Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [was/were] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government 's intention was that these funds would be a way of helping with one-off exceptional circumstances affecting only a small minority of students , but the reality is that once again they have been shown to be completely wrong . |
| 2 | One of the most extraordinary things about the man 's mind was that any check , any set-back , to some sweet hypothesis , far from dismaying him , seemed immediately to prompt some second hypothesis that soon appeared even sweeter than the first . |
| 3 | Broadly , apart from the incorporation of East Germany following German unification [ see p. 37659 ] , the Commission 's attitude was that any expansion of the EC 's membership could not be considered until after the implementation of the single internal market , scheduled for the end of 1992 . |
| 4 | The Reverend Musgrave 's opinion was that French douaniers behaved like gentlemen , while English customs officers were ruffians . |
| 5 | There was a feeling in Parliament that the Bill would prevent the press from saying anything controversial — it would ‘ gag the press ’ — but Ngurumo 's feeling was that prevailing practices would continue whether the Bill was passed or not . |
| 6 | The main direction of the editorial 's argument was that positive discrimination was ‘ dangerous muddling ’ . |
| 7 | The old reductionist 's vision was that one day when we knew enough about genes we would be able to predict every detail of every adult 's behaviour . |
| 8 | Merton himself was aware of the problem when he raised this question : Merton 's answer was that both processes were at work , but to an unknown extent . |
| 9 | Mr Prais said the accused had been receiving treatment for depression at the State Hospital in Carstairs and the Crown 's view was that psychiatric help should be continued . |