Example sentences of "that it was [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Severn Trent Water company , which supplies water to much of central England , has justified its recent unannounced addition of large amounts of chlorine to its water on the grounds that it was intended to counteract any possible terrorist action related to the Gulf conflict . |
| 2 | The depth of the crisis emerged in late October when the US side hinted that it was poised to levy punitive tariffs on of EC goods worth US$1,000 million in retaliation for EC intransigence over oilseed subsidies . |
| 3 | Annabel had talked so much to her parents about the beautiful girl with the long golden hair , and how she had openly stood up to Sister Mary , that it was decided to invite this child to have tea with the family . |
| 4 | So many letters of protest were received from listeners that it was decided to retain one transmission to Europe , at 1230 UTC each day on 9855kHz in the 31 m band . |
| 5 | Since mid-July there had been mounting press speculation of imminent military action by the US and its Western allies , following a US warning on July 16 that it was determined to enforce Iraqi compliance with UN Gulf war resolutions . |
| 6 | By the time the foal had tottered and swayed and nuzzled at Firelight in all the wrong places and eventually found the right spot to have a slurp of milk , Nails was surprised to see that it was beginning to go light . |
| 7 | It may even be that it was done to make possible the appointment of this particular scholar , a native of Bosnasarayi who had taught to the level . |
| 8 | On Jan. 29 the Iranian government denied claims made in the UK press that it was seeking to recruit nuclear scientists from the former Soviet Union . |
| 9 | The most this can mean is that the people who voted for the party did so knowing that it was planning to do certain things , and that therefore these voters can be assumed to have consented to those plans . |
| 10 | Sofia 's International Peace Foundation , named after Mr Zhivkov 's late daughter , is being investigated following allegations by a central committee member that it was used to send convertible currency abroad for the family 's use . |
| 11 | It was not a very good day today , and he had a terrible feeling that it was going to get worse . |
| 12 | Now that it was going to cost fifteen million dollars , though , I was n't so sure . |
| 13 | Bull also said that it was committed to maintain binary-level compatibility with IBM systems , including the future multi-processors — which means the establishment of an Applications Binary Interface that both will follow . |