Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were to discover that these country lads were the equals — perhaps the superiors — of their Indian counterparts in political sagacity . |
| 2 | The police then sought the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions and were told that such evidence would not be admissible in Irish courts , and that the Attorney General would be seeking an injunction to prevent termination . |
| 3 | Those admitted to Belgium were put on a train whose doors were locked and windows nailed shut ; they were told that such measures were necessary for their own protection . |
| 4 | Councillors were told that many businesses looked upon the refuse collection service as one of the few tangible benefits they got for payment of business rates . |
| 5 | Thornton and Higgs were told that each boat caught about 2000 dolphins each year , travelling up to 180 km ( 1 12 miles ) offshore to find their quarry . |
| 6 | Inquisitive journalists were told that any contamination was so negligible that it could n't be measured , a clear piece of disinformation . |
| 7 | But its twin at the College of Technology has been scrapped after members of Darlington Health Authority were told that some people were embarrassed to attend in front of their peers . |
| 8 | We were told that this money was being collected for the families and we gave this money through the official trade union for that purpose . |
| 9 | An FBI spokesman said the move was ‘ a very hopeful sign ’ but fears were growing that some sect members may commit suicide . |
| 10 | Compared with Barry 's Board of Trade , the Broad Sanctuary houses were hideous and it ‘ would excite one 's horror , if one were to imagine that any portion of London was to be covered with such edifices ’ . |
| 11 | It was no wonder that in the late Seventies , when Americans were beginning to query whether they were carrying out too many coronary by-passes , Britain 's health correspondents were reporting that many people did not even know such life savers existed . |
| 12 | Yeah , I mean that seems a plausible way of getting into the , er the job market , er what would Harrison Todaro erm say , you know , because they were saying that this migration , this migration was perfectly rational , despite there being high levels of unemployment . |
| 13 | Erm a few years ago when I and others were saying that another forum e , er we were being er , er we were being being , being told it was far too expensive and there was no market there and all the rest of it . |
| 14 | If it were found that more accidents occurred in the winter months between 6 and 8 o'clock in the evening compared with noon and 2 o'clock , is this because , during the early evening , lighting is worse , there is more traffic , drivers have been working longer and are more tired , or weather conditions are worse ? |
| 15 | In this connection , it is interesting that many of the restrictions on economic life in the Pentateuch were to ensure that each family always had access to part of the society 's capital — namely a plot of land and some animals . |
| 16 | There were no good rules and regulations , and hospitals and insurance companies felt that they ought not to sit down and make them because , once they made them , they were admitting that these things were taking place and that such decisions were being made and were subject not only to public scrutiny but a threat of medical malpractice suits . |
| 17 | Last night analysts were speculating that this figure might have to be increased to cover the overstatements . |
| 18 | We were in touch with the Department of Health last week and were assured that that announcement was im imminent , that the Minister had not yet agreed what those conditions would be . |
| 19 | Planning permission was granted after councillors were assured that all accommodation will be free . |
| 20 | It was intended that all parties should agree on two new treaties at the December 1991 European Council meeting at Maastricht , Netherlands , which would then require approval by member country parliaments before they entered into force . |
| 21 | However , it seems unlikely that it was intended that less disclosure should be made to private customers than to professionals . |
| 22 | However , as it was intended that this study should be of particular use to the suppliers of information , it was therefore biased towards the first stage of environmental scanning ; that is , the gathering of information . |
| 23 | It was intended that these measures should provide the tenant with a defence against the unscrupulous landlord , both in terms of protection against unfair eviction and also as a guarantee of ‘ fair ’ rents , especially for those on low incomes . |
| 24 | It was calculated that each child needed one pound a week for food and clothing . |
| 25 | The Pilgrim Trust 's survey of a sample of unemployed men included some 170,000 wives and it was calculated that these women ate only 70 per cent of the calories consumed by men , rather than the 85 per cent recommended by dieticians . |
| 26 | Drivers were asked to give the risk rating immediately they heard the tone and it was emphasized that this rating should be one of what they were already feeling when they heard the tone rather than a subsequent assessment of the risk present . |
| 27 | It was emphasized that this barter was worked out in accordance with world prices . |
| 28 | In order to meet these requirements , it was realised that some form of detector-operated system would be essential , and this led to the development of the zoned system in which open sprinklers were used , mounted vertically one above the other on a drop pipe and fed from a ‘ zone control valve ’ which was opened directly by the response of the detector to the fire . |
| 29 | Later it was realised that this problem was particularly associated with phenformin and , provided metformin is avoided in the presence of renal or hepatic impairment , tissue hypoxia or significant ketone body production , it is safe ( Bergman et al , 1978 ; Luft et al , 1978 ; Nattrass & Alberti , 1978 ) . |
| 30 | In 1972 it was realised that this property depended on a separate histamine receptor ( H2 ) which was different from histamine ( H1 ) receptors in the lung and elsewhere , which were responsible for the allergic action of histamine . |