Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [that] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was true that those concerned with the enforcement of the law in this country were apprehensive that the abolition of the death penalty would be followed by an increase in crimes of violence ; but their predecessors had in the past opposed for the same reason the abolition of the death penalty for offences less serious than murder and their apprehensions had not in the event proved justified . |
| 2 | More than two thirds of people surveyed in Gloucestershire said they were dissatisfied that the offender involved had been cautioned . |
| 3 | The visitors , who needed 427 to win after starting on 16 for three today , were grateful that the weather permitted only 17.1 overs . |
| 4 | Even as the day began , rumours were rife that the band had refused to play . |
| 5 | Many prophets in the tenth century believed that the world would come to an end in the year 1000 , but according to A. J. Gurevich the legends concerning mass psychoses in Europe as the year 1000 approached originated at the end of the fifteenth century when people really were afraid that the end of the world was imminent . |
| 6 | It was a wonder that we escaped so well , as we were afraid that the Waggon would have crushed us . |
| 7 | Economists were afraid that the country was over-populated and believed that the problems of poverty and unemployment would be reduced if the surplus hands and mouths would go overseas , but it did not follow that the government was going to pay for them to go . |
| 8 | Its employees were afraid that the death of the expansionist Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707 would lead to disorder and disintegration , and events in the next half-century showed they were right . |
| 9 | All the findings of opinion polls and other surveys suggested that the overwhelming majority of ordinary citizens were convinced that the period of their nation 's history through which they had lived in the forty-odd years since the end of the war in 1945 , was a time of comfort and content . |
| 10 | What was it they said about people who were convinced that the rest of the world was plotting against them ? |
| 11 | The compilers of the whole narrative , working at the time of the exile in Babylonia , were convinced that the catastrophe had overtaken their people because they and their kings had not been faithful to their God . |
| 12 | Others , particularly socialists , were convinced that the downward trend in population growth was not , in itself , a problem since the key to the future prosperity of Britain was to be found in the redistribution of income to ensure that all enjoyed an income sufficient to enjoy healthy life . |
| 13 | ‘ Share prices simply look cheap , ’ he said , adding that fund managers were convinced that the economy as a whole is set to grow by 11/2 p.c. this year , with corporate earnings rising by around 5 p.c . |
| 14 | When Victorian naturalists first studied the African elephant in the field they were convinced that the dominant member of the herd must be the oldest bull . |
| 15 | Henry VIII 's doctors , for instance , were convinced that the King 's venereal disease was due to Cardinal Wolsey recklessly whispering in one of the Royal ears . |
| 16 | In the wake of Sputnik a large number of observers , sympathetic and hostile , were convinced that the USSR 's technical and scientific prowess , and the planning system which underpinned it , posed a profound challenge to the West 's values , institutions and international standing . |
| 17 | When a group of anti-embargo Americans organised a flotilla of 13 boats carrying aid to church organisations in Cuba from the Florida Keys on April 24th , right-wing groups were convinced that the stuff would end up in the hands of Mr Castro and the armed forces . |
| 18 | They were convinced that the Catholic Church needed a credible account of how God 's word acts in history , from the first formulation in human language through the gradual process of understanding , under changing historical conditions and as the Holy Spirit gives new insights . |
| 19 | Marx and Engels were convinced that the capitalist mode of production , even without ruling class policy , systematically engenders false perceptions amongst the individuals within specific class locations . |
| 20 | In any case nobody wanted to reverse the process ; tobacco had been a pleasant commercial curtain-raiser but by the second half of the seventeenth century people in England were convinced that the real attraction of possessions overseas lay in the sugar islands . |
| 21 | Conservatives worried about the budget deficit implications of the proposed cut while the many liberals in congress were convinced that the cut did not go far enough . |
| 22 | Medical Officers of Health and others were convinced that the chief causes of physical weakness and infant mortality were unsuitable feeding and lack of hygiene in the home which could , they believed , be improved by the education of mothers in childcare and domestic skills . |
| 23 | The judges were convinced that the fear of capital punishment was a real deterrent , and it was difficult to see what effective alternative punishment could be inflicted on murderers . |
| 24 | The evaluators were convinced that the opportunities for schools to benefit from the expertise and efforts of the DCSLs were considerably enhanced by the project . |
| 25 | There 's something else the children were convinced that the goblets were n't actually clay , the goblets that were on the erm , the table as opposed |
| 26 | And within the vertebrates , the fish were the ‘ lowest ’ class and the mammals the ‘ highest ’ — since we ourselves are mammals and the Victorians were convinced that the human race was the pinnacle of creation . |
| 27 | The idea shocked many people who were convinced that the only cause must be genetic , or chemical , or a virus , something they could put under a microscope . |
| 28 | Eventually , the authorities were convinced that the special circumstances of the Kadanwari field , coupled with the need to provide demonstrable incentives for future exploration , properly justified a new price regime . |
| 29 | Many Abyssinians were convinced that the Central Powers would win the war , a conviction strengthened by the British defeats by the Turks at Kut and the Dardanelles ; they felt in consequence that it was prudent to keep on good terms with the Germans and Turks . |
| 30 | On Cambodia , " the two sides were convinced that the improvement of Sino-Vietnamese relations could contribute to spurring a comprehensive political solution " . |