Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] that [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was widely suspected that the Tucayana had links with the military and had been involved with anti-insurgency operations against the Jungle Commandos and that they feared the establishment of a police force for the interior composed mainly of former Jungle Commando members . |
| 2 | It was widely believed that the DLP would use its two-thirds majority to alter the constitution prior to the 1992 elections . |
| 3 | The final total was 606 , scored in only ten hours of excellent batsmanship , although it was widely felt that the England selectors had helped them along by omitting Foster and playing two spinners , Cook and Miller , on a pitch of low bounce . |
| 4 | It was widely reported that the UK Ministry of Defence had reserved the right to dispose of its decommissioned nuclear submarines at sea , although the UK finally voted for the proposal . |
| 5 | It was widely reported that the UK had unsuccessfully argued at the committee meeting for a total suspension of the ERM and also that requests had been made for Germany to reduce its interest rates . |
| 6 | In January 1989 it was finally announced that the Brick Lane brewery was to close . |
| 7 | Last year , at the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund , it was generally agreed that the US deficit was less of a threat because it was on a downward path . |
| 8 | At the same time Wilson was bluntly told that the United States would not make good any losses that the British economy might suffer . |
| 9 | But it was always feared that a Clinton victory in an American Presidential election might lead to a shift in US policy with regard to the Northern Ireland problem . |
| 10 | In the document ‘ Waiting for Patients ’ it was clearly stated that the NHS reforms would increase patient choice . |
| 11 | There was then more silence , and I was later told that the Microwriter company had been improving the Agenda system . |
| 12 | It was also announced that the RSFSR government had decided to merge together the Russian Information Agency and the Novosti news agency ( which had been brought under RSFSR control after the failed coup — see p. 38372 ) as one agency headed by the former Novosti chief Andrei Vinogradov . |
| 13 | In a resolution published by the republic 's official press , it was also announced that the Ukraine would stop building nuclear power plants altogether . |
| 14 | It was also reported that the US attorney for the District of Columbia was conducting a preliminary inquiry to determine whether transactions at the bank had involved criminal wrongdoing . |
| 15 | At the Honolulu meeting it was also reported that the South Korean and US officials had agreed to make greater efforts to negotiate a peace treaty with the North . |
| 16 | It was also reported that the Odinga faction met legal difficulties when attempting to have the results of its internal elections validated , the Matiba group having lodged a complaint with the registrar of political parties questioning the legitimacy of the Odinga congress . |
| 17 | It was also feared that the PLO would instruct ‘ acceptable Palestinians ’ to meet George Schultz . |
| 18 | It was also recommended that the DES should encourage postgraduate conversion courses , by means of maintenance grants , and that a single national body should be set up to identify manpower requirements and commission courses to meet them . |
| 19 | It was also claimed that the Owens should have known about the bypass before they bought the house . |
| 20 | It was also proposed that the WEU should move its secretariat from London to Brussels , in order to reinforce its links with the EC , but no decision was expected until the question of political union in the EC had taken a more definitive shape ( the Maastricht summit of the EC 's European Council being scheduled to agree on this in December 1991 ) . |
| 21 | It was also agreed that the USA would supply South Korea with Patriot missiles , and that enhanced joint military exercises would be staged in 1992 . |
| 22 | The purpose of our paper was simply to show that the Parsonnet system can be applied easily and effectively to cardiac surgical practice in Britain . |
| 23 | It was even alleged that the NSF was already in place before the overthrow of Ceausescu and that , in the eyes of its opponents , it " stole the revolution " from those who made it . |
| 24 | She was fully determined that the Merchiston fortune must end with Benedict — that much she owed to Isabel 's memory — but at least some provision might be found for Theda . |
| 25 | But this apparent welcome was a rebuff : the cutter was there to see that the St Louis did not enter territorial waters . |