Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adj] that [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said the trend was an unusually low blip and it was possible that crime rates would continue to rise in 1992 . |
| 2 | It was understandable that branch members should be reluctant to risk a fall in recruitment through another increase in fees : yet the rises of 1956 had had no discernible effect . |
| 3 | It was noticeable that county libraries were on average , more ‘ advantaged ’ within every parameter examined . |
| 4 | And he added it was absurd that Army units which uncovered intelligence about intended attacks on UDR men , as at Drumnakilly outside Omagh , should end up in court . |
| 5 | With such dramatic ( for them ) technological advances , it was inevitable that furnishing fabrics would soon be on sale in the shops alongside the dress weights . |
| 6 | Huxley 's effort to create a scientific ‘ biology ’ based on morphology and physiology had broken down , partly because it was obvious that field studies were necessary to solve certain kinds of biological questions . |
| 7 | While this was always true , it was unlikely that committee members would be held personally liable while the government was underwriting the costs . |
| 8 | Family cases should be only referred to a solicitor where detailed advice and negotiation about the arrangements to be made for financial provision and for the children were needed ; other civil cases should only be referred once it was clear that court proceedings should be initiated . |
| 9 | The view that the East Ropery Banks site might be considered for ‘ high value ’ housing in order to provide potential consumers for the shopping centre had first been expressed in the Poulson Report of 1965 , but it had greater saliency by 1971 because the authority was already dealing with its second property company ( Town and City ) and it was clear that market conditions made the redevelopment of North Shields centre a highly marginal project . |