Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The estimate of 11 per cent of stock in use as second or holiday homes was felt to be an underestimate , and it was suspected that the real figure was nearer 26 per cent by 1980 . |
| 2 | On Oct. 23 , 1989 , it was confirmed that the Italian government had investigated allegations by the US that the Italian computer company , Olivetti , had breached COCOM rules . |
| 3 | It was seen that the traditional system , in which the patients were at the bottom of a communication and status hierarchy and were denied autonomy or participation in the running of the institution , exacerbated the problems many patients had , or produced the characteristic ‘ institutionalization ’ which was to be deplored . |
| 4 | In Section 4.3 the correspondence between the metric components and the Newtonian gravitational potential was noted , and later in Section 6.8 it was seen that the metric connection and hence the first derivatives of the metric components correspond to the gravitational acceleration . |
| 5 | It was assumed that the following variables would influence issuance ( bearing in mind that the level of issuance observed results both from demand and supply influences ) . |
| 6 | it was assumed that the segment-locating process is purely statistical , but this would only be true if ΔΕ 12 was zero ; |
| 7 | When Peter Sharp , sixty-one , Manhattan hotelier and real estate developer , died in April 1992 , it was assumed that the Metropolitan Museum would receive his collection as a bequest . |
| 8 | It was assumed that the liquid discharge would disperse and be rendered harmless . |
| 9 | It was assumed that the Korean people would docilely accept trusteeship with decisions being taken for them by their American and Soviet masters . |
| 10 | The first stages of the French Revolution seemed to be more obviously under reasonable management and it was assumed that the French would set up some sort of parliamentary government under the control of gentlemen . |
| 11 | Rationalisation and reform were felt to be needed , and it was assumed that the resulting improvements would benefit all the interested parties . |
| 12 | After the establishment of an independent Germany and Italy , it was assumed that the national question , as a progressive issue , was now past in Europe ; only reactionaries would continue to try to resurrect it . |
| 13 | For nearly a century it was assumed that the primitive vertebrate armour consisted of scales and small polygonal bony plates . |
| 14 | It was concluded that the net effect of all the plans outlined would be to affect employment by not more than 10% . |
| 15 | Again it was argued that the poor should not have to pay for their own ‘ welfare ’ out of hard-earned incomes . |
| 16 | Some of the Report 's data were criticized , and it was argued that the specific social effects of closures were not fully appreciated even if some of the wider social and economic repercussions had been noted . |
| 17 | Although the current arms control negotiating agenda would not directly encompass defensive aircraft , it was argued that the current climate of detente made the project an unjustifiable expense ( of over dollars 35,000 million for some 800 EFAs to come into service in 1997 ) . |
| 18 | It was argued that the various combustion products such as soot , hydrocarbons , oxides of nitrogen , sulphate particles , and water vapour introduced directly into the stratosphere would , because of their long residence time ( months , years , decades ) , participate in photochemical reactions leading to a reduction in ozone concentration . |
| 19 | In Section 21.5 , it was argued that the only length scale relevant to the boundary layer dynamics in the wall region but outside the viscous sub-layer is the distance from the wall y . |
| 20 | It was argued that the logical situation permits the establishment of the falsity but not of the truth of theories in the light of available observation statements . |
| 21 | It was argued that the political benefits of expenditure are more visible to elected representatives than the political costs of taxation . |
| 22 | Thus it was argued that the non-market methods of control were discriminatory , limited in their application , and somewhat clumsy as instruments , producing distortions and inequities within the financial system . |
| 23 | It was argued that the fierce weather which had prevented a salvage operation also helped break up the oil . |
| 24 | Finally , it was argued that the Special Commissioner had erred in ruling that the evidence of a former deputy head of the Revenue 's Enquiry Branch was inadmissible . |
| 25 | The European Convention on Human Rights With the challenge to the extra-legal procedures having failed in the English courts , the matter was referred to Strasburg where it was argued that the British practice violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights which provides that everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life , his home , and his correspondence . |
| 26 | It was believed that the principal rumour-monger was poor George Brown . |
| 27 | At the time of the auction , it was believed that the wide expanse of sky had been skinned ; in fact the original sky was in remarkably fine condition , the skinned appearance due to discoloured overpaint . |
| 28 | Initially it was believed that the general devolution to smaller administrative entities would , in itself , create the conditions for asylums to be closed down . |
| 29 | Originally it was believed that the preferred hand was a reliable indicator of the speech-dominant hemisphere . |
| 30 | By the 1840s there was some knowledge of the rhythm method of birth control from discussions by French physicians Pouchet and Raciborski on women 's ovulation cycle , though for a while it was believed that the safe period was immediately after menstruation . |