Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dose in the water was calculated from the observation that a 35 g mouse drank 6 ml of water day - 1 . |
| 2 | I think it was overspeculated in the press that we 've sold the premises and it , it well gave the impression that perhaps we might be open you know , some people might not think we 're open even . |
| 3 | The government delegation was withdrawn following the news that a former minister , Argelino Durán Quintero , 76 , abducted by the EPL on Jan. 26 , had died in captivity of a heart attack . |
| 4 | Sun Microsystems Inc 's Billerica , Massachusetts-based SunSelect personal computer-to-Unix integration company has acquired the assets of Praxsys Technologies Inc , the Norwood , Massachusetts company that was formed by the team that developed Phoenix Technologies Ltd 's VPix MS-DOS-under-Unix emulation environment after Phoenix abandoned that business . |
| 5 | However , SunSelect recently acquired the assets of Praxsys Technologies Inc , the Norwood , Massachusetts-based company that was formed by the team that developed Phoenix Technologies Ltd 's VPix MS-DOS-under-Unix emulation environment after Phoenix abandoned that business . |
| 6 | The Independent Association is not political , but was formed in the hope that people would pool their news , views and ideas . |
| 7 | The charge was dismissed on the ground that Michigan state law did not prohibit assisting someone to commit suicide . |
| 8 | The North American flavour was emphasized by the fact that the simple station buildings contained ‘ the traditional bay window on the low platform , housing the station-agent — operator 's office with the usual table in the bay complete with telegraph instruments , sounders , telephones , and so on ’ . |
| 9 | Their military appearance was emphasized by the fact that some of the girls wore scout knives , compasses , even tin mugs , hanging from their belts , and they carried haversacks and sleeping-bags bought from Army Surplus shops . |
| 10 | L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 48 , an appeal was sustained on the ground that the court proceeded on a consideration which was unknown to the applicant . |
| 11 | The remark was tinged with the suggestion that she would like a witness , apart from Marshall whom she could reasonably assume to be biased in Wickham 's favour . |
| 12 | In the majority of cases work was prescribed to the extent that there was insufficient opportunity for children to incorporate ideas of their own . |
| 13 | Its importance was highlighted by the fact that Britain 's most notorious extreme anti-semite , Archibald H. Maule Ramsay , MP appeared to be its guiding spirit , which explains why there is now significant intelligence information on this secret society ; the fact that Jewish sources , MI5 and the Council for Civil Liberties broadly confirm each other , suggests that the reports were reliable . |
| 14 | The fact is that fascist support was limited to the extent that all the fascist groups in a particular region were forced to work together in order to ensure a good attendance at meetings . |
| 15 | Again , in his biography of Molla Mustafa Sarukhani ( Ak Musli : d. 1016/1608 ) , Ata'i says that the subject , while in retirement from a 40-akce medrese , was in 994/1585–6 given the muftilik of Agras " with [ an ] stipulation and rank " is ambiguous , however , since it could conceivably mean not that the medrese was to be considered as but that it was given with the stipulation that the muderris should receive an medrese in due course ) . |
| 16 | The actual decision was given on the basis that applying s5 of the Partnership Act in the first case and the general law of agency in the second , the firms were liable on the undertakings because they were given by their partner/employee acting within the usual course of his business as a qualified solicitor . |
| 17 | Some emphasis was given to the fact that one night , while the electrolysis was running , the apparatus exploded . |
| 18 | Expert evidence was given to the effect that the chances of the child adjusting to a new life in Spain were very slim , and that failure to adjust would have very serious consequences on the child 's development . |
| 19 | Short shrift was given to the argument that the Minister could escape control by not giving reasons . |
| 20 | His acceptance of Franco 's " absolution " was given in the knowledge that if he engaged in further subversive activities , it could be at the risk of his career . |
| 21 | Perhaps the essential clue to dramatisation was given in the discovery that new born babies enjoy solving problems . |
| 22 | Political power was decentralised in the sense that warriors were able to claim rights over a local territory and enforce their own brand of justice by means of military might . |
| 23 | This lack of organization was compounded by the fact that many trades councils set themselves up as councils of action to run the dispute it the local level . |
| 24 | For Hester , the problem was compounded by the fact that she was thousands of miles away from Thomas . |
| 25 | The lack of tangible reward for either side after the very heavy losses suffered by both was compounded by the fact that it was seen as a war that no one had actually wanted . |
| 26 | His exhaustion as the result of his new regime , and the strange world in which he found himself , was compounded by the fact that he felt obliged to take on other responsibilities . |
| 27 | The judge 's failure to apply the correct test in this respect was compounded by the fact that he was deprived of the material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion because of his failure to require that the mother be notified of the foster mother 's application for leave under rule 4.3(2) ( b ) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 . |
| 28 | Such exploitation was compounded by the fact that their tenants obtained only low wages and insecure employment and could not afford a rent which would provide a sufficiently large return to keep the houses in good repair . |
| 29 | The whole problem was compounded by the fact that the first successful desktop publishing system was based on the Macintosh ; a computer designed to be easy to use and , therefore , give the feeling of rapid achievement . |
| 30 | This dilemma was compounded by the fact that the Soviet Union was not engaged in the war and was also occupying Poland , selling oil to the Nazis and deporting German Communists back to Hitler 's concentration camps . |