Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cocaine was reborn that way . |
| 2 | Not until dark , since his intention was to search that patch of ground thoroughly . |
| 3 | One of the reasons we chose the name U2 was to have that ambiguity which I think is necessary , so that it 's not so easy for people to make premature assumptions or wrong associations . |
| 4 | Whether it 's cos the wind was blowing that way I du n no . |
| 5 | Wembley 's West side was shut that night while the Royal Box side was boosted by schools and stadium staff on free tickets . |
| 6 | Other regions of Scotland were to follow that lead and it led to the formation of the the Scottish Golf Union which , today , has 16 member areas . |
| 7 | French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said that it was " indispensable " to hold an international conference on the Middle East after the resolution of the Gulf crisis and that " a lot of countries were thinking that way , including the USA " . |
| 8 | In 1951 the population of Glasgow was 1 , 055 , 020 but new towns like East Kilbride , Irvine , Livingstone , Cumbernauld , and Glenrothes were to bring that total down to just under 900,000 by the early seventies . |
| 9 | If the law were to curtail that right in any way , the value of land would fall . |
| 10 | And altogether , thirteen prisoners-of-war were recaptured that day . |
| 11 | The main intention of the new poor law was to redress that balance , and to persuade those who were able-bodied , but without work , to travel north to find it . |
| 12 | Going round the other side , where the sun was shining that way better . |
| 13 | Shares in electronics companies were among the few attractive ones in the early 1980s , but by 1988 the National Economic Development Council was reporting that rationalization to meet foreign competition in this sector was overdue . |
| 14 | The car did not normally carry passengers , but its seats were used that season by a small orchestra which played selections from ‘ The Gondoliers ’ as it made its romantic way along the Promenade . |
| 15 | It was agreed that the face of the medal should show the head of Coleman , and the first awards were made that year . |
| 16 | Most just wished Halom was playing that night . |
| 17 | He watched them rushing through Calais on their way to pay court to Napoleon ( Sonnet : ‘ Is it a reed that 's shaken by the wind ’ ) , and decided , since he regarded the French leader as a despot and a menace to free institutions , that the only course open was to support that party in England which wanted to continue the war , namely the Tories . |
| 18 | In Chapter 2 the point was made that privatisation can mean reduced government provision , reduced government finance and reduced government regulation , and that reduced government provision and finance usually means the transfer of responsibilities to non-statutory agencies . |
| 19 | His comment shows , say his critics , that Chapman 's aim was to defend that point at all costs — he was thus a defensive-minded manager who set a bad example for football . |
| 20 | Its author was to have that opportunity later . |
| 21 | The body was discovered that night . |
| 22 | It had at last been able to start building a hall of residence which had been in abeyance for six years , and the Director was underlining that student accommodation was in short supply in Teesside , and ‘ unless something is done by the provision of fiats , hostels , etc. , to supplement the supply of digs , I can see this being a factor which could really inhibit our development ’ . |
| 23 | The coroner was told that blood alcohol tests after the accident showed Richard had been one and a half times over the legal drink drive limit . |
| 24 | She knew her husband was coming that evening but , when he failed to arrive , did not even bother to send out any search-party to look for him . |
| 25 | Fears were revived that VAT will be lifted to 22 per cent . |
| 26 | The UFC 1989 Review 225 admitted that the numerical totals of publications were not found to be helpful in the assessment process , and their panels were agreed that quantity did not equal quality . |
| 27 | The UFC 1989 Review admitted that the numerical totals of publications were not found to be helpful in the assessment process , and their panels were agreed that quantity did not equal quality . |
| 28 | Although most socialist writers were agreed that crime resulted from the misery , exploitation , greed and selfishness promoted by the private property relationships of capitalism , they were rather less agreed on the status of the criminal . |
| 29 | Well , yeah er we we had a fair amount of chemical er troubles erm mainly spillages , bad packaging , erm a few accidents erm , and very little information in those early days erm there was a lot of nasty chemicals going around which erm very little information followed it and people were being quite seriously injured , firemen included , policemen and others were getting involved with these things , and I got myself involved quite a lot with the various bodies that deal with chemicals , like the Chemical Industry Association , and people of that kind , trying to make things a bit safer , and taking up cases where spillages had occurred and , and accidents had happened er to try to get to the bottom of it and try to improve the situation and er I was n't alone , most Chief Officers were working that way and certainly the London Fire Brigade did it , did no end of work with producing , what is now commonly known as the coding and , and a system of , of erm er marking containers of chemicals so that people can understand how to deal with them , so that that was quite an interesting area which , even now I 'm now retired I still have a little hand in that with er chemicals er in my few moments I have spare I , I get involved with that side , which I enjoy . |
| 30 | Stephen Davison disappeared more than a year ago , and the court was told that part of his body was later found in a lake . |