Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] that this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Welsh builders were unhappy about staying in a small French village without fried eggs and sausages for breakfast and although the local hotelier was eventually persuaded that this fare was absolutely essential , the Welsh contingent did not see the job through and a third firm , French again , was then brought in . |
| 2 | It was widely believed that this provision had been specifically inserted to prevent a return to office by Ríos Montt , an evangelical Protestant who had come to power in the wake of a military coup and ruled as dictator from March 1982 to August 1983 [ see pp. 31605-07 ; 32494-96 ] . |
| 3 | On balance , however , it was generaly agreed that this feature did not warrant the de-selection of ( i ) as the best possible opening to the story . |
| 4 | The evidence produced included a transcript in English of Price 's evidence before the City Court of Gôteborg ; and it was not disputed that this evidence was admissible under paragraph 12 of the Schedule 1 . |
| 5 | His views on divisive issues such as abortion , crime and affirmative action were not clearly defined , however , and it was generally thought that this factor , together with his general pragmatism , would assist him in seeking to heal the current divisions within the Republican Party . |
| 6 | It was generally agreed that this legislation could only be viewed as punitive , particularly in an area such as West Belfast , which is devoid of any real opportunities for employment . |
| 7 | It was mistakenly assumed that this trend represented a return to more traditional literary values ; an examination of such works reveals a postmodernist contestation of the conventional boundaries between genres and an intertextual mixture of writings , of which the fragmented subjectivity of the writer was itself a discourse capable of being plundered in order to generate text . |
| 8 | After discussion , this was agreed and it was further resolved that this meeting be treated as an interim one and that a full AGM be held in March 1990 and annually thereafter . |
| 9 | However , it was quickly realised that this area was much too extensive and the southern part of rural Bedfordshire remained largely unvisited during the three-year period . |
| 10 | It was also resolved that this article should appear in ‘ Contact ’ to inform members of Convocation of the course of action that has been forced on Standing Committee by Hong Kong Branch due to their noncompliance with the standing orders of the Branch Constitution . |
| 11 | However , it was also shown that this gate mechanism was controlled by impulses descending from the brain . |
| 12 | It was also expected that this decision would lead to the building of a power station to use the lignite . |
| 13 | It was also suggested that this faction was backed by elements in Vietnam who feared a type of democratic " domino effect " if open elections were to take place in Cambodia . |
| 14 | The film 's director was equally determined that this consultant who lacked the necessary card from the actors ' union should not appear on celluloid . |
| 15 | And as the boat station had been there before nineteen sixty six , probably a hundred years before nineteen sixty six , it was then claimed that this person had adverse possession , which in short , is squatter 's rights . |
| 16 | It was therefore decided that this database technology should provide the basis for future computerisation . |