Example sentences of "and [pron] was [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women made up only a minor proportion of the prison population in Geurrero and I was assured that this situation was reflected throughout Mexico . |
| 2 | I have asked parliamentary questions about the illegal sale and possession of knives and I was told that 150 people were prosecuted in 1988 for having in a public place such an article with a blade or point and in 1989 , it was 2,018 — a huge jump . |
| 3 | And she was determined that this would not happen . |
| 4 | I was talking to a woman and she was saying that young people were n't the same in her day . |
| 5 | ON reporting to Chantilly on the morning of February 25th , Pétain and Serrigny found that ‘ the panic was at its peak ’ The fall of Verdun was expected momentarily , ‘ and everybody was saying that General Herr should be shot ’ Somehow it leaked out that Pétain had come from Paris , not Noailles , and the word was quickly passed round by those veterans of intrigue that he had first been to see the Minister of War , Galliéni , the implacable foe of G.Q.G. Doubtless the rumour helped augment the alarm in the air . |
| 6 | The Consumer Congress called for a working party to draft a code of good practice and it was intended that working party should make use of the information generated by the 1988 transport workshop , whose discussions were reported to the congress . |
| 7 | This striking result led to further investigations , and it was noticed that one drop of the diluted nasal mucus added to 1 c.c. of a thick suspension of the cocci caused their complete disappearance in a few minutes at 37°C . |
| 8 | Bribes in the Kandyan Kingdom were paid to the judge , and it was accepted that both sides would contribute . |
| 9 | The early work on viscoelasticity was performed on silk , rubber , and glass , and it was concluded that these materials exhibited a ‘ delayed elasticity ’ manifest in the observation , that the imposition of a stress resulted in an instantaneous strain which continued to increase more slowly , with time . |
| 10 | This raid had prompted the USA to suspend its dialogue with the PLO [ see pp. 37547-48 ] , and it was hoped that this dialogue would now be resumed . |
| 11 | Several of these were also in packages managed by other people and it was realised that two new modules would be required . |
| 12 | He also distributed library books to those who asked for them — although I saw few books in the cells or barracks and it was stated that few prisoners were interested in reading . |
| 13 | Although they had been told to counter this objection with the fact that this was a single instance or two of older machines and new machines could be serviced almost immediately , this did not altogether convince a potential customer and it was felt that many sales had been lost . |
| 14 | A fresh look at the whole process was needed , and it was felt that this could be achieved by taking a systems view , unbiased by what was then happening in practice , ie before the Act took effect . |
| 15 | The importance of providing a focal point for these developments was also emphasised , and it was felt that this could be part of the role of the College Administration Officer so that non-partisan strategies for computer developments could be evolved . |
| 16 | Also women are invisible in the unemployment statistics and it was felt that this needs to be addressed . |
| 17 | Students held secret meetings and there were rumours of plots to assassinate Mussolini , but these always failed , and It was said that those involved were given long prison sentences or suffered a worse fate . |
| 18 | Drivers were asked to give the risk rating immediately they heard the tone and it was emphasized that this rating should be one of what they were already feeling when they heard the tone rather than a subsequent assessment of the risk present . |
| 19 | The major interest was in the preparation of audiovisual teaching aids and it was decided that this should be the focus of a co-operative scheme and a steering committee was formed to co-ordinate the work . |
| 20 | However , after three months the UK government privatized the telephone industry , and it was decided that this newly quoted company , British Telecommunications , should be included in the index with a weight of 0.10 . |
| 21 | The Pilgrim Trust 's survey of a sample of unemployed men included some 170,000 wives and it was calculated that these women ate only 70 per cent of the calories consumed by men , rather than the 85 per cent recommended by dieticians . |
| 22 | In the British Army , discipline was centred around self-discipline , and it was assumed that each man had enough self-discipline to carry out an order without being told twice . |
| 23 | The six months ' stock of parts was exhausted and it was believed that 10 to 15 per cent of the weapons and between 30 and 35 per cent of vehicles were unserviceable . |
| 24 | In Victorian England unpleasant odours were synonymous with disease and it was believed that pleasant odours could neutralize them . |
| 25 | On 18 March 1937 at an extraordinary general meeting the capital of the company was increased to £6,000 and it was provided that 25 per cent preference shares should be created at £200 each . |
| 26 | Of the 750 men who had originally walked out , 450 were still in Edinburgh ; of these 200 were still unemployed a week later and it was thought that full absorption would take up to six months ; in fact by early April , only 20 strikers were still without work . |
| 27 | It seemed a good idea at the time , and it was agreed that all the shareholders would get an instrument of any description . |
| 28 | It formed part of a package including a 6 per cent pay rise over one year beginning on June 1 , supplemented by one-off payments to cover April and May , and it was agreed that 18 per cent of the workers in a plant would be allowed to volunteer to work a 40-hour week in the interests of flexibility . |
| 29 | The response from colleges greatly encouraged the Council and it was agreed that this part of the Development Programme should be continued by inviting colleges to participate in 1989 pilot schemes . |
| 30 | In terms of the revenue output it 's a hundred and forty three thousand below the estimates and it was agreed that any variations would be carried over into next year . |