Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As a result the warbler increased in numbers until by 1988 the population had built to the extent that it was decided that some birds could be caught and transported to the island of Aride , some twelve kilometres north , which is managed by the UK-based Royal Society for Nature Conservation . |
| 32 | In AD 531 it was ruled that any words , direct or precatory , would suffice for a bequest ; that legacies should also have the nature of trusts and vice versa ; and that each disposition was also the other . |
| 33 | Soon it was realized that these electrons must be coming from within the atoms themselves , and in 1911 the British physicist Ernest Rutherford finally showed that the atoms of matter do have internal structure : they are made up of an extremely tiny , positively charged nucleus , around which a number of electrons orbit . |
| 34 | Last year it was revealed that many collectives had managed to run up enormous debts . |
| 35 | Fritz Leiber once wrote a terrific book called Conjure Wife , in which it was revealed that all women were witches . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | He also distributed library books to those who asked for them — although I saw few books in the cells or barracks and it was stated that few prisoners were interested in reading . |
| 38 | 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. |
| 39 | It was said that these teenagers were easily offended . |
| 40 | This theory was threatened when it was discovered that many substances gain weight after combustion . |
| 41 | In the middle ages , it was discovered that many regiments were not getting their fair share . |
| 42 | In a study carried out of job interviews in America , it was discovered that most interviewers had made decisions about a candidate in the areas just mentioned within the first four minutes of the interview . |
| 43 | Only when it was discovered that some men , formerly working on the surface , were working in canteens on the lowest male rate — higher than the female rate — did the union begin to campaign for equal pay for the women . |
| 44 | In the two ballots held on May 17 it was discovered that some voters had voted twice , and Scalfaro , the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies since April [ see p. 38870 ] , ordered that the voting regulations should immediately be amended ; deputies would be handed a single voting slip as they entered a specially constructed voting booth . |
| 45 | It was noted that both women were killed on the night of a full moon , as were Gore 's parents . |
| 46 | It was noted that these letters " bear witness to Dmitrov 's incorruptible communist conscience " . |
| 47 | In the previous chapter , it was noted that some groups of trees employed in turn the same species of pollinating insects , suggesting that within certain constraints these were generalist in their flower-visiting . |
| 48 | This section has paused long on the views held by some librarians on the nature of their role , and that of their collections , in the educational process because it was felt that such views were not as widely known among educators as perhaps they should be . |
| 49 | However , it was felt that these agencies are not very supportive of women who approach them . |
| 50 | If it was felt that these conditions would be insufficient to prevent ‘ serious public disorder ’ , then the chief officer could apply for a banning order — from the Home Secretary in London , or from the local council in any other part of the country . |
| 51 | It was felt that these arrangements would lessen the risk of the association being drawn into difficulties if anything else went wrong . |
| 52 | In some areas it was acknowledged that these plots contributed substantially to the food supply . |
| 53 | What a beneficial change it would be if instead it was acknowledged that these issues present tragic choices between compelling arguments which are held on both sides in good faith . |
| 54 | It was intended that all parties should agree on two new treaties at the December 1991 European Council meeting at Maastricht , Netherlands , which would then require approval by member country parliaments before they entered into force . |
| 55 | It was intended that these measures should provide the tenant with a defence against the unscrupulous landlord , both in terms of protection against unfair eviction and also as a guarantee of ‘ fair ’ rents , especially for those on low incomes . |
| 56 | Even though it was suggested that such crises may at some point lead to a collapse of the system , this is not inevitable nor even highly probable . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | It was agreed that all patients under 16 years of age , and injuries resulting from deliberate self-harm would be seen by a doctor . |
| 59 | In terms of the revenue output it 's a hundred and forty three thousand below the estimates and it was agreed that any variations would be carried over into next year . |
| 60 | Using the principles of stratigraphy , borrowed from geology , it was deduced that some types of tool were earlier than others . |