Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [was/were] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the exile it was decreed that circumcision was to be the official rite of initiation into Judaism and all that that now meant . |
| 2 | Remembering , perhaps , clashes that had taken place in the past between the travellers and the locals , at the next meeting of the parish council it was suggested that advice be taken regarding the legal value of the charter and the legal position concerning trespass on council land . |
| 3 | In relation to recording on the file it was held that time spent in preparing typed file and attendance notes should be recorded , and will be recovered , provided that the time spent is not excessive . |
| 4 | On more than one occasion it was remarked that ship designers tested their designs on duckponds . |
| 5 | Of equal clarity was the passage in the judgment of Willes J in 1871 when in Lee v Bude and Torrington Junction Railway Co. ( 1871 ) LR 6 CP 576 ( in which case it was alleged that Parliament had been induced to pass an Act by fraudulent recitals ) he said , at p. 582 : |
| 6 | In addition it was agreed that intelligence and incriminating evidence on drug traffickers would be exchanged between the four countries , which would share any proceeds from seizure or confiscation of drug cartel property . |
| 7 | It 's simply the reason it was done that way was to reflect a County Council decision which had been taken fairly recent times on the route of an outer as opposed to an inner . |
| 8 | Moreover , only a very small segment of jejunum was exposed to the full dose of cholera toxin and because of the rapid binding of the toxin to the mucosa it was presumed that cholera toxin was not available in the distal small bowel to induce secretion . |
| 9 | The old building seems to have fallen on hard times , for on September 13th 1976 at a meeting of the owners , the A.P.C.M. , and the Health Dept. it was decided that No. 3 Chapel Houses tenanted by Mr T. Hawkins , was not suitable as living accommodation and the Housing Services Committee placed a Closing Order on the premises . |