Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The intention was to show that a large strategic authority could also deliver services to local communities effectively . |
| 2 | A proposal was made that a GLB Company should be started in Edenderry under the leadership of Mrs Mary Montgomery . |
| 3 | Many years later , in 1861 , at a meeting in the Freemasons ' tavern on 23 February , the proposal was made that a marble bust of Vial should be made for the Royal College . |
| 4 | During the hearing , the judge was told that a deficit of £27,000 on running the playing fields in the last financial year had been met by a council subsidy . |
| 5 | Norman Lamont , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , presented in the House of Commons on March 19 the budget for the financial year beginning April 5 , 1991 , in which the surprise announcement was made that a considerable portion of the burden of the community charge was to be transferred from individual charge-payers to central government , which would recoup most of the cost through an increase in value added tax . |
| 6 | Three days later , the head of the Jewish community was told that a boat was docked at Yjmuiden , ready to take any Jews who wanted to go to England . |
| 7 | It was not until the bomb was tested that a definite decision could be reached on its use . |
| 8 | The court was told that a stuffed golden eagle could be worth £1,000 and the other birds could fetch £160 each . |
| 9 | He said that although speculation was mounting that a bid for B&C was on the cards , there was no evidence , so far , of stake-building and no offers had been received . |
| 10 | The charge was not made openly by Labour candidates , but there is little doubt that the belief was fostered that a vote for the Alliance was a vote for cessation of relief . |
| 11 | The argument was advanced that a form of welfare payment should perhaps be made available to those who happen to have been born in national parks ( as opposed to those who chose to move there ) if job and housing opportunities have been restricted by conservationist planning policies . |
| 12 | The union was informed that a collective agreement — which as usual was not binding — between the company and the NUJ was to be terminated on 1 April 1990 and the company gave the union proper notice . |
| 13 | Particular concern was expressed that a post-mortem examination had not been carried out , apparently on the instructions of Muliro 's physician . |
| 14 | Like the governors on hospital boards before them , their chief concern was to ensure that a scandal was not about to hit the hospital . |
| 15 | But perhaps your first mistake was to think that a shop could give you totally impartial advice — their prime concern was probably to make sure you actually made a purchase and from them rather than elsewhere . |
| 16 | Those parish councils who were represented at the annual parish councils conference at Hall last year will recall that the suggestion was made that a special session may be held on planning topics should there be sufficient support from parish councils . |
| 17 | Donkey Lane It was intimated that a considerable number of horses were galloping along this road which was bound to lead to deterioration of the surface . |
| 18 | Donkey Lane It was intimated that a considerable number of horses were galloping along this road which was bound to lead to deterioration of the surface . |
| 19 | ‘ Nevertheless , it was not until September 18 that a decision was made that a section 105 investigation should be recommended by the Minister and the submissions to that effect did no reach him until October 13 , ’ says Sir Anthony . |
| 20 | Eventually agreement was reached that a Committee of Enquiry composed equally of AFPFL members and representatives of the hill peoples would ascertain their true wishes . |
| 21 | ( To suggest otherwise is to imply that Bukharin was suggesting that a proletarian state would regress back beyond state capitalism . ) |
| 22 | Agreed that discussion be deferred to a later meeting , but the view was expressed that a register of RBGE EC research interests should be held by RMG through CW . |
| 23 | The view was taken that a successful criminal prosecution required evidence to establish beyond reasonable doubt the cause of the disaster and that evidence simply was not available . |
| 24 | If only there remained some sort of plan of the former layout ; but it could hardly have been anticipated when the conversion was begun that a modern miller would be the buyer , who proposed to grind not corn but electricity . |
| 25 | SAVE 's immediate task was to show that a conservation scheme could generate as healthy a financial return as a cleared site . |