Example sentences of "that [noun prp] was [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We have to remember that Ferguson was in the under-21 side the day before that match and that Ibrox on Wednesday night was his home debut at full international level . ’
2 It also ensured that Patrick was in the deepest shadow and not immediately visible from the street .
3 We know from archaeology that Birka was at the northern end of a flourishing trade route which was beginning in the 830s and 840s to bring in huge quantities of silver from the Muslim-controlled trade routes between Byzantium and China .
4 When he was sure that Zhukov was in the right position , Kirov let him go .
5 Uncertain of the kind of climate which awaited her , she 'd consulted her hastily purchased travel guide , to be informed that Copenhagen was on the same latitude as Newcastle-on-Tyne in England and shared similar weather patterns .
6 That meant that Goodwin was from the working class and had made it .
7 He wrote a preface to David Jones 's In Parenthesis in which he noted the fact that Jones was of the same generation as Pound and himself ; he also wrote a preface to Lewis 's One-Way Song and described him as one of those who had been falsely labelled by " the Messenmensch " as a fascist but nevertheless chose " to walk alone " .
8 He understood that D'Arcy was after the best opportunity to get his client 's wife and child back alive .
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