Example sentences of "it was [verb] that [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company explains its performance by saying that 1989 was the first year that the US contributed the majority of its sales , 61% of the total , and that it was hit that year by a 35% fall in the UK because it was too reliant on one customer ; it raised £1.5m in a rights issue . |
| 2 | The matter was referred to the Committee on Privileges which recommended that the matter was covered by absolute privilege but when this was debated by the whole House , it was accepted that writing to a minister was not a proceeding before Parliament . |
| 3 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 4 | Eventually Mrs Thatcher 's reluctance was overcome , and in July 1989 it was announced that responsibility for community care would be given to local authorities . |
| 5 | At the Russian Supreme Soviet session on Feb. 13 it was announced that responsibility for farm reform would be taken on by Russian Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi , whose public criticism of Yeltsin 's economic reform had become increasingly sharp over previous weeks . |
| 6 | At a hearing on Jan. 30 it was announced that retrial on the outstanding charges would begin on March 9 . |
| 7 | In the meantime , a search for a suitable building site had been carried out and it was decided that ground at Leith being prepared before the war for the Western Harbour extension was ideally suited for the purpose . |
| 8 | Er i and it was given that image by pointing the cameras at at at the flats , and then spieling off the crime figures for the whole subdivision . |
| 9 | However , it was stated that disagreement in this area between the republic and the Union would be resolved " according to the procedure established by the [ proposed ] Union treaty " . |
| 10 | Back in 1945 , when the first experimental fluoridation projects got under way in Grand Rapids , Michigan , and Newburgh , New York , it was envisaged that drinking about 1 litre of fluoridated water a day would provide 1 milligram of fluoride . |
| 11 | It was agreed that resolution of this issue would be shelved for the time being . |
| 12 | It was found that recall of words at the end of the list was indeed significantly greater than when recall was immediate and this gave rise to the phenomenon known as the recency effect . |
| 13 | Apart from this , it was found that sentencing in the magistrates ' courts and sentencing in the Crown Court did not differ significantly . |
| 14 | It was estimated that trade with the Soviet Union increased by almost 50 per cent in 1990 to $889 million . |
| 15 | It was expected that elimination of the anticipated need to recruit an additional personnel clerk would result in sufficient cost reductions to at least partially cost justify the system . |
| 16 | The cooperativity between α-truncated polymerases and CRP is lost at the lac promoter , consequently it was expected that binding of CRP at its target in the -60 region would not lead to the occupancy of lac P1 by the mutant enzymes . |
| 17 | It was expected that measurement of surface heat radiation would provide clues to the planet 's chemical composition and the reasons behind the planet 's " greenhouse effect " . |
| 18 | It was reported that trade between the two countries had increased from $770,000 in 1988 to $7,740,000 in the first quarter of 1989 . |
| 19 | It was considered that consistency of performance depended on a number of pupil factors : their motivation and mood , and their perception of the purpose of the test . |
| 20 | In Saddleworth Urban District Council v Aggregate and Sand Ltd. it was held that lack of finance was not a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with a nuisance order under s.94 of the Public Health Act 1936 , in respect of an abatement notice served under s.1 of The Noise Abatement Act 1960 and s.93 of the 1936 Act . |
| 21 | Northwestern Bell Telephone Co et al , where it was held that proof of an organised crime nexus is not required for RICO to be invoked , it is now clear that the draconian penalties applicable under RICO may be used against insider dealers . |
| 22 | Nor does National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King , 47 T.L.R. 110 in which it was held that payment of betting duty under a statutory provision thought by the plaintiffs to be applicable but later held by this House in a similar case to be inapplicable , was made under a mistake of law and not of fact and was therefore irrecoverable . |
| 23 | For discussion of adequate display of notice , see Tevan v. Motherwell District Licensing Board ( No. 1 ) 1985 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 14 , where it was held that display of a notice within a post office was sufficient . |
| 24 | It was held that property in the incomplete ship passed on payment of the first instalment but that no property passed at that time in some materials which were Lying in the ship yard and might be used in the ship 's construction . |