Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [adj] that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a government statement issued at the end of a meeting with the Unified Movements and Fronts of Azawad on May 20 declared that both parties were convinced that the attack was the work of " unscrupulous and lawless " people . |
| 2 | One of the reasons for using a recognition task was that it seemed less likely than the first study which used a recall test to be biased by the fact that subjects were aware that the study was concerned with risk . |
| 3 | Back at Liberal Democrat headquarters in Cowley Street , Westminster , party strategists were delighted that the campaign has passed without a significant hitch . |
| 4 | The parents were delighted that the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others . |
| 5 | it was held that the circumstances were such that the conclusion had to be that the passenger was ‘ a person using the vehicle ’ for the purpose of clause 6(1) ( c ) of the mib agreement of 1972 and was not therefore entitled to compensation from the bureau . |
| 6 | The judges were convinced that the fear of capital punishment was a real deterrent , and it was difficult to see what effective alternative punishment could be inflicted on murderers . |
| 7 | West Brom 's directors were concerned that the appearance of Gould , who was sacked as Albion 's manager in May , could provoke crowd trouble . |
| 8 | Albion 's directors were concerned that the appearance of Gould , who was sacked as Albion 's manager in May , could provoke crowd trouble . |
| 9 | As we have seen , the first Christians were aware that the Spirit of the Messiah had come to indwell them . |
| 10 | The Roman Catholics were interested that a combination between a Russian refugee , Georges Florovsky , an English high churchman , Michael Ramsey , and a dogmatic Swiss Protestant , Karl Barth , brought the ecumenical movement to an impasse because none of them was prepared to put up with a Protestant federation , and the union of these unlikely allies was too powerful to overcome . |
| 11 | It was held on the point that they did not disabuse the crowd of the notion that the tapes were genuine that the jury were entitled to draw the inference that any buyer was relying on a representation that the tapes were genuine . |
| 12 | Economists were afraid that the country was over-populated and believed that the problems of poverty and unemployment would be reduced if the surplus hands and mouths would go overseas , but it did not follow that the government was going to pay for them to go . |
| 13 | Akashi and other UNTAC officials were concerned that the intransigence of the Khmers Rouges threatened the decisive second phase of the peace process when troops from all four factions were scheduled to assemble in cantonments and surrender their weapons . |
| 14 | Work has finished to flatten out an uphill section towards the end of the course ; officials were worried that the incline , along with the heat , could hamper many of the marathoners . |
| 15 | Early that century the market for water-clocks was such that a guild of clockmakers is known to have existed in Cologne who by 1220 occupied a special street , the Urlogengasse , or Clockmakers Street . |
| 16 | The vote will be seen as a victory for the local authorities , who put so much pressure on the clubs , and many of the delegates were relieved that the vote had taken away the threat of possible punitive action from their local councils . |
| 17 | ‘ Share prices simply look cheap , ’ he said , adding that fund managers were convinced that the economy as a whole is set to grow by 11/2 p.c. this year , with corporate earnings rising by around 5 p.c . |
| 18 | Unfortunately the way in which the issues were formulated and the phrasing of the questions were such that no credence can be given to the findings of the survey or to the general conclusion of the Royal Commission that ‘ there was no evidence from this enquiry of productive effort being inhibited by the income tax structure within its present limits . ’ |
| 19 | But loyalist sources were adamant that the UFF will continue its campaign of violence until the IRA lays down its arms . |
| 20 | But loyalist sources were adamant that the UFF will continue its campaign of violence until the IRA lays down its arms . |
| 21 | Writers were pleased that the group showed no hint of compromise but lamented on the record 's lack of pop muscle . |
| 22 | It was accepted without question , even by the Copts , that Zoser had been the Zikr 's killer and the Moslems were pleased that the matter had ended in such a satisfactory and clean-cut way . |
| 23 | This implication was not lost on some members of the Eastern District , notably several in Essex where the views of leading WEA activists were such that the District eventually decided to do without a tutor-organiser for the county altogether . |
| 24 | He added : ‘ The chancellor must come to explain why the secret arrangements were such that the public were never to know that this payment had been made . ’ |
| 25 | It had no evidence of this : the BBC had on principle refused an invitation to submit the programme to the Government for " vetting " in advance , and its own lawyers were satisfied that no breach of confidence had taken place . |
| 26 | Many locals were angry that the pilot and his electronic warfare officer ejected from their crashing plane too soon to ensure it would not hit buildings at Barton Hartshorn , near Buckingham . |
| 27 | The doctors were adamant that the risk of a further stroke was too great to justify another pregnancy . |
| 28 | In the USSR , however , there were reports at the beginning of the war that the Soviets were unhappy that a war had broken out at all and that a friendly state , Iraq , was at war with a regime that had conducted a revolution of which the USSR basically approved — and using Soviet arms into the bargain . |
| 29 | Respondents were worried that the care programme approach could lead to needless reviews and multiple meetings . |
| 30 | Mr Fallon said last night that the full statement issued on the subject was : ‘ The investigation has been completed and the Serjeant at Arms was satisfied that the matter had been dealt with properly . ’ |