Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [was/were] [verb] that these " in BNC.

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1 The early work on viscoelasticity was performed on silk , rubber , and glass , and it was concluded that these materials exhibited a ‘ delayed elasticity ’ manifest in the observation , that the imposition of a stress resulted in an instantaneous strain which continued to increase more slowly , with time .
2 The Pilgrim Trust 's survey of a sample of unemployed men included some 170,000 wives and it was calculated that these women ate only 70 per cent of the calories consumed by men , rather than the 85 per cent recommended by dieticians .
3 Major improvements were being noted two years later , and it was expected that these would be carried further when the Polytechnic was transferred to the East Sussex Local Authority following county boundary changes .
4 All contributions towards the proceedings arising from the pre-congress conference on Chemistry and developing countries had been received and it was anticipated that these would be published through the Commonwealth Science Council in the near future .
5 An EC-EFTA meeting on Dec. 19 made progress in discussions on the European Economic Area or EEA ( the term now adopted in preference to " European Economic Space " or EES — see pp. 37134 ; 37535 ) , and it was anticipated that these EC-EFTA talks would now reach a conclusion by mid-1992 such that an EEA agreement could go through the various ratification processes and take effect on Jan. 1 , 1993 .
6 Not only were their needs felt to threaten the living standards of other groups , but it was argued that these needs should be given less priority : ‘ It is dangerous to be in any way lavish to old age , until adequate provision .
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