Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [that] [adj] [noun pl] were " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been argued that these policies were adopted at Moscow 's instigation . |
| 2 | It has been proposed that these instruments were played by extra musicians . |
| 3 | The children were followed up some four years later at secondary schools so that the possibility could be considered that such differences were attributable to initial differences in their ability and adjustment rather than being caused by the schools ( Rutter et al. , 1979 ) . |
| 4 | However , it must be added that these subjects were consuming quite a large quantity of food and were not attempting to shed weight . |
| 5 | As far as air quality is concerned , it must be stressed that significant improvements were not expected in the absence of considerable shifts in modal split . |
| 6 | This argument could be regarded as a rebuttable presumption , but then the inexorable logic of the theory breaks down ; it could not be said that legal rules were always to be determined by the ordinary courts . |
| 7 | It could be argued that these groups were formed as much for sociability as for making money , being made up of friends or acquaintances , but at any event their reasons fell short of promoting definite artistic programmes . |
| 8 | It could be argued that these ideas were deliberately peddled in Dunrossness . |
| 9 | It should not be thought that Labour Ministers were concerned only with domestic policy , although Morrison was Home Secretary , Bevin was Minister of Labour , and Dalton ( from early 1942 ) President of the Board of Trade . |
| 10 | It might be thought that such tenets were unambiguous enough in a democracy to be assured the most rigorous defence . |
| 11 | It may be noted that these acts were replaced by the Supreme Court of judicature ( Consolidation ) Act 1925 , which has itself now been replaced by the Supreme Court Act 1981 and by certain provisions in the Limitation Act 1980 ( consolidating earlier Limitation Acts ) . |
| 12 | It should be emphasised that participating practitioners were asked to return details of all patients on their lists who experienced an attack and not simply those whom they saw personally . |
| 13 | It has often been assumed that these figures were simply invented , and are evidence that the Bible is historically unreliable . |
| 14 | Whilst it has been assumed that these charges were fabricated by Musgrave ( and perhaps by Thomas Cromwell , q.v. ) , there is evidence to suggest that Dacre did indeed have private arrangements with the Scots which served to divert their raids away from his estates and on to Bewcastle . |
| 15 | It was only when the new temples were built that pictorial frescoes were attempted . |
| 16 | Continued allegations were made that surplus revenues were being applied for civic and municipal purposes and not for the improvement of the Harbour in accordance with the Acts of 1799 and 1826 . |
| 17 | Those admitted to Belgium were put on a train whose doors were locked and windows nailed shut ; they were told that such measures were necessary for their own protection . |
| 18 | When the Cleveland affair was in the news in 1987/88 I wrote about becoming a father , which was the most wonderful experience — I felt completely liberated by it ; and then I was being told that all men were potential child abusers because they were so emotionally retarded . |
| 19 | I did the pictures , but I remember being horrified that these pictures were going to be printed . |
| 20 | Over at Pratt 's , the St James ' club where it is said that Tory leaders were made and unmade in the old days , you would never have guessed there was an election on . |
| 21 | It is thought that these cases were brought more for publicity , to force the health authority to act , than in the hope of legal success . |
| 22 | It is known that Israeli doctors were the first outside medical experts to reach the scene . |
| 23 | It is hoped that appropriate qualifiers were attached to the data . |
| 24 | Only eight weeks before the sale , Christie 's announced that sixty-six drawings were to be auctioned without first being offered to any national institution by their owner , Viscount Coke . |
| 25 | Of an edition of Luther 's Bible printed in Wittenberg in 1534 , it is estimated that 100,000 copies were sold in forty years . |
| 26 | It is estimated that 1,000 courses were built in England in 1990 alone . |
| 27 | On some issues there was a good deal of discussion , but if by ‘ conviction government ’ it is meant that certain slogans were going to be elevated and written in tablets of stone and used as the put-down at the end of every argument , then , of course , that is indeed what happened . |
| 28 | At Great Dunmow , for instance , it has been suggested that such strips were up to c. 100 m ( 327 ft ) deep , while the Fosse Way southwest of Ilchester was lined by two successive rows of enclosures some 50 by 20 m ( 165 by 66 ft ) in size . |
| 29 | Carlo was made a cardinal at 22 and Archbishop of Milan at 26 , though it has been suggested that these appointments were as much due to the boy 's uncle being Pope Pius IV as to any inherent abilities . |
| 30 | Using the end point of investigator 's assessment of remission , it was calculated that 226 patients were required to show that fluticasone propionate was at worst 15% inferior to prednisolone . |