Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] that each [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was calculated that each child needed one pound a week for food and clothing . |
| 4 | As it was stipulated that each segment be long enough to obey Gaussian statistics , short relaxation times may not allow a segment sufficient time to rearrange and regain this distribution . |
| 5 | It was decided that each Centre should display the emblem and that , wherever possible , the Centres should incorporate it on their notepaper , literature , leaflets , advertisements . |
| 6 | I was told that each train which passed us happened to be the one that was taking Tam Mahaddie away to kill the Kaiser and win the war . |
| 7 | At a conference in Stockholm in late September 1986 , nonetheless , a last-minute agreement was reached that each side should give the other advance warning of troop movements , and that on-site verification should be permitted on a limited basis for the first time . |
| 8 | Mo was saying that each child progresses at his own rate , and that later lulls regularly offset the apparent advances of their early years . |
| 9 | In particular , it was known that each cell contains a nucleus which can be seen to contain a number of threads , the chromosomes . |
| 10 | The Eleven-plus , like all crises , threatened the pattern of family relationships , and all the family could do in order to maintain equilibrium was to ensure that each member remain entrenched in or return to his or her habitual role . |
| 11 | In the British Army , discipline was centred around self-discipline , and it was assumed that each man had enough self-discipline to carry out an order without being told twice . |
| 12 | In 1990 , it was assumed that each assistant would average twenty items a minute ( Cutter and Rowe 1990 ) . |
| 13 | Cos I was talking to Lilian , she was thinking that each year she 'd be given an update it should be a five year plan . |
| 14 | When I wrote a popular book recently , I was advised that each equation I included would halve the sales . |
| 15 | During the course of the meeting it was suggested that each Planning Department should nominate an appropriate member of staff to be the ‘ contact ’ person with the Scottish Wildlife Trust in relation to Wildlife Sites . |