Example sentences of "[that] it was [vb pp] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skin ended up in the Natural History Museum in Copenhagen and it was only when the corpse was examined that it was discovered that sulukongur was in fact a female ! |
| 2 | It may also be that the early returns from the voyages proved small , and that it was felt that investment in them did not provide an adequate reward for those involved . |
| 3 | Bede 's reference to it in the context of the situation in 731 could suggest , on balance , that it was concluded when Ceolwulf became king or very soon after . |
| 4 | Perhaps the other point I can make is to go back to the question of why women tutors and people in the university generally have emphasised harassment of students by academic staff more than they 've emphasised harassment by students of one another , and I think it 's not that it was thought that students did n't commonly make each other uncomfortable , but as an issue of principle in terms of whether it 's appropriate for university or college authorities to intervene in what many people regard as students ' private lives . |
| 5 | The platform may have been left , although there is no indication that it was used until Stretford Bridge began to appear in the timetable as a request stop in 1890 . |
| 6 | It probably also means that it was issued while Clovis was still a pagan . |
| 7 | ‘ I understood that it was forbidden unless Dennis was within earshot . ’ |
| 8 | I am glad that at our initiative the summit at Maastricht reaffirmed that principle , and that it was agreed that negotiations could start in 1992 . |
| 9 | The direct and indirect statutory controls over the rules of the SIB and SROs and , in particular , the role of the Secretary of State suggest that it was contemplated that rules which survived their scrutiny would adequately protect investors . |