Example sentences of "was [vb pp] that [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | France already had the Council of Europe in Strasbourg , and it was accepted that because the Common Assembly of the ECSC would be drawn from those attending the Council of Europe , the new assembly should also be located in Strasbourg . |
| 2 | It was decided that before the last section of the barrier was breached , a test hole would be bored and if the gases flowed through to the men , the hole would be sealed and some other means of rescue sought . |
| 3 | It was agreed that as the European War was over I should take my family back to England for a short period of leave . |
| 4 | It was found that while the annual revenue was about $400,000 , there was only about $1,000 in the account ; John Piper had received $20,000 as his percentage and $8,000 as his salary , and the remainder had been frittered away by lax and costly administration . |
| 5 | In particular , it was found that if the fake eyes were shaded to look three-dimensional they made their biggest impact . |
| 6 | In Garland v Archer-Shee ( 1931 ) 15 TC 693 , it was held that if the foreign law governing the non-resident trust vested the property in the trustees with the beneficiary taking no interest in the trust property as such but only having the right to enforce the performance of the trust in equity then , contrary to the decision in Archer-Shee v Baker , the taxpayer would not receive income from the actual assets held by the trust but would receive income from a foreign possession . |
| 7 | It was held that when the first vehicle parked it was not done so ‘ as to cause ’ an unnecessary obstruction . |
| 8 | The mention of suspension is of interest : that the cause of it — truancy — is not only a 20th century phenomenon is shown by the next paragraph of the Report : " The parent of George Highton who had been suspended on account of frequent absence attended by order of the Deputation and stated that he had 3 boys in the School and that the one complained of was so refractory as to be beyond his management and would not attend as he should , frequently persuading his Brothers to follow his example and having gone into service he wished him to be dismissed , which was done , and the parent was informed that if the other two were not more regular in their attendance they would also be discharged . " |