Example sentences of "was [verb] [adj] [that] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Gardiner relied on this case as demonstrating that it was considered self-evident that the right to recovery arose directly from the unlawful exaction irrespective of whether any element of compulsion existed . |
| 2 | It was noted that a number of forms and procedures had been devised by the Clerical Assistant and the OIC , and it was considered possible that the analysis might have been more revealing in other establishments where the approach to administrative work was not so methodical . |
| 3 | Moves for peace had begun as early as summer 1904 , when it was becoming apparent that the struggle would be long drawn out . |
| 4 | It was becoming obvious that the French by themselves were quite incapable of making the economic and military effort to fight a decisive war even if , at this stage , such a thing had been possible . |
| 5 | Sometimes James 's accompanying letters were longer and more convoluted than the script changes , but it was becoming clear that the linking material would hinge around Joyce 's letters to her mother who , when Joyce was nineteen , had remarried and returned to America . |
| 6 | The superintendent was looking relieved that the incident had not been as bad as it might have been . |
| 7 | Wilson was particularly pleased when , in the re-drafting of this document at his behest , the section on planning agreements was ‘ cut down to size ’ and it was made plain that the NEB would have no ‘ marauding role ’ . |
| 8 | It was made clear that a management buy-out was not on the agenda . |
| 9 | The basic objection to any continuation of the campaign was its organized nature , based on the " creation of machinery with staffs and offices throughout the country " .40 It was made clear that no campaign of any sort was to be allowed and , on their refusal to accept this decision , the four members were expelled . |
| 10 | It was made clear that the treaty did not infringe the rights and sovereignty of individual Soviet republics . |
| 11 | ( During the interval he was in fact offered a judgeship , which he declined , but it was made clear that the government could not long countenance a Solicitor-General without a seat in the House of Commons . ) |
| 12 | It was made clear that the responsibility for actually managing real services should rest with the statutory sector . |
| 13 | So far as I am aware , this was the first occasion on which it was made clear that the period which elapses before a prisoner serving a life sentence is released is determined by consideration of two factors , namely : ( i ) the period necessary to satisfy retribution and deterrence , which has come to be called ‘ the tariff ; ’ and ( ii ) a possible further period if it is thought by the Parole Board and/or the Secretary of State that the prisoner would pose an unacceptable risk of danger to the public were he to be released at the end of his tariff period . |
| 14 | Yet William was made well-aware that the crisis in England which had led to his invitation had been brought about mainly by the opposition of the Anglican interest , something he implicitly recognised in his invasion propaganda . |
| 15 | The manometric assembly was positioned such that the side holes at each end of the LOS sleeve showed gastric and oesophageal body pressure patterns whereas the side holes at either end of the UOS sleeve indicated pharyngeal and oesophageal body pressures ( Figs 1 , 2 , 3 ) . |
| 16 | Thus , it was thought best that the development of the linguistic framework should parallel the development of the workshop activity . |
| 17 | The final stage in the process was to make sure that the box provided was filled to half-way with plaster of Paris to absorb moisture , though he gives no guidelines as to how deep such a box should be ; ‘ after this , the cover and two windows were put down ’ . |