Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] that [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many were convinced that only a proletarian revolution could remove discrimination . |
| 2 | On the other hand , if the scores of the standardisation sample were such that only a very small proportion — say , 5 per cent — scored 40 or less , then a child with this score may be identified as being in need of further , more detailed assessment . |
| 3 | It was possible that even a reject like him could be of use in such a godforsaken spot . |
| 4 | It was interesting that quite a number saw their being easily located at their place of work as a benefit . |
| 5 | From March 1918 it was clear that only a crushing military victory by one or other side would bring ‘ peace ’ . |
| 6 | The plenum , in the event , made little influence upon the continuing discussion , and by the early 1990s it was clear that only a reconsideration of the very bases of Soviet statehood would be likely to satisfy the aspirations of the various republics and nationalities . |
| 7 | It was unlikely that even a common language could create a common national spirit to unite Spanish-speaking people divided by the salt , estranging sea , but as long as empires based on the principles of allegiance to a monarch were the dominant form of political organization they were very well adapted to face the problems of expanding and then of ruling new subjects . |