Example sentences of "was [vb pp] that [det] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was intended that all parties should agree on two new treaties at the December 1991 European Council meeting at Maastricht , Netherlands , which would then require approval by member country parliaments before they entered into force . |
| 2 | However , it seems unlikely that it was intended that less disclosure should be made to private customers than to professionals . |
| 3 | However , as it was intended that this study should be of particular use to the suppliers of information , it was therefore biased towards the first stage of environmental scanning ; that is , the gathering of information . |
| 4 | It was intended that these measures should provide the tenant with a defence against the unscrupulous landlord , both in terms of protection against unfair eviction and also as a guarantee of ‘ fair ’ rents , especially for those on low incomes . |
| 5 | Drivers were asked to give the risk rating immediately they heard the tone and it was emphasized that this rating should be one of what they were already feeling when they heard the tone rather than a subsequent assessment of the risk present . |
| 6 | It was explained that these accounts would be used in a later practical class . |
| 7 | In 1978 it was claimed that these devices could not produce electricity at a cheaper rate than 20 pence per kilowatt hour ( as opposed to the Central Electricity Generating Board 's 2.7 pence per kilowatt hour ) but this has now been reduced to 10 pence per kilowatt hour while Dr Salter maintains that the Duck could achieve 4 pence per kilowatt hour . |
| 8 | Basically , the local authority suspended improvement grants which had previously been available because it was considered that these areas might be cleared in order to meet ‘ the necessity for new housing development being provided to the south of Saville Street to contribute to the success of the proposed new shopping centre ’ ( Town Improvement Committee , 8 March 1971 ) . |
| 9 | Legal proceeding were started against Barak , Stepan and Colotka , and it was expected that many others would be charged in due course . |
| 10 | While this is a notoriously difficult problem , it was argued that some progress can be made . |
| 11 | Not only were their needs felt to threaten the living standards of other groups , but it was argued that these needs should be given less priority : ‘ It is dangerous to be in any way lavish to old age , until adequate provision . |
| 12 | It was argued that this arrangement would make the scheme more popular both with contributors and with advocates of self-help , since contributors would appear to be financing their own benefits , whilst experiencing a form of training in saving . |
| 13 | Both Soviet and British spheres of influence should be discouraged as far as possible , though it was accepted that such spheres would be among the inescapable facts of contemporary life . |
| 14 | Bribes in the Kandyan Kingdom were paid to the judge , and it was accepted that both sides would contribute . |
| 15 | In view of the widespread publicity given to Peter Wright 's book " Spycatcher " it was felt that such damage could not now be established and the injunction against publication was discharged . |
| 16 | It was felt that this approach could best be tried out initially in the 1st year undergraduate programme , where a communicatively-based syllabus would give a much-needed new direction to the largely remedial teaching task that lecturers face . |
| 17 | By involving course organisers in the distribution of destinations questionnaires and in the collection of completed questionnaires for despatch to [ MS for analysis and interpretation , it was felt that this mechanism would assist the flow of information . |
| 18 | If it was felt that these conditions would be insufficient to prevent ‘ serious public disorder ’ , then the chief officer could apply for a banning order — from the Home Secretary in London , or from the local council in any other part of the country . |
| 19 | It was felt that these arrangements would lessen the risk of the association being drawn into difficulties if anything else went wrong . |
| 20 | It was decided that each Centre should display the emblem and that , wherever possible , the Centres should incorporate it on their notepaper , literature , leaflets , advertisements . |
| 21 | As a result the warbler increased in numbers until by 1988 the population had built to the extent that it was decided that some birds could be caught and transported to the island of Aride , some twelve kilometres north , which is managed by the UK-based Royal Society for Nature Conservation . |
| 22 | This would cause many of the possible infinities to cancel out , but it was suspected that some infinities might still remain . |
| 23 | It was agreed that another meeting should be called to launch a civil rights body and this took place on 29 January 1967 . |
| 24 | In terms of the revenue output it 's a hundred and forty three thousand below the estimates and it was agreed that any variations would be carried over into next year . |
| 25 | However , it was agreed that more thought could be given to ‘ specialist groups ’ . |
| 26 | It was agreed that more use should be made of this room — perhaps a kind of ‘ den ’ , but due consideration would have to be given to the Chess Club who , at the moment , are experiencing some inconvenience from the noise created by the youth club . |
| 27 | It was agreed that this matter should be dealt with by the new committee formed after the A.G.M. |
| 28 | I also took on the position knowingly of the bad reputation in Scotland of Sports to the trade regarding hotel sales of your equipment , but was promised that this practice would be cut out . |
| 29 | By 1979 The Economist was implying that the government 's new cost control team under Sir Derek Rayner ( head of Marks and Spencer ) had effectively killed PAR , though it was anticipated that this body would do similar work by introducing business methods of accounting into government . |
| 30 | Originally it was thought that this question might provide some useful insights into possible cover to allow people to attend courses . |