Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] was [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The initial agreement was a statement of principle rather than a binding promise , whereby it was agreed that countries should make every effort to ‘ use the best available technology that is economically feasible ’ to limit air pollution . |
| 2 | The arguments over who he should drive for went on until the last minute when it was decided that Clark should make the fateful trip to Germany . |
| 3 | The Love Canal issue raised a scandal in the late 1970s , when it was revealed that families living in the area were at serious risk from chemical poisoning . |
| 4 | THE Queen came under fire last night when it was revealed that taxpayers fork out £369,000 for a day 's sailing in the royal yacht Britannia . |
| 5 | That view was supported last night when it was revealed that Anne would not promise to obey her new husband during the service at the stone and slate-built Crathie Church , close to Balmoral , on Saturday . |
| 6 | Tax relief on forest ownership has also been abolished due to the media uproar of 1988 when it was revealed that celebrities and business corporations were investing in conifer plantations as a tax dodge . |
| 7 | FRESH fears of a doping scandal emerged yesterday when it was revealed that Martin Pipe 's Triumph Hurdle candidate , Her Honour , had failed a post-race drug test . |
| 8 | His decision is now being appealed and Mrs Hamilton was in court yesterday when it was contended that Lord Prosser had been wrong to interpret the 1976 act in such a way as to exclude any case where a claim was made in respect of a person who was born alive but who died from ante-natal injury . |
| 9 | AMATEUR golf in Scotland received a boost yesterday when it was announced that Martell Cognac , sponsor of the Scottish Club Championship for the past three years , has extended its support of the event until 1995 . |
| 10 | A long-term government plan came to fruition at the beginning of 1990 when it was announced that Taiwan was to apply to accede to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 11 | BRITISH track and field athletes claimed a first yesterday when it was announced that men and women of the same standard will compete against each other . |
| 12 | Those corps came into existence in the early 20th century , when it was discovered that attendance at university did not necessarily mean an ability to lead troops . |
| 13 | This matter was raised again at the Nomenclature Committee 's 1991 meeting , when it was noted that IUPAC recommended the ‘ f ’ spelling for sulphur in the 1990 edition of Nomenclature of inorganic chemistry while retaining the common UK spellings for caesium and aluminium . |
| 14 | He was head of the Military Intelligence Service ( MIS ) until his fall from grace in 1983 , when it was thought that Ne Win , Burma 's autocratic ruler since 1962 , perceived him as a threat to his leadership . |
| 15 | THE first split in the Government 's ranks over the ambulance workers dispute appeared last night when it was disclosed that Mr David Trippier , the Environment Minister , had written to the Health Secretary saying he could see the logic in the ambulance workers ' case . |
| 16 | Three firms of hauliers — Lies , Sortrai and the English firm Spa — brought the video games overland to London , where it was discovered that cartons from each load were damaged . |
| 17 | President Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani arrived in Islamabad on Sept. 6 on a state visit to Pakistan where it was reported that protocols were signed providing for increased political , economic and defence co-operation . |
| 18 | A formal creditors ' meeting was held in August where it was agreed that Hook Harris would be given three years to pay back its debts under the supervision of Andersen partners John Talbot and Martin Fishman . |
| 19 | He went inland to Hufuf , where he was informed that Ibrahim was near Dara'iyyah , and decided to join a convoy that was going to his camp . |
| 20 | It is not clear precisely why it was thought that inferences might be drawn from this revelation , but if they might , the jury should not be left alone to draw them . |