Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [verb] [that] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If it were not known that pupil-dilation was intimately related to neurological functioning of the brain its absence in some cases of head injury might go unremarked ; but once its significance is appreciated , such a seemingly slight symptom assumes drastic importance .
2 As regards the legal position of some 350,000 Chinese living in Indonesia , it was eventually agreed that China would offer them citizenship , and that those who declined this offer would be granted permanent residency rights by the Indonesian government .
3 It was soon realised that antihistamines did not block all the effects of histamine , and in particular its action in promoting the secretion of gastric acid .
4 It was soon realised that media reporting of crowd disorder boosted the sales of newspapers — a matter of importance in an increasingly competitive industry .
5 It was soon recognised that unity of interest between lord and vassal did not exist .
6 After weeks of talks , it was finally agreed that Sade would sign to Virgin .
7 It was clearly felt that PAF should be regarded entirely as an automatic fee in recognition of a teacher qualified and belonging to a professional Society .
8 It was clearly shown that tissue type plasminogen activator activity was significantly correlated with the mucosal lesion ( r=0.877 , p<0.001 ) .
9 By the end of the 1980s , it was confidently expected that people in the Soviet Union would enjoy a super-abundance of goods and the leisure time to appreciate them .
10 All visitors were exhorted to treat the poor courteously , but in general it was optimistically believed that women would be able to talk to women irrespective of social class : not until the 1900s were the difficulties of cross-class communication acknowledged more honestly .
11 It was easy , however , to discount this evidence at a time when opinion polls were in their infancy , at least so far as credibility was concerned , and when it was universally thought that support would return to Churchill as soon as his formidable oratorical skills were thrown in on one side of the party contest .
12 It was officially announced that Wahhab would " devote his efforts to [ Ba'ath ] party activity " .
13 But in spite of its long history of resistance to the throne , the Commons still bans direct criticism of the monarch , and it was evidently decided that Mr Wilson 's motion implied criticism of the Queen for dubbing Sir Johannes .
14 It was generally recognised that Clasper was not the man to dismantle restrictive practices , nor to co-operate with management to make the necessary improvements in labour relations if they were to keep their jobs in future .
15 Ireland lost all four Championship matches in ‘ 84 and it was generally felt that McBride had not achieved a good relationship with his players .
16 It was generally felt that partnerships around visitors was a good experience .
17 American news coverage of the 1960s riots first came under academic scrutiny in the aftermath of the Watts riot , where it was generally felt that media reporting had exacerbated the conflict .
18 He was opposed by Corazon Aquino ( the widow of the country 's most prominent opponent of the Marcos regime until his murder in 1983 — see pp. 32517-18 ) , and although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes .
19 Although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes .
20 Although he lacked the impeccable conservative credentials of Sununu , it was generally believed that Skinner would be acceptable to the right wing of the Republican Party .
21 When the Liberals returned to power in 1892 , it was generally assumed that Ellis would receive government office .
22 It was generally assumed that Chamberlain would prefer to sacrifice imperial interests in a compromise with Hitler , than to join the USSR in an anti-fascist alliance .
23 It was generally assumed that deep-ploughing , straw burning , fertilisers or sprays might be the cause of ash decline in arable areas , but no detailed chemical and ecological investigation was made .
24 Although Robert Teeter remained as the nominal head of the Bush campaign , it was generally acknowledged that Baker would use his new post to exercise overall and ultimate responsibility for the campaign and attempt to provide it with a greater degree of coherence .
25 Although it later transpired that the RSSPCC were contracted by the Social Work Department to remove and question the South Ronaldsay children , at the time it was generally understood that Orkney 's own social workers were mainly involved .
26 In the Middle Ages it was generally accepted that women 's ears turned men on to the same extent as the more obvious feminine attributes ; that is why so may medieval headdresses ensured that women 's ears were discreetly covered .
27 It was generally agreed that Ella ruled the roost and that ‘ poor Miss Dean ’ had a pretty thin time of it .
28 It was generally agreed that republics were now much more likely than monarchies to use them ; and this belief seems to be borne out by the facts .
29 He was equally critical of the watercolours of Morocco and Scandinavia : It was generally remarked that Minton seemed deliberately to be stripping his art of mannerism , bravura and gaiety .
30 At the time , as I recall , it was generally thought that Leavis had had the better of things , partly because he made his a personal attack , and dealt Snow 's reputation as a novelist , which was then high , a blow from which it has never really recovered .
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