Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adj] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Interim Technical Report on the Piper Alpha explosion , published last October , raised the strong possibility that the incoming shift were unaware that a vital valve had been removed . |
| 2 | Rance was convinced that a change of policy was necessary : he told Pethick-Lawrence , ‘ we are in one big morass here which has to be cleared , . |
| 3 | But a spokesman for Mr Major said the Government was satisfied that a deal negotiated last July between the US and the EC acting for Britain , Germany , Spain and France — the four partners in the Airbus project — was not an unfair subsidy . |
| 4 | He claimed the Government was aware that a ban on advertising would help reduce illness and death , but was continuing to succumb to pressure from the tobacco industry . |
| 5 | Some of the Romanian émigrés and ex-political-prisoners present as witnesses at the hearing were shocked that a Western politician could express such views . |
| 6 | Several of the closed files on the BF seem to refer to their activity in Italy through their links with the International Centre of Fascist Studies , and the Foreign Office was aware that a British resident called Captain Strina was attempting to form a legion of the organization amongst expatriates in that country . |