Example sentences of "[noun prp] [pron] [was/were] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he points out that the effects of the testosterone rises appear to affect men more than women — in a study in the United States it was found that teenage boys felt sexier when their testosterone levels were high , whereas their female counterparts were more affected by peer group activity ( ie what their friends were doing ) . |
| 2 | In February it was announced that 147,950 Volga Germans had migrated from the Soviet Union to Germany in 1990 . |
| 3 | In December it was announced that 11 prisoners had been given the death sentence , commuted to life imprisonment . |
| 4 | Also in December it was reported that secret trials of Beijing students who had participated in the protests had begun . |
| 5 | The discovery of a species of Guarea ( Meliaceae ) with its own roots growing up into its hollow trunk , shortcircuiting the nutrient cycle , seemed excellent evidence in support of the hypothesis , though in Jamaica it was found that many such hollow trees were full of roots , but some of them were from trees that were not merely different individuals , but of different species ! |
| 6 | In August it was announced that all first-year Beijing University students would undergo a year of military and political training , while two other top universities were to devote the first five weeks of the new term to the study of documents issued by the central authorities on the " truth " about the " counter-revolutionary rebellion " . |
| 7 | NRA forces were reported to have committed atrocities against the civilian population in Soroti district in the east , where the government had been fighting the Uganda People 's Army ( UPA ) , led by Peter Otai ; in September it was reported that 30 NRA personnel had been arrested for the killing of 60 civilians in the area . |
| 8 | In a study by Evans and Archer it was shown that random selection of securities would eliminate most of the non-market risk once the number of securities in the portfolio had reached 10–15 shares . |
| 9 | At the beginning of March it was reported that seven FARC guerrillas and three Brazilian soldiers had been killed in border clashes near the Brazilian town of Tabatinga in the Amazon region . |
| 10 | In the wet forests of Costa Rica it was found that some 90% of tree species were insect-pollinated , approximately the same percentage as in dry forest , so the insects will be considered first . |
| 11 | In London it was found that deaf people in East and South London had difficulty in getting to St. Saviour 's Church , so in the same year , 1873 , two new branches were opened — one at St. Barnabas Church , Deptford ( forerunner of Lewisham Deaf Club ) and at West Ham . |
| 12 | Between January and April it was estimated that 563 government soldiers had been killed in clashes with the guerrillas . |
| 13 | By the end of June it was reported that 3,800,000 voters had registered , out of approximately 10,000,000 people entitled to do so . |