Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [to-vb] [that] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith 's major contribution to the subject was to show that any system of equations of this sort could be replaced by much simpler equations of the form : each a , divides all its successors . |
| 2 | The main point of the Porter analysis was to establish that that form of information was fundamental to any strategic analysis . |
| 3 | It was becoming easy enough to find biochemical changes that occurred when an animal learned ; the problem was to show that such changes were really part of the memory-making process . |
| 4 | The Eleven-plus , like all crises , threatened the pattern of family relationships , and all the family could do in order to maintain equilibrium was to ensure that each member remain entrenched in or return to his or her habitual role . |
| 5 | His first step was to request that all copies of the European Vehicle and Components ’ Plan be withdrawn from circulation . |