Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [was/were] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the experiment it was found that all three methods produced results that were better than random selection — but the domain specific methods were far superior to the domain-general method ( DG was 27% better than chance , the DS methods both roughly twice as good as chance ) . |
| 2 | As there was no meeting of minds to the interpretation of the Labour Court Recommendation it was agreed that both the Banks and IBOA should revert to the parties who sought the clarification of the Labour Court Recommendation i.e. Kevin Duffy of Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Turlough O'Sullivan of I.B.E.C. ( formerly FIE ) . |
| 3 | On behalf of the defendant it was argued that some limitation had to be placed on the word " practice " and the natural and proper limitation was to imply the words " as medical practitioners " . |
| 4 | In the last chapter it was explained that some of the world 's languages are ‘ tone languages ’ , in which substituting one distinctive tone for another on a particular word or morpheme can cause a change in the dictionary ( ‘ lexical ’ ) meaning of that word or morpheme , or in some aspect of its grammatical categorisation . |
| 5 | At the inception of the previous chapter it was said that all grants of power to public bodies could be broken down into two parts : if X exists , you may or shall do Y. |
| 6 | It is interesting to note that the human gastric tumour cell line HGT-1 , which was derived from a primary tumour originating in an non-antral part of the stomach , had histamine 2 receptor which responded , maximally to much higher histamine concentrations of 10 - 3 to 10 - 4 M. Cells from the duodenum did not possess the histamine 2 receptor and in this study it was shown that two colorectal tumour cell lines did not seem to possess histamine 2 receptor indicating location of histamine 2 receptor may be confined to the gastric area . |
| 7 | There were red faces when halfway through an interview it was noticed that veteran Hal Roach , who produced the Laurel and Hardy movies , had not buttoned up his trousers properly . |
| 8 | Although theoretically any potency can be used , in practice it was found that some potencies were more effective than others . |
| 9 | That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman . |
| 10 | ‘ By the end of the last act I was swearing that this was the most marvellous Coriolanus in every conceivable way that I should ever hope to see , ’ wrote T. C. Worsley in the Financial Times . |
| 11 | Although the original idea had been directed to the whole of the diocese it was felt that any pilot project should be confined to a smaller area . |
| 12 | In early ethnic models of settlement origin it was assumed that this was a Celtic pattern of settlement , but could it be that this pattern in fact represents the oldest arrangements in the landscape ? |
| 13 | On the day after Aquino 's announcement it was reported that 28 congressmen and 22 governors had broken with the LDP and announced their support for Ramos . |
| 14 | And I believe er , at this meeting it was revealed that Scottish Homes had received a tender from the West Lothian District Council for this work over a period of ten years for a figure which comes to four hundred thousand pound which , apparently , was the cheapest tender ! |
| 15 | At our last meeting it was suggested that two groups should meet to discuss the future work of the Council . |
| 16 | During the course of the meeting it was suggested that each Planning Department should nominate an appropriate member of staff to be the ‘ contact ’ person with the Scottish Wildlife Trust in relation to Wildlife Sites . |
| 17 | In their quest to reduce costs , however , the Railfreight managers were keen to explore every way of streamlining their operations , and in the case of Severn Tunnel Junction it was found that total closure would bring substantial savings for relatively little inconvenience . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | In the beginning it was agreed that any British athlete in the top four would come forward for interview . |
| 20 | From the beginning it was appreciated that local deaf organisations would object to home-to-home visits as intrusions on their pitch , rivalling their own money-raising efforts . |
| 21 | Before this game we were told that this was the poorest Irish team in memory , that Irish rugby was in the doldrums and that the swashbuckling French were about to turn on the after-burners and skyrocket into the stratosphere . |
| 22 | Later that month it was announced that national and state-level elections would be held in Punjab in mid-June . |
| 23 | This month it was reported that Chinese officials and technicians are equipping an Iranian nuclear facility near the southern Iran-Iraq border in Khuzestan , with uranium-enriching technology . |
| 24 | Last week it was revealed that two thousand people died in a single chemical attack . |
| 25 | Last week it was announced that seventy-five people are to take voluntary redundancy at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire . |
| 26 | When I was eventually connected with my Commander-in-Chief I was to learn that this was the first night he had been abed in 13 consecutive nights of operations . |
| 27 | In particular , in a report upon collective discrimination it was shown that restrictive practices in the form of agreements between firms were widespread throughout industry , and generally tended to operate against the public interest . |
| 28 | In her case it was accepted that many women in their 20s are involved in child birth and looking after children with the consequences that they are out of the employment market . |
| 29 | For example , in one case it was held that electrical contractors , as such , had no right to complain that a local authority had not followed proper tendering procedures in letting out a contract for the installation of central heating . |
| 30 | They would still like to have some toddler swings for the playing field and as an interim measure it was suggested that one of the existing swings should be fitted with a suitable toddler seat . |