Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [that] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally they were anxious to fire this destructive load before it was too late ; the angle of the chase was depressed to such an extent that they were afraid that in spite of the wadding the contents of their canister might dribble out … already a fountain of glass marbles commandeered from the children had cascaded about the ears of the defenders . |
| 2 | It was clear that in spite of the NSDAP 's grip on the local population and the conciliatory attitudes of British and French politicians , he would be unable to bargain Danzig back into the Reich . |
| 3 | By sweeping aside the common law doctrine of privity in this way , it was clear that in theory insiders would be potentially exposed to vast liability . |
| 4 | Moreover , from such analysis it was clear that in fact companies had responded in a whole range of different ways to the pressures upon them , and indeed that the nature of those pressures varied between industries and between firms . |
| 5 | The financial crisis was such that in spring 1990 Mr Naqvi went to Abu Dhabi and appealed to the shareholders to rescue the bank . |
| 6 | In the shifting pattern of dominance and submission which characterized tribal life , with warfare being carried out now against one , now against another group , it was natural that on occasion peoples should ally themselves with the Russians . |
| 7 | As every new discovery was made it was evident that with Operation Cyril a gang of really organised and astute professional smugglers had been broken . |