Example sentences of "were [adv] [adj] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Libraries with no training officers were more likely to say that decisions were made by chief executives , and to specifically note that local authority approval was needed . |
| 2 | For instance a large chunk of those voters who did declare firmly their intention to vote Labour were still prepared to recognise that Michael Fallon has done a good job as a constituency MP for the town since his election victory in 1983 . |
| 3 | The judges were also keen to stress that charities still need to balance readers ' requirements . |
| 4 | If Marshal Piłsudski and Colonel Beck , the Polish leaders in Warsaw , were upset that France had not given them stronger backing over the Wilia crisis , then they were also relieved to find that Hitler was not prepared to go to war over the city — at least not yet . |
| 5 | They were probably right to suspect that St Petersburg had begun to think of intervening in their affairs . |
| 6 | If , for example , two people watch young tearaways behaving in an abusive manner towards them from a safe distance across the street , a conviction would be proper only if they were really likely to fear that violence would be likely to be used against them ( or another ) . |
| 7 | Some were even prepared to argue that socialism was not necessarily incompatible with ‘ capitalist private property ’ . |
| 8 | We were indeed able to confirm that pairs of dunnocks were often joined by a third bird in breeding , but this provided a mere foretaste of what was to come . |
| 9 | Conservative administrations of the 1980s were certainly right to maintain that governments must not get involved in ‘ picking winners ’ and directing companies ' strategies . |
| 10 | They were therefore unable to ensure that justice was duly done because Amanieu de Fossat was protecting him . |
| 11 | The police , too , had drunk quite a lot of beer by now , and before long they were very willing to believe that Oliver was not the robber of the night before . |
| 12 | All the workers were very happy to hear that Karen was all right . |