Example sentences of "was [adj] that [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , when I remarked it was strange that when a person was in trouble , one forgot at once any little grudge one had against them , so that bearing grudges must be only skin-deep , my friend disagreed : she thought the change of heart was because one was willing to be magnanimous when at advantage , having the upper hand . |
| 2 | Kadan had digested the news that they were strangers from another star system with scarcely a raise of the eyebrows and it was clear that if the rest of the population was as phlegmatic , then the effect of the visitors on the course of Tarvarian history was likely to be non-existent . |
| 3 | The Court was of the opinion that section 133 did not apply to the activation of the suspended sentence , as it was clear that when a sentencer activated a suspended sentence he did not ‘ impose ’ the sentence for the purpose of section 133 . |
| 4 | Apart from this , the Emperor was afraid that if the Duke de Montpensier , who was married to Isabella 's sister , became King there would be a civil war in Spain as there had been in 1830 , when ‘ a sister had dethroned a sister ’ . |
| 5 | became a wealthy farmer and owned several large farms throughout the county ; as an agriculturalist , his reputation was such that when the government of the day commissioned a report on the state of agriculture in the county , he took a leading part in its preparation . |
| 6 | It was inevitable that as the company expanded , so did the role of accountants and planners and Laura , however rueful , never once proposed that expansion should be blocked . |
| 7 | Perhaps it was inevitable that when the Auditing Practices Board was set up in 1991 in the ashes of the old Auditing Practices Committee , Mr Morrison 's name should spring to mind as its first chairman . |
| 8 | So it was natural that when a group of Australian promoters decided to stage a concert in aid of anti-drug charities the musical Minogue sisters leapt at the opportunity to combine fun with some serious fund raising . |
| 9 | Before the scientific revolution of Galileo and Newton , it was obvious that if an object was to move , then it required a force or cause of some kind to make it move . |
| 10 | ‘ But Laura was unhappy that if the company could afford to sell to decorators at a reduced rate , then the public should be allowed the products at that price too . |
| 11 | However , it was evident that if the deadlock were not broken soon , ever greater numbers of very fine churches would be closed and demolished . |
| 12 | Lowe was certain that if the paper was properly produced , with a GLC-funded journalistic team and regular national distribution , it could sell at least 250,000 and maybe 400,000 . |