Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] that the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assurances were given that the tests were not designed to show that men or women are in some way ‘ better ’ than each other , but to trace and display managerial traits and aptitudes . |
| 2 | In a letter to Gonzalez on May 15 the US Attorney-General William Barr described the inquiry as " harmful to national security " and said that the executive branch would provide no more classified information until specific assurances were received that the documents would not be made public . |
| 3 | Hints were dropped that the suffragettes in question were lady friends of the employers , that invitations to " My Lady 's tea-parties " were issued , and so on . |
| 4 | If it were accepted that the parties have no legal rights and duties under a political treaty , then even less could the legal position of third parties be affected by it . |
| 5 | ‘ Threats were made that the men would return and Darren showed a lot of courage to free himself . |
| 6 | The implication , whether private or public , was that somehow pressure had been exerted by the masters to get the women to sign ( we have already noted that counter-allegations were made that the men had done the same to their women supporters ) . |
| 7 | Not all were as moderate as Somerset 's , with its stress on equality ; the title of one of the others , Nicholas Bodrugan 's Epitome of the title that the Kynges Maiestie of Englande hath to the souereigntie of Scotland , shows how willing the English were to assume that the Scots could be persuaded to accept a union of unequal partners . |
| 8 | Local people were angered that the police had apparently been unable to prevent the invasion . |
| 9 | In the long term ministers were persuaded that the advantages would outweigh the obvious and possible drawbacks . |
| 10 | We were told that the papers in the case were being examined and it was clearly implied that action would be taken . |
| 11 | They were told that the prisoners were not there any more . |
| 12 | Ministers are considering an embarrassing U-turn after two disastrous periods of consultation in which they were told that the lists , to be drawn up by local authorities , would cause blight on thousands of acres and hit land and property values . |
| 13 | At a meeting on 5th June , the day before the exhibition closed , the judges were told that the assessors were ‘ proceeding assiduously ’ , and a week later reported their conclusions . |
| 14 | We were told that the orders were introduced with the intention of increasing competition , thus providing more choice for customers and holding down prices . |
| 15 | Hopes were rising that the shoppers who rushed out for bargains on offer in the January sales may have finally triggered the long-awaited recovery in consumer spending . |
| 16 | Indeed , by the middle of that year critics were saying that the cuts imposed at the time of the IMF crisis may have been too harsh , and that fixed investment in manufacturing capacity needed to be stepped up , even though it actually rose by 8 per cent in 1978 . |
| 17 | As each new AGR started construction , such serious engineering and design problems were encountered that the designers had to make major alterations to the next in the series . |
| 18 | Residents living in the Jennyfields area of Harrogate were warned that the pills could prove harmful if taken by children . |
| 19 | The advocates were informed that the justices would meet at 10 a.m. on that day to continue their deliberations and their drafting , that the exercise would be completed by 12 noon , and that the advocates should attend at that later hour to receive the court 's judgment . |
| 20 | They were informed that the sums subscribed for the building were still inadequate and unless the subscriptions were paid in advance ‘ for the legitimate purposes of providing food and medicine for the patients … the object of the building would be totally defeated ’ . |
| 21 | As such , it was intended that the parameters of the debate would be flexible . |
| 22 | Edward was demanding that the callers be patient , he was coming as fast as he could . |
| 23 | It was calculated that the measures contained in the 1992 budget would bring about a reduction of 3-4 per cent in the real incomes of many workers and pensioners , as anticipated increases in wages and in pensions were equivalent to half of the inflation rate ( expected to be 12.5 per cent ) . |
| 24 | At the annual parish meeting it was heard that the rats were beginning to explore and were going out into Church Street . |
| 25 | This was a small group of people who appointed their own chairman and secretary , and whose task was to see that the signs LADIES and GENTLEMEN were posted at all the appropriate places in the many buildings used by the conference . |
| 26 | Their responsibility was to see that the rosters were properly worked out you see . |
| 27 | Environmentally it was reasoned that the consequences of State control have often been unpalatable : where were the beautiful cities that had been promised ? |
| 28 | It was recognized that the advantages were outweighed by disadvantages , including the loss of productive agricultural land , disruption of the labour supply for farming , despoliation of the landscape , and modification of traditional village life . |
| 29 | No , I 'm I was suggesting that the odds are against them and that men have used a type of emotional blackmail against women , which has always been very successful , where they 're actually forced , because there are no things like cheap or free workplace nurseries , they are forced to be the primary carers . |
| 30 | Lord Donaldson was suggesting that the parties made an informed decision that the matter had to be referred to arbitration on the basis that they had a formulated dispute where their rights and obligations were to be determined . |