Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposals suggested yesterday by the Leader of the Opposition were clearly to ensure that British farmers reduced their already low incomes and that the money be used for development — rural and urban — in the southern parts of the European Community . |
| 2 | I am not sure how the law-breaking campaign is working or whether other companies would have joined B & Q , but the chief executive of my council felt that he was not in a position to commit the poll tax payers of Hull to what could have amounted to several million pounds , and a deal was finally struck that Hull city council would refrain from taking out an injunction and the cross-undertaking was therefore withdrawn . |
| 3 | The truce with Scotland , renewed in 1323 , reduced the need to levy taxes , and opposition was so cowed that , as the Vita commented , it did not surface even when parliament was called : ‘ Parliaments , colloquia and councils decide nothing these days . |
| 4 | The only trouble was that the photograph was so arranged that it would be very easy for a picture editor to crop the product out of the picture altogether ! |
| 5 | ‘ I would be delighted to design the flowers for your wedding … | ’ The daydream was so engrossing that she almost did n't see the man and the girl struggling on the pavement opposite . |
| 6 | This practice was largely to indicate that documents and records had been produced to the auditors and would also indicate an audit trail . |
| 7 | But the Welsh builders were unhappy about staying in a small French village without fried eggs and sausages for breakfast and although the local hotelier was eventually persuaded that this fare was absolutely essential , the Welsh contingent did not see the job through and a third firm , French again , was then brought in . |
| 8 | By the middle of 1924 the Agitprop section of the Smolgubkom was openly declaring that both shefstvo and smychka were a farce in actuality because they had deteriorated into mass weekend outings to the countryside in search of illicit stills . |
| 9 | But the spirit of goodwill did not last long and Gaze was soon claiming that Cook was copying his ideas . |
| 10 | Something in the pale gaze was so unnerving that she froze . |
| 11 | The United Kingdom parliamentary trade and industry select committee was also told that several ministries and senior members of the government had known about the manufacture of propellant for the Iraqi " super-gun " by a British-owned company at least six months earlier than they had admitted . |
| 12 | Topaz was soon to learn that the colourful and derogatory remarks which passed between Angela and Oswin meant nothing , but at first she had been startled . |
| 13 | When Scouting for Boys first appeared in a series of fortnightly instalments in 1908 , the fly-leaf of the final issue was already claiming that ‘ at the present moment something between 500,000 and 700,000 young men are interested in this scheme , which will come into full swing about April ’ . |
| 14 | The Council was clearly implying that ( as Newman saw ) Scripture itself works sacramentally , especially when it is made actual by effective reading and preaching in the liturgy . |
| 15 | In the textile industry a number of technical inventions produced an increase in output ; a way had been found of using coal , in the form of coke , to smelt iron ; and the steam engine was so improved that it provided a new source of power . |
| 16 | Very soon the place was so packed that knots of people integrated into a sway and the perimeter of the appointed area burst . |
| 17 | The conference was also told that as an alternative to the expense of sending officers to university , it was proposed to ‘ direct officers to research a particular problem … and give them a short period to carry out intensive research ’ . |
| 18 | The conference was also told that delegates from Turkmenistan had been prevented by the authorities from leaving that country . |
| 19 | ‘ The opinion was also expressed that it was not party policy to come out and support candidates during local elections . |
| 20 | The opinion was strongly expressed that Halling was the best point at which to build it and a committee was appointed . |
| 21 | She felt guilty , but she could say with a clear conscience that her business was so demanding that she hardly had time to think of Northumberland although , in truth , as her successes and problems in Italy had increased , there seemed less and less reason to return to Nora . |
| 22 | His rounds took him to most parts of the building and Rain was eagerly accepting that it must have been Stan on the second floor making her jumpy when he mentioned that since the murder he did not go into MacQuillan 's room or those next to it because the police were usually there . |
| 23 | The film 's director was equally determined that this consultant who lacked the necessary card from the actors ' union should not appear on celluloid . |
| 24 | The Chinese whispers the next day were even claiming that Paul Smith stormed out of the awards in disgust . |
| 25 | The arrival of ‘ Alcibiades ’ with his partying revellers is a bit of an anticlimax — a touch jaded rhythmically , almost as if Boughton and his crew were rather wishing that Bernstein 's Greeks had been philosophers first and swingers second . |
| 26 | The court was also told that a sale of Paramount was expected to be completed in the next fortnight for £1.5million . |
| 27 | The court was also told that Gwynedd Social Services department left the boy with the family , despite his allegations of mistreatment . |
| 28 | The court was also told that Gwynedd Social Services department left the boy with the family , despite his allegations of mistreatment . |
| 29 | The Queen 's Bench held that the crew was so reduced that it was dangerous to life to sail and unreasonable for the master to require his crew to do so . |
| 30 | Kahnweiler throughout his life was to maintain that the painting was unfinished , and on occasion was even to assert that Picasso himself saw it in this way . |