Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prof David Carter of Edinburgh University 's department of surgery , who is supervising the project , said that hopes were high that good results produced in laboratory studies could be repeated in patients . |
| 2 | The city was in chaos and we were afraid that armed men would attack us . |
| 3 | They were convinced that equal allowances , financed out of general taxation so that the rich contributed more than the poor , should be given in all income groups because the responsibility of motherhood and the value of the child were the same whatever the status of the parents . |
| 4 | Indeed , successive British ambassadors Sir Maurice Peterson and Sir Samuel Hoare were convinced that German agents in Madrid virtually wrote the Spanish newspapers directly . |
| 5 | They were convinced that scientific advances and improved living standards were steps toward a higher civilization and the general improvement of mankind , and that in time all human problems could be solved and all abuses eliminated . |
| 6 | All these men who bowed , who performed the customary motions , they were unaware that other men had written the sacred tune , other men had developed the seemingly eternal gestures out of clumsy confusion . |
| 7 | Employers were concerned that huge costs would be incurred if the Social Charter 's provisions were extended to temporary workers . |
| 8 | Parents and pressure groups representing parents , were concerned that Social Services Departments were to ready to end parental contact with children in care , and thus pave the way for adoption . |
| 9 | He told Kennedy that many of his officers were worried that other countries received more military aid than Iran did . |
| 10 | It was undeniable that low wages as well as unemployment were a major cause of poverty . |
| 11 | They concluded , however , that it was possible that social networks have a modest association with mental health even though they offer little protection against acute stress . |
| 12 | In terms of the overall needs employers had of young people , it was clear that non-academic criteria , attitudes to work and personal characteristics , and basic skills , essentially those of reading , writing and arithmetic , were far more important to employers than academic qualifications . |
| 13 | It was always intended that single men would have their pension rights protected while at home looking after children or dependent relatives , but it was not until the regulations were published in January 1978 that it was clear that married men would be included . |
| 14 | We held out strongly in the EC to have our standards implemented widely throughout the Community and when it was clear that other nations were not of a similar mind , we voted against the directive . |
| 15 | He was clear that International Relations was a science , brought into existence by a perceived need to rid the international system of an evil — war — but dominated by a concern with eradicating the evil before it had been properly understood . |
| 16 | By early 1950 it was clear that certain countries , foremost among them France , Italy and the Benelux states , were ready to consider a partial loss of sovereignty to supranational institutions . |
| 17 | From the very beginning of the campaign , it was clear that racial issues were not on any party 's agenda . |
| 18 | In an immediate sense it was clear that local authorities were ill-equipped to begin the type of prosecutions purity groups were pressing for . |
| 19 | It was afraid that institutional investors would be scared away from serving on committees of creditors . |
| 20 | ( One formed the impression that the Government was genuinely anxious about the precariousness of its policies at this time and was afraid that determined opponents might be able to sabotage these policies by questioning them through the news media . ) |
| 21 | No doubt , though the Dalgliesh , the old warrior was unaware that other schools existed ; like every other class , the aristocracy , however poor , could always find the money for the things they really wanted . |
| 22 | The deputy headmistress in charge of discipline was categorical that Afro-Caribbean pupils were treated fairly : |
| 23 | It was crucial that Soviet leaders came to trust non-Marxist and not necessarily pro-Soviet Finnish political forces to abide by the military provisions of the 1948 Finnish-Soviet Friendship and Cooperation Treaty which met Soviet security needs in the direction of Finland comprehensively and permitted the expression of the Finnish brand of neutrality . |
| 24 | There was little difference apparent between more- and less-frequent walkers , but it was noticeable that particular sub-groups stood out as experiencing more than their share of problems . |
| 25 | The Order was content that pre-petition assignees should still qualify for compensation under the scheme . |
| 26 | Arts-based and classically trained , he was convinced that professional experts of Simon 's calibre did not conform to the new conception of the broad-based administrator . |
| 27 | He blamed the weak links at federal level for shortcomings in the Yugoslav programme on Kosovo , but was convinced that constitutional changes would help resolve some of these problems . |
| 28 | Charles Turner Thackrah , England 's first real specialist in the field , was convinced that shortening hours was the most urgent of improvements . |
| 29 | It is interesting to note a shortening of the working distances at the Clyde end of the rampart : the menace from attackers over the Kilpatrick Hills was such that working parties had to keep protectively closer together . |
| 30 | The importance of the custom was such that parliamentary candidates in the contested elections of 1809 and 1812 bribed the poorer electorate with the promise of a bull . |