favour of construction according to plain and natural meaning . |
| 14 | 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 . |