Example sentences of "it was [verb] that [adj] people " in BNC.
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1 | In the Holland Report in 1977 it was argued that young people were no longer employed because they did not fit employers ' needs . |
2 | Again , it was recognised that young people can either be helped or taught to be ‘ helpless ’ . |
3 | Last week it was announced that seventy-five people are to take voluntary redundancy at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire . |
4 | On Feb. 28 it was announced that 54 people had been arrested in connection with the attacks on Hoxha monuments . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | In a content analysis of the career literature of 26 health and caring professions and occupations ( French , 1986a ) it was found that disabled people were never specifically invited to apply , yet 10 of these occupations explicitly sought candidates with the ability to empathise and understand ill and disabled people . |
7 | In July 1982 it was estimated that 300,000 people in the UK suffered from tinnitus which interfered with their ability to lead normal lives . |
8 | The report 's publication followed a conference at which it was estimated that older people were then spending upwards of £14 billion a year in the marketplace . |
9 | It was estimated that 25,000 people would be affected . |
10 | It was estimated that seven people were killed in rioting between Oct. 10 and Nov. 10 . |
11 | It was thought that some people might have changed their views . |
12 | In August 1989 it was reported that 13,600 people in Dumfries and Galloway had been supplied with water containing up to 1,000 times the EC limit for aluminium , starting in March 1989 . |
13 | It was reported that four people were killed . |
14 | On May 15 it was reported that 201 people had died in the violence during the month so far . |
15 | On Oct. 23 it was reported that 40 people had been arrested in the previous 24 hours , and that some 250 arrests had been made in the previous two weeks , mostly of people said to be linked to the banned Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) . |