Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] that [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison Campbell 's house-to-house collectors had another good year , and all were agreed that this generous response might perhaps be attributed in part to Christian Aid 's TV advertisment . |
| 2 | Parents who requested places on a Kindertransport were warned that orthodox foster homes were not on offer and were asked if they objected to Christian hospitality . |
| 3 | Fears were expressed that these additional courts would enable the government to try anyone connected in any capacity to the PPP , and many observers considered that the real purpose of the tribunals was to bar PPP members from contesting elections . |
| 4 | Nigel bought a pulley , and the offending object was banished — hoisted skywards , where it hung immobile except when lowered , which became mainly for the amusement of visiting children who nevertheless were informed that any bad behaviour would be punished by hauling them up twenty-five feet into space and leaving them . |
| 5 | Several of these were also in packages managed by other people and it was realised that two new modules would be required . |
| 6 | The crunch came when it was realised that these competent women had a propensity to marry ( Martindale , 1939 ) . |
| 7 | It was claimed that most Hungarian citizens were either not informed of how to purchase the shares or could not afford to do so , and that the bulk of the issue had gone to former party bosses or to foreign institutions . |
| 8 | The most notorious was in 1984 when it was reported that two detained patients had been beaten to death by staff of Hotokukai Utsunomiya Hospital . |
| 9 | On April 22 it was reported that two Jewish brothers , Eli Swed and Selim Swed , had been released from prison . |
| 10 | On Sept. 14 it was reported that six political parties had combined to form a United Front of Political Movements ( UNIFORM ) . |
| 11 | On the same day it was reported that 40 Liberian rebels and one Sierra Leonean soldier had been killed in fighting in southern Sierra Leone . |
| 12 | It was reported that three elderly women died during the first Scud attack when they suffocated because they had failed to remove filter covers from their masks . |
| 13 | On Nov. 18 it was reported that Chadian National Front ( FNT ) fighters had handed over their weapons to the Sudanese authorities on the border under a reconciliation agreement with the Déby government . |
| 14 | It was reported that several pro-US countries , including Yugoslavia , Egypt , Venezuela , Argentina and Cyprus , had resisted attempts to link Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait with the resolution of other Middle Eastern problems , in particular the Palestinian issue . |
| 15 | It was expected that some 40-50 mergers per year would fall due for examination in this way . |
| 16 | By Aug. 24 , when the Security Council Military Staff Committee met , the USA had drafted a proposed resolution which would give UN legitimacy to the use of the necessary force to maintain a blockade , but which would leave the decision on such interventions to the naval command ( i.e. to the US Navy , in practice , or the British or French , since it was expected that those other countries which had contributed naval forces on a smaller scale would wish to avoid this controversial step ) . |
| 17 | Although both the Reagan and the Bush administrations had previously waived this provision , it was expected that senior Democratic senators would oppose another suspension of the certification requirement . |
| 18 | ( c ) it was argued that any potential conflicts could be circumvented through the creation of ‘ Chinese walls ’ within firms ; |
| 19 | These perceptions and feelings were to be examined qualitatively rather than by means of any standardised measures , since it was felt that such complex issues could not be ( or had never successfully been ) encapsulated in a standardised scale . |
| 20 | It was felt that many indirect tax practitioners , and in particular those dealing with VAT , were former employees of Customs & Excise and therefore did not have a professional body to provide them with recognition , training and quality standards . |
| 21 | It was felt that this small portion of Station Lane made a poor impression on visitors approaching Scorton . |
| 22 | As the situation deteriorated , it was felt that some further evidence of the British government 's determination not to allow the majority to lean on the minority was needed . |
| 23 | On histological review , it was felt that these two tumours were more consistent with hepatocellular carcinoma than cholangiocarcinoma . |
| 24 | It was felt that further commercial development in the village square should be restricted . |
| 25 | It was felt that both these circumstances may have contributed to the accident . |
| 26 | It was said that armed mounted troopers were grouped outside the oval to quell a possible riot . |
| 27 | But as the French press produced one embarrassing revelation after another , including leaks from the DGSE itself , it was decided that 65-year-old civil servant Bernard Tricot should carry out a rigorous investigation and that the French government would cooperate fully with the New Zealand police . |
| 28 | It was decided that this superb item should be auctioned and the proceeds given towards raffle prizes at the Reunion . |
| 29 | Last week it was revealed that two thousand people died in a single chemical attack . |
| 30 | During Hungarian-Soviet trade talks it was revealed that total Hungarian exports to the Soviet Union were expected to reach $1,500 million by the end of 1991 . |