Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price of 36s. has thus some claim to be called the true equilibrium price : because if it were fixed on at the beginning , and adhered to throughout , it would exactly equate demand and supply ( i.e. the amount which buyers were willing to purchase at that price would be just equal to that for which sellers were willing to take that price ) ; and because every dealer who has a perfect knowledge of the circumstances of the market expects that price to be established . |
| 2 | Cottages , however , were hard to find on that side . |
| 3 | I subsequently wrote to you thanking you for this most generous offer and explaining that we wanted to use them as prizes in a raffle but were unable to proceed at that time . |
| 4 | And because er we do have a quality assurance system in place although not certificated , er we were able to tender for that work . |
| 5 | Spurgeon was right to say to that lady who left his church to join a church she felt was perfect : ‘ Well , Madam , when you find your perfect church do n't join it — you 'll only spoil it ! ’ |
| 6 | She might not have kissed him , but for the moment he knew he was willing to settle for that message : I love you — I think . |
| 7 | She hoped a fortnight was enough : she knew it was supposed to take about that length of time to get over chicken-pox , but perhaps it was more serious for adults . |
| 8 | I should have thought that , in the abstract , no one was likely to quarrel with that statement . |
| 9 | What I was able to do in that instance was play all the symphonies through with the orchestra and then forget about them for three months . |
| 10 | Souness , who reported that the latest injuries to hit the club were not too serious , added : ‘ It was difficult to entertain in that wind , but I thought we played like a team at times tonight . ’ |
| 11 | It was difficult to tell at that point how many people in the department wanted to be included , but it did seem likely that some would . |
| 12 | Gulliver , it was held that any profit made by a director as a result of the misuse of confidential information , which he had obtained by virtue of his position as an insider , was liable to account for that profit to the company . |