Example sentences of "[adj] it [was/were] [verb] that " in BNC.
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1 | At a meeting of North and South Korean Red Cross officials on June 12 it was agreed that exchange visits of dispersed family members would be held on Aug. 25-28 . |
2 | At a hearing on Jan. 30 it was announced that retrial on the outstanding charges would begin on March 9 . |
3 | In Saddleworth Urban District Council v Aggregate and Sand Ltd. it was held that lack of finance was not a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with a nuisance order under s.94 of the Public Health Act 1936 , in respect of an abatement notice served under s.1 of The Noise Abatement Act 1960 and s.93 of the 1936 Act . |
4 | On Saturday 4 June 1859 it was announced that prayer meetings would be held in the Town Hall at 6.00 am , 12.00 noon and 8.00 pm . |
5 | In 1984 it was estimated that three-fifths of part-time workers — some 2.75 million employees , mostly women — were earning below the National Insurance threshold ( Employment Gazette , 1984 ) and , given the rise in female part-time employment , the figure would be much higher today . |
6 | In the 1780s it was estimated that of the troops raised in Great Britain on the Irish establishment one-sixth deserted every year . |
7 | In the field of care of the elderly it was stated that |
8 | ‘ I heard on good authority that Albert Reynolds sent an emissary to the north to make sure it was understood that Spring was not speaking for the government . |
9 | It is very unlikely it was intended that way . |
10 | ( iii ) In respect of count 1 it was submitted that section 2(1) did not apply to the facts of this case ; in particular it was submitted that in order to contravene section 1(1) and therefore in turn section 2(1) it was necessary to establish that the offender had used one computer with intent to secure unauthorised access into another computer . |
11 | In respect of count 1 it was submitted that section 2(1) did not apply to the facts of this case and it was particularly submitted that in order to contravene section 1(1) , and therefore in turn section 2(1) , it was necessary to establish that the offender had used one computer with intent to secure unauthorised access into another computer . |
12 | On Oct. 16 it was announced that work had begun to erect 40 mobile homes at Givat Hamatos in southern Jerusalem . |
13 | ( On June 27 it was reported that extradition proceedings were being prepared against Todorov . ) |
14 | In 1844 it was reported that College graduates had gone to South Africa , South America , Egypt and Australia . |
15 | On Oct. 8 it was announced that agreement had been reached on the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Poland , thus paving the way for a treaty between the two countries . |
16 | At the Russian Supreme Soviet session on Feb. 13 it was announced that responsibility for farm reform would be taken on by Russian Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi , whose public criticism of Yeltsin 's economic reform had become increasingly sharp over previous weeks . |
17 | The government had originally announced on Feb. 14 that the election would be held on March 28-29 ; on March 28 it was announced that polling would be extended for a further day on account of heavy rains which had led to voters being discouraged by transport difficulties . |
18 | Yet the longer she spent with Nathan Bryce the harder it was to accept that for the next four weeks her only escape from him would be in sleep . |
19 | Eventually Mrs Thatcher 's reluctance was overcome , and in July 1989 it was announced that responsibility for community care would be given to local authorities . |
20 | Following decades of neglect of safety and suppression of information on asbestos 's health effects , by 1965 it was established that cancer rates among workers exposed to asbestos were extremely high . |
21 | On April 24 it was announced that Than Shwe would serve as Prime Minister , a post hitherto held by Saw Maung , and the following day Than Shwe also replaced Saw Maung as C.-in-C. of the Defence Forces . |
22 | On 7 April 1906 it was announced that current could now be obtained from the Beckenham Power Station and that guard wires as required by the Post Office had now been fixed near Penge entrance to the Crystal Palace . |
23 | In 1968 it was planned that field staff working in the north of England would be based in the new Scottish headquarters but later , the space originally allocated to them was given to the Marine Geophysics Unit . |