Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] that [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 When I opened a High Interest Business Account ( in addition to the Club 's Current Account ) in September 1990 I was assured that funds to top up the current account would be transferred automatically from the business account whenever the former 's balance fell below £50 .
2 When I queried this , I was told that subscribers did not wish BT to divulge this information .
3 Is he aware that , when I asked about the growth in employment in south Derbyshire recently , I was told that figures were available only until 1989 , that they are collected only once every six years and that figures for self-employment are collected only once every 10 years ?
4 Puzzled , I was told that Acorns were that amount ‘ because of the energy that goes into them' , and ‘ anyway we really need cash at the moment' . ’
5 Then I was told that girls were being taken on the railways so I had to go to Ipswich and take two more exams and started work as a booking clerk at Needham Station when I was sixteen .
6 I was told that Muggers ’ back had gone .
7 When I asked Grand Met how it could justify the high rent increases , I was told that tenants could easily afford them because tenants would now receive all the proceeds from the amusement machines instead of sharing them with the brewers , although they still have to pay a high licence fee and rent .
8 After two months ' silence , I was informed that ministers stood by their decision .
9 I was informed that buses from Livingston depot were deployed to operate journeys starting from Balerno .
10 Nobody was to know that Germans had made it onto British soil .
11 In a report in The Times of Aug. 28 it was confirmed that police had filed criminal charges against Bhutto 's husband , Asif Ali Zardari , on grounds of illegal possession of arms , as well as on corruption charges .
12 But it was confirmed that aides urged the media to concentrate on the royal couple 's four-day tour rather than speculating on their relationship .
13 But it was confirmed that aides urged the media to concentrate on the royal couple 's four-day tour of Korea rather than speculating on their relationship .
14 As heads cleared , it was seen that dangers remained : a potential flood of refugees from the Soviet Union or the Balkans , the internal tensions of poverty and ethnic division , the giant still next door .
15 It was enacted that offenders were to be brought before a member of the King 's Council or a Justice of the Peace for examination ; hunting in disguise or by night , and wilful concealment of such offences were to be punished as felonies — that is , by death and forfeiture of property .
16 It was assumed that projects exist either with easily specified cash flows or with easily specified underlying factors which give rise to those cash flows .
17 It was assumed that shareholders would have a long-term commitment to their company and that if there was a problem , it would be the directors rather than the shareholders who would change .
18 Only the unmarried mother was given specific mention ; for the rest it was assumed that women would follow their husbands .
19 Until now it was assumed that sites deep underground provided a stable environment for buried waste .
20 It was assumed that schools would be using the materials and theme for about twelve periods a week for six weeks , as Miss Garnett noted : " This is probably as long as the steam stays in a theme for this age , and nobody should feel embarrassed about pulling out of it quicker if it seems right to do so " ( Leicester/Leicestershire Curriculum Development Project 1970 : I ) .
21 Until such pioneers as Marjorie Warren began to demonstrate otherwise in the 1930s , it was assumed that victims of strokes , for example , were incapable of rehabilitation .
22 It was assumed that parishes , very largely the agricultural villages of the southern and eastern cereal regions , who were using Speenhamland-like systems of poor relief , had placed themselves on a vicious spiral of soaring poor rates and were progressively increasing the very poverty they sought to relieve .
23 It was indicated that discussions would initially be held at Stormont Castle , near Belfast .
24 In a review of studies on the ability of the older worker to learn , going back as far as the 1920s , it was concluded that changes in learning ability with age are generally small .
25 It was argued that users of financial statements should be aware that the performance of complex organisations can not be summarised in a single number and that to obtain a proper understanding of such performance , knowledge of a range of important aspects is required .
26 It was argued that industrialists are not encouraged to come into West Belfast by various Government agencies .
27 In the first edition of this book it was argued that levels of controversy over social policies since 1951 had not been particularly high .
28 On this basis , it was argued that workers in the Royal Victoria Hospital and in other public sector agencies should be supported in their campaigns to save their jobs and against privatisation .
29 The panel apparently chose not to have a permanent chairman on two grounds : first because it was believed that subgroups would quickly emerge to focus on particular issues and events and that these would evolve their own arrangements , and secondly to avoid the possibility of particular individuals dominating proceedings .
30 On the economic side it was believed that customs union , by creating healthy competition and allowing for large-scale production , would have a dynamic effect , leading to higher growth and better living standards .
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