Example sentences of "was [vb pp] that the [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 30 it was reported that the two countries had agreed new commitments to reduce the trade imbalance in a second follow-up report to the Structural Impediments Initiative ( SII ) talks . |
| 2 | On May 29 it was reported that the two sides had agreed a compromise , to allow the talks to proceed . |
| 3 | It was decided that the three cars would be fumigated with Methyl Bromide to eradicate the infestation , and that this work would be carried out using the fumigation bubble . |
| 4 | When it was revealed that the 14 candidates polling the least votes and thus threatened with exclusion from the central committee included such notables as Abalkin , Shevardnadze , Ryzhkov , Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov and CPSU international department head Valentin Falin , Gorbachev intervened with a proposal that they too should be deemed elected by virtue of having won a legitimate majority , this being accepted by the congress . |
| 5 | It was alleged that the two men had improperly attempted to support the company 's share price after the revelation of its financial difficulties . |
| 6 | They insisted their four colleges have a spirit which was ‘ practical rather than academical ’ although it was agreed that the 254 places provided in the colleges were not enough by the end of the century . |
| 7 | That is why it is so important that , as one of the conclusions of the Maastricht settlement , it was agreed that the 12 countries should set up an organisation loosely known as Europol whose first job would be to set up a Europeanwide drugs intelligence unit among the Twelve , which should lead to a greater level of co-operation with our continental partners to stop Ecstasy and other drugs coming into the country . |
| 8 | On Sept. 6 France had blocked proposals to allow increased access for beef and other meat , but on Sept. 30 it was agreed that the three countries could increase meat sales by 10 per cent per year for the next five years , with the EC preventing any adverse impact on the internal market for its own produce by financing the sale of all this additional meat to the Soviet Union , Romania and Albania . |
| 9 | As headmen were also under the authority of government agents , it was hoped that the two groups would begin to work together . |
| 10 | It was hoped that the two ends of the tunnel would meet in November 1990 . |
| 11 | Earlier , it was stated that the two circles cross each other in the shape of the ‘ Vesica Piscis ’ of sacred geometry , but that for this to be perfect , the radius of the second circle is marked out from the perimeter of the first circle at the same radius . |
| 12 | In letters to the Israeli and Palestinian delegations it was suggested that the two sides should concentrate on a discussion of the practical details of Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip . |