Example sentences of "was [verb] that [adj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pilgrim Trust 's survey of a sample of unemployed men included some 170,000 wives and it was calculated that these women ate only 70 per cent of the calories consumed by men , rather than the 85 per cent recommended by dieticians . |
| 2 | I remind him that there has been criticism historically when statements have been made about incidents in Great Britain , when it was commented that similar statements had not been made in the context of Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | For rebuilding , it was recommended that existing clauses governing the height and site coverage of buildings should be reviewed ; a revised table of heights and angles of set-back was put forward and a new code of daylighting adopted . |
| 4 | On Sept. 19 , however , it was reported that Western diplomats had suggested that the magistrate leading the investigation , Jean-Louis Bruguière , regarded Syria to be the main suspect . |
| 5 | It was reported that internal differences had been resolved . |
| 6 | On Nov. 16 Castro announced that Cuba was entering " the bicycle age " in response to the shortfalls , and it was reported that 750,000 bicycles had been ordered from China . |
| 7 | By the end of June it was reported that 3,800,000 voters had registered , out of approximately 10,000,000 people entitled to do so . |
| 8 | Both Croatia and Slovenia on Jan. 15 refused to comply with the State Presidency 's order , and on Jan. 17 it was reported that republican leaders had met to co-ordinate resistance to a feared military crackdown . |
| 9 | It was reported that some delegates demanded the replacement of between 70 and 90 per cent of the 91-member central committee , but almost 80 per cent of the outgoing central committee members were estimated to have been re-elected . |
| 10 | By 8 March there were 27 dead and 227 wounded in the rioting ; later it was disclosed that 2000 persons had been detained ‘ behind barbed wire ’ . |
| 11 | It was noticed that some undertakers dispensed with full-length shrouds , preferring to adapt the coffin lining to serve this purpose . |
| 12 | Moreover , it was argued that contractionary policies introduced during boom periods to reduce the growth in imports and inflationary pressures had their full effect when the economy had begun to move into recession . |
| 13 | ‘ From the earliest articulation of the problem [ of rape ] it was argued that antiquated statutes provide little protection for the victim and hinder effective prosecution . |
| 14 | It was argued that these findings reflected general activation of both hemispheres combined with specific activation of the left hemisphere . |
| 15 | Nevertheless it was argued that these procedures violated Article 8 of the Convention on two grounds , one because people were not always notified after the surveillance , the other because there was no judicial supervision of the procedures . |
| 16 | While it was argued that these centres create jobs , can help create a better image for the area and provide shopping facilities locally , many expressed concern that the jobs provided are part-time and low paid and go no way towards creating a sound economic base in the community . |
| 17 | Did the inclusion of 'subsidiary " invalidate the restrictive covenant as it was accepted that many subsidiaries did not deal in the mail order business ( one was a restaurant in Alice Springs ) . |
| 18 | It was felt that other requirements had priority . |
| 19 | BACK IN the bad old days when home-bred Open champions were a rarity , it was said that British golfers did n't win because they regarded the event as something special , while the Americans regarded it as just another tournament on the circuit . |
| 20 | Last year it was revealed that many collectives had managed to run up enormous debts . |
| 21 | And I believe er , at this meeting it was revealed that Scottish Homes had received a tender from the West Lothian District Council for this work over a period of ten years for a figure which comes to four hundred thousand pound which , apparently , was the cheapest tender ! |
| 22 | In response to his requests for assurances on the safety of control over nuclear weapons , he was told that nuclear weapons remained under single control and that disarmament was continuing according to plan . |
| 23 | Until recently , however , it was thought that these laws did not apply to the beginning of the universe . |
| 24 | At one time it was thought that high-fibre diets containing bran would be successful , but this has not proved to be the case . |
| 25 | It was understood that developing countries had indicated that they were unlikely to accept liberalization in the 14 other areas under negotiation [ see pp. 37227-28 ] , without an accord on the elimination of the Multi-Fibre Agreement ( MFA — due to expire on July 1 , 1991 — see pp. 35024-25 ) which had governed the textile trade for 30 years . |
| 26 | It was noted that private farms faced difficulties both in obtaining equipment and because of poor sales and transport networks . |
| 27 | It was noted that American firms had a domestic market of over 200 million consumers , and Japanese firms had a market of 100 million . |
| 28 | In keeping with this principle , systems and procedures were deliberately kept old-fashioned , especially since it was found that many guests favoured this . |
| 29 | Where it was found that middle peasants had been encroached upon , where it was found that middle peasants had been dispossessed erm that position would be rectified and that would be given back to middle peasants . |
| 30 | Where it was found that middle peasants had been encroached upon , where it was found that middle peasants had been dispossessed erm that position would be rectified and that would be given back to middle peasants . |