Example sentences of "was [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was found that some aromas made people feel drowsy , others made them feel uplifted or even euphoric . |
| 32 | In broad terms it was found that British managements had adopted a control system which relied little upon direct managerial intervention and allowed the workforce a greater say in decision-making , essentially as a recognition of the de facto power of trade unions and shopfloor organisation within the industry . |
| 33 | As for the farmer 's own income increasing , it was found that larger farmers reap better financial benefits from converting more buildings , compared to smaller farmers who just received a one-off cash injection . |
| 34 | However , he points out that the effects of the testosterone rises appear to affect men more than women — in a study in the United States it was found that teenage boys felt sexier when their testosterone levels were high , whereas their female counterparts were more affected by peer group activity ( ie what their friends were doing ) . |
| 35 | However when graduates were examined it was found that mature students do as well as their younger counterparts . |
| 36 | An odd example of the rule is provided by an old case in which it was proved that 1,000 rabbits meant 1,200 rabbits ( Smith v Wilson ( 1832 ) 3 B & Ad 728 ) . |
| 37 | Western journalists were taken by the Iraqi authorities to the site , where more than 300 bodies — including those of at least 91 children — were recovered , many burnt beyond recognition , and it was feared that many others remained buried in the wreckage . |
| 38 | Furthermore , it was observed that female trees flowered less frequently : 22% of the known females in a 5-year study flowered more than twice , compared with 35% of the males . |
| 39 | In December it was announced that 11 prisoners had been given the death sentence , commuted to life imprisonment . |
| 40 | By Jan. 19 it was announced that six groups had agreed to the formula , but the proposal received strong opposition from the Pakistan-based Hezb-e Islami , led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar . |
| 41 | On March 12 it was announced that legislative elections postponed in December would be held on May 24 ; it was later announced that the number of representatives in the National Assembly would be increased from 77 to 107 . |
| 42 | On Dec. 27 it was announced that 53 students had been arrested for alleged membership of the Democratic Students League ( DSL ) . |
| 43 | It was concluded that mammalian carnivores produce greater degrees of breakage generally than do avian raptors , and there are sufficient differences between them to enable identification of the predator on breakage pattern alone at least to family level . |
| 44 | The early work on viscoelasticity was performed on silk , rubber , and glass , and it was concluded that these materials exhibited a ‘ delayed elasticity ’ manifest in the observation , that the imposition of a stress resulted in an instantaneous strain which continued to increase more slowly , with time . |
| 45 | In some areas it was acknowledged that these plots contributed substantially to the food supply . |
| 46 | What a beneficial change it would be if instead it was acknowledged that these issues present tragic choices between compelling arguments which are held on both sides in good faith . |
| 47 | Until recently , it was assumed that other birds rely on different clues to guide them home . |
| 48 | Along with earlier ideas of colonisation of the landscape , it was assumed that original churches had been supplemented with additional chapels of ease as needed . |
| 49 | It was discovered that black girls gain 34% more bone density during puberty , compared to only 11% in white girls . |
| 50 | This theory was threatened when it was discovered that many substances gain weight after combustion . |
| 51 | In the two ballots held on May 17 it was discovered that some voters had voted twice , and Scalfaro , the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies since April [ see p. 38870 ] , ordered that the voting regulations should immediately be amended ; deputies would be handed a single voting slip as they entered a specially constructed voting booth . |
| 52 | In a study carried out of job interviews in America , it was discovered that most interviewers had made decisions about a candidate in the areas just mentioned within the first four minutes of the interview . |
| 53 | From these studies , it was established that 24 children had a neuropathy ( mean age 4.4 years ) and six a myopathy ( mean age 3.2 years ) . |
| 54 | He called the aircraft and was advised that both engines had flamed out and that a forced landing would be necessary . |
| 55 | In Stoneley v Richardson [ 1973 ] RTR 229 it was held that defective brakes do not have to be proved by an authorised examiner . |
| 56 | Manual workers made up a large proportion of the TUC membership , and the health of many of these was depicted as having been destroyed by their employment ; and , moreover , it was held that all workers had a right to a period of leisure in later life supported by-a full subsistence pension . |
| 57 | But , second , it was held that different principles applied in cases where the Crown brought a law enforcement action , in which an injunction was sought to restrain a subject from breaking a law where the breach would be harmful to the public or a section of it . |
| 58 | That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman . |
| 59 | Because it was implied that these girls had been sexually available to a wide number of men , the hero could n't live with them after the fade-out . |