Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Libraries with no training officers were more likely to say that decisions were made by chief executives , and to specifically note that local authority approval was needed . |
| 2 | For instance a large chunk of those voters who did declare firmly their intention to vote Labour were still prepared to recognise that Michael Fallon has done a good job as a constituency MP for the town since his election victory in 1983 . |
| 3 | The judges were also keen to stress that charities still need to balance readers ' requirements . |
| 4 | If Marshal Piłsudski and Colonel Beck , the Polish leaders in Warsaw , were upset that France had not given them stronger backing over the Wilia crisis , then they were also relieved to find that Hitler was not prepared to go to war over the city — at least not yet . |
| 5 | They were probably right to suspect that St Petersburg had begun to think of intervening in their affairs . |
| 6 | If , for example , two people watch young tearaways behaving in an abusive manner towards them from a safe distance across the street , a conviction would be proper only if they were really likely to fear that violence would be likely to be used against them ( or another ) . |
| 7 | Some were even prepared to argue that socialism was not necessarily incompatible with ‘ capitalist private property ’ . |
| 8 | We were indeed able to confirm that pairs of dunnocks were often joined by a third bird in breeding , but this provided a mere foretaste of what was to come . |
| 9 | Conservative administrations of the 1980s were certainly right to maintain that governments must not get involved in ‘ picking winners ’ and directing companies ' strategies . |
| 10 | They were therefore unable to ensure that justice was duly done because Amanieu de Fossat was protecting him . |
| 11 | The police , too , had drunk quite a lot of beer by now , and before long they were very willing to believe that Oliver was not the robber of the night before . |
| 12 | All the workers were very happy to hear that Karen was all right . |
| 13 | In fact , some two months ago , I was most happy to learn that Sir James was to visit Darlington Hall . |
| 14 | SIR — On a day the Daily Telegraph 's front page carried John Major 's warning that the UK faces break-up , it was somewhat ironic to read that Jamie Salmon believes it is ‘ time to send Scots , Irish into exile ’ . |
| 15 | She was so pleased to learn that Barbara Coleman was eager to talk to her again , and that she had been given the perfect reason for spending part of her day revelling in Chagall 's colour , that she smiled as she cut inland towards Maurin 's gallery . |
| 16 | I WAS so pleased to read that people are reverting to real Christmas trees instead of the ghastly , glittering artificial things that have been popular for so long . |
| 17 | In those days there seemed so many vistas ahead that I did not mind when I began to go public : it was sufficiently gratifying to feel that Eliot wanted to print some of my work in his good time and in mine . |
| 18 | By 1857 when Agassiz 's Essay on Classification appeared , as an introduction to a never-completed work on the natural history of the USA , it was already difficult to believe that Noah 's flood had really been a world-wide catastrophe with animals surviving two by two ; indeed Agassiz 's work on ice ages had involved reinterpretation of data that seemed evidence of the Flood . |
| 19 | Minton , on the other hand , was not pleased to learn that Ricky was seeing Jenny regularly , and , despite her vivacity and love of fun , never liked her . |
| 20 | I was not prepared to agree that Britain could be outvoted on any substantive issue of foreign policy . |
| 21 | He was not afraid to show that Johnny is this guy with all of these problems on his sleeve . ’ |
| 22 | The Association was also pleased to learn that Dowding House at Moffat had received a ‘ Special Mention ’ in the 1990 Civic Trust Awards . |
| 23 | It was also important to ensure that Mr Reynolds was fit to undergo surgery and to prepare him both physically and psychologically for the operation . |
| 24 | There was also some talk that Admiral François Darlan , Pétain 's prime minister in 1941 and early 1942 , might be persuaded to head an anti-German movement in North Africa . |
| 25 | She was also amused to see that Comfort was shaking his hand and even inviting him to share their table . |
| 26 | ‘ At their first meeting together , Enya was pleasantly surprised to discover that Princess Diana just loves her music , ’ said a source close to Enya . |
| 27 | He added that he was particularly pleased to say that funds for the 40,000 sq ft facility had been generated totally by the Company and that none was borrowed money . |
| 28 | I was particularly interested to learn that Buck Owens played rhythm guitar on two tracks , Lotta Lovin ’ and Rollin' Danny . |
| 29 | Former NZ captain Geoff Howarth informed the nation of his availability through the tabloid Sunday News , but there was n't much doubt that Lees would be reappointed if he wanted the job . |
| 30 | But , with the Government in turmoil and the crisis over the arms sales to Iraq adding to its troubles , it was n't difficult to see that Mr Lawrence was exactly where he wanted to be . |