Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it was [vb pp] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The central role of the Treasury dates from a minute of 1860. when it was decided that all funds for the government should be released by the Treasury to the various ministries . |
| 2 | KATRIN KRABBE 'S hopes of avoiding a four-year doping ban received a boost yesterday when it was revealed that influential scientific reports backed up her case that she did not take banned steroids . |
| 3 | The extent of the problems faced by students at the poly was highlighted last week when it was revealed that some students were living in cars , and others had to turn down places because of the lack of affordable housing . |
| 4 | An imperial tradition lasting for more than two centuries was ended on Oct. 5 when it was announced that federal Prime Minister Paul Keating and Queen Elizabeth II had agreed that Australian citizens would no longer be nominated for the receipt of UK honours . |
| 5 | Gorbachev met Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal in Moscow on Sept. 17 , when it was announced that diplomatic relations between the two countries , broken off since 1939 , were to be resumed . |
| 6 | The political system of South Korea underwent a momentous realignment on Jan. 22 , when it was announced that two of the country 's three main opposition parties , the Reunification Democratic Party ( RDP ) and the New Democratic Republican Party ( NDRP ) , would merge with the ruling Democratic Justice Party ( DJP ) to form a new conservative alliance . |
| 7 | A second round of exploratory talks was held in the Chinese capital on Nov. 17 , when it was agreed that Japanese restrictions on travel to North Korea would be lifted by April 1991 . |
| 8 | In respect of the control of capital movements , the Community made a very significant breakthrough in 1988 when it was agreed that all restrictions on such movements between residents in different member states should be removed by July 1990 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This was taken one step further in Stadium Finance v. Robbins where it was held that this requirement was not complied with . |
| 11 | Moreover , the approach taken by their Lordships in George Mitchell does seem at variance with the Photo Production case where it was held that artificial distinctions should be rejected in favour of construction according to plain and natural meaning . |
| 12 | Where it was found that middle peasants had been encroached upon , where it was found that middle peasants had been dispossessed erm that position would be rectified and that would be given back to middle peasants . |
| 13 | Austria was so totally defeated by Prussia at the battle of Sadowa in July 1866 that any attempt at mediation by France would have been rejected out of hand at Berlin , where it was known that such mediation would be a paper exercise with no military back-up . |