Example sentences of "was [adj] that [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was possible that even a reject like him could be of use in such a godforsaken spot . |
| 2 | It was interesting that quite a number saw their being easily located at their place of work as a benefit . |
| 3 | By the early sixties … it was clear that neither the efforts made in the first post-war decade nor the developments outlined in Mr Butler 's White Paper were reducing — or were likely to reduce — the volume of crime or the numbers of persistent offenders . |
| 4 | They stood to attention , but it was clear that both the administrator and his deputy were unsure of the proper response . |
| 5 | The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities . |
| 6 | Law and morality were not yet clearly distinguished , nor could one even say that the whole of law or justice was to be found in any one court ; the Ecclesiastical Courts , and Local Courts of many different kinds , administered a justice which was not the justice of the Common Law Courts ; so the thought was natural that even the King 's justice was not exhausted in the power conferred on his courts . |
| 7 | It was true that both the house and the grounds had the curious quality of seeming larger than they were . |