Example sentences of "it was [verb] [adj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was announced that legislation would be brought forward in 1990 for the introduction of value added tax ( VAT ) . |
| 2 | On 7 April 1906 it was announced that current could now be obtained from the Beckenham Power Station and that guard wires as required by the Post Office had now been fixed near Penge entrance to the Crystal Palace . |
| 3 | The government had originally announced on Feb. 14 that the election would be held on March 28-29 ; on March 28 it was announced that polling would be extended for a further day on account of heavy rains which had led to voters being discouraged by transport difficulties . |
| 4 | In order to provide effective compiler generate code from high level languages it was decided that VAX should have a very regular and consistent treatment of operators , avoid instructions unlikely to be generated by a compiler , include several forms of common operators , and replace common instruction sequences with single instructions . |
| 5 | During 1912 , when numbers had reached 172 , it was decided that entry would have to be restricted for the next year , as " the Board of Education has commented adversely on the size of several of our classes and has refused to countenance it " . |
| 6 | At a conference in the Home Office in November 1933 attended by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police , two officers of MI5 and a superintendent from Special Branch , it was decided that information should be systematically collected on fascism in the United Kingdom . |
| 7 | Moreover , in the secondary sector , it was hoped that comprehensivisation would be effective in equalising opportunities among different social groups . |
| 8 | It was hoped that transport would provide the one really ‘ big idea ’ for the Tory election manifesto in the form of the privatisation of British Rail . |
| 9 | Their previous cutter Vigilant was still going strong and it was hoped that Searcher would have an equally successful career . |
| 10 | Plots of land were provided where houses could be built near the coast and it was hoped that fishing would become the occupation of former crofters ; it was the beginning of the villages . |
| 11 | It was knowing that surgery could work miracles that helped him overcome fears about the daunting operation . |
| 12 | For example in the United Kingdom case of Glyn v Weston Feature Film Co. [ 1916 ] , in which it was argued ( unsuccessfully ) that a film infringed the copyright in a novel , it was acknowledged that copyright can extend beyond the literal text of a book to the dramatic scenes and incidents contained within it . |
| 13 | It was agreed that Cell-y-bedd should be taken down and rebuilt in the form of an apse on the foundations found in 1958 . |
| 14 | Subject weighting — it was agreed that Mathematics should form a base of one and figures were suggested for other subjects in order to start the discussion . |
| 15 | It was agreed that parliament should consist of a national assembly , which would be responsible for the preparation and adoption of principal pieces of legislation and which would control the budget , and a senate , which would represent the regions and would have the power to review , refer and delay legislation . |
| 16 | Mr referred to the provisions of the Data Protection Act , and it was agreed that permission would not be given . |
| 17 | It was agreed that sister would ask the district nurse to visit him to assess his mobility at home and give him help initially to bath . |
| 18 | At a frank meeting with the above , at which this community 's concerns were forcefully put , it was agreed that work would halt during our community festival and that the area would be cleaned up for the festival . |
| 19 | Also , it was expected that ability would be more lateralised in men than in women . |
| 20 | In Chapter One , it was stressed that crime can not be considered aside from its social context , that it is dependent on society defining certain actions as criminal , and on the reaction of others to such actions . |
| 21 | The number of detectives on the case had risen to a dozen and before it was finished that number might rise to fifty or sixty . |
| 22 | If approved , it was anticipated that legislation would be passed before the end of 1992 to establish Nunavut with non-provincial status — including an elected territorial legislature and government — similar to that currently possessed by Yukon and the Northwest Territories . |
| 23 | Cristiani agreed on Dec. 1 to the removal of the officers , although it was anticipated that Ponce would not be dismissed immediately . |
| 24 | It was held that relief would be given against the defendant even though he was a third party . |