Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] that [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The decision also followed appeals for a postponement from many within the 12-party Unity Assembly , Haiti 's opposition coalition , who were concerned that neither the safety of voters nor the fairness of the poll could be guaranteed because of the prevailing climate of violence and lawlessness within the country . |
2 | Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing . |
3 | They stood to attention , but it was clear that both the administrator and his deputy were unsure of the proper response . |
4 | Law and morality were not yet clearly distinguished , nor could one even say that the whole of law or justice was to be found in any one court ; the Ecclesiastical Courts , and Local Courts of many different kinds , administered a justice which was not the justice of the Common Law Courts ; so the thought was natural that even the King 's justice was not exhausted in the power conferred on his courts . |
5 | It was true that both the house and the grounds had the curious quality of seeming larger than they were . |