Example sentences of "[coord] it [was/were] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Consumer Congress called for a working party to draft a code of good practice and it was intended that working party should make use of the information generated by the 1988 transport workshop , whose discussions were reported to the congress . |
| 2 | In Victorian England unpleasant odours were synonymous with disease and it was believed that pleasant odours could neutralize them . |
| 3 | Of the 750 men who had originally walked out , 450 were still in Edinburgh ; of these 200 were still unemployed a week later and it was thought that full absorption would take up to six months ; in fact by early April , only 20 strikers were still without work . |
| 4 | erm , on four , er , again I do n't know what pigeon fanciers or pigeon er , what their views are on this , but you see , this is another European directive erm , there is a risk it says of this disease being airborne , it can be airborne , and it was shown that racing pigeons could introduce the disease to commercial flocks . |
| 5 | These various approaches have a number of problems , and it was established that contextual information is necessary in addition to a pattern recogniser . |
| 6 | The planners ' survey of the 24 incoming firms established in the New Town by 1973 indicated that these had expansion plans which would lead to the creation of a further 7000 jobs by 1991 and it was anticipated that additional in comers would provide a further 3000 jobs . |
| 7 | Friendly messages were exchanged and it was anticipated that political and economic treaties would be signed during the course of a planned visit to Moscow by President Ramiz Alia . |
| 8 | The Belgian group was now flourishing and it was anticipated that future activity for the Swiss and Dutch members would be coordinated by enthusiastic individuals . |
| 9 | The work of advice agencies was praised and it was recommended that public funds should be available for their development . |
| 10 | The late fifties and early sixties , when I lived in Windsor Great Park , were creative and critical in manner : the established order was questioned ( sometimes cynically ) , but it was assumed that well-directed idealism could change human society . |
| 11 | The Russian Federation Supreme Soviet sent a delegation to the region , but it was said that Russian Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi had exacerbated the situation by giving an ultimatum to the National Guard to disband on Oct. 10 , in return for the holding of presidential elections on Oct. 27 . |