Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [that] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mullahs were concerned that in a republic the Muslin clergy might be disestablished , as had recently happened in Turkey . |
| 2 | He opened the door but the dimness inside was such that for a moment he could see little ; then , as his eyes accommodated , he saw Maurice standing , pressed against the far wall as though he wanted to vanish through it . |
| 3 | It was probable that with a type of aggravated libel , and a defence that was blatantly bogus and came apart during the trial , they decided to add a nought to the amount of damages . ’ |
| 4 | He began to say all the prayers to the Blessed Virgin and the saints which he had been taught at his mother 's knee , and all the while , as he prayed , he was aware that under a mile to the west lay Gribbin Head , where murder had been done eleven months before : murder he had been witness to and had profited by ; murder he had known full well was mortal sin for which , at the Judgement Seat , he would have to give account to God . |
| 5 | It was significant that during a press conference called on 18 May 1960 Khrushchev not only denounced Eisenhower but also asserted the importance of the Cuban revolution , which had suddenly become the subject of enthusiastic and laudatory articles in the Soviet press . |