Example sentences of "it was [verb] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One consequence was this : once it was accepted that scripture stood alone outside tradition , and could be interpreted correctly by anyone with a pure heart and God-given rationality , it was not too big a step to suggest that the same could also be said of nature . |
| 2 | On Oct. 16 it was announced that work had begun to erect 40 mobile homes at Givat Hamatos in southern Jerusalem . |
| 3 | On Oct. 8 it was announced that agreement had been reached on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Poland , thus paving the way for a treaty between the two countries . |
| 4 | After the meeting of Nov. 14 , it was announced that agreement had been reached on forming a Union of Sovereign States , which Gorbachev described as a union of " Confederal Democratic States " . |
| 5 | Sanouko Kpodzro , it was announced that agreement had been reached on the composition of the new government . |
| 6 | It was to take eight years to produce the entire series . |
| 7 | It was called real cheese turned into a spread . |
| 8 | While it was printing two things happened . |
| 9 | It was felt that Garden staff would benefit from an increased awareness of the capability and functions of the system . |
| 10 | In the middle of all this , the Burton Group 's announcement that it was cutting 2,000 jobs came as rather a rude shock . |
| 11 | Of equal clarity was the passage in the judgment of Willes J in 1871 when in Lee v Bude and Torrington Junction Railway Co. ( 1871 ) LR 6 CP 576 ( in which case it was alleged that Parliament had been induced to pass an Act by fraudulent recitals ) he said , at p. 582 : |
| 12 | In this case a solution was at hand , although it helped the teacher rather more than the children : it was to neglect those children working in curriculum areas perceived to be relatively unimportant ( such as art and topic work ) , to devise for them low-level activities which could be tackled with minimal teacher intervention , and to focus attention on those children who demanded it . |
| 13 | ‘ Freesias ! ’ breathed Dimity with rapture , thinking how dreadfully extravagant dear Charles had been , and yet how delicious it was to have such treasures brought to her . |
| 14 | It was claimed that money spent on the NHS between 1979 and 1987 had increased in real terms by a third , that more patients were receiving treatment than ever before and that the numbers of doctors , dentists and nurses had increased substantially . |
| 15 | On April 26 , 1990 , it was reported that agreement had been reached for the rescheduling of US$140,000,000 of debt falling due between December 1989 and May 1991 . |
| 16 | But the raison déacute ; etre behind this concession was not so that the bowlers could swing the ball more : it was to prevent one ball becoming so discoloured that the batsman could not see it easily under the light of day-night games ! |
| 17 | Such areas as staffing and physical resources were monitored by CNAA and , thus , it was considered unnecessary duplication to seek to do this again . |
| 18 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 19 | In the case of Archer-Shee v Baker ( 1927 ) 11 TC 749 , it was held that income arising to a beneficiary from a non-resident trust where the beneficiary was the sole life tenant resident in the United Kingdom was income receivable by the beneficiary from the specific securities stocks , shares , rents or other property which constituted the trust fund . |
| 20 | Similarly , in Aldridge v. Johnson ( 1857 Q.B. ) where the buyer supplied bags for the seller to put the goods ( barley ) into , it was held that property passed when the seller filled the bags . |
| 21 | In relation to recording on the file it was held that time spent in preparing typed file and attendance notes should be recorded , and will be recovered , provided that the time spent is not excessive . |