Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [adj] [that] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were you aware that no purpose for reading had been given , no specific task that indicated what information you were looking for ? |
| 2 | He had been Sir Lancelot , which was a heroic character , but what we wanted with Ian was someone resonant that the public would respond to . |
| 3 | Louis-Napoleon made it plain that he was himself sure that the main result of the establishment of universal suffrage would be his own success . |
| 4 | Secretary of State for giving way , but when he made his proni provisional announcement on the er on the total S S A for Wales , was he aware that the er the various er salary review bodies would be bringing in a er a recommendation which was almost twice the current rate of inflation ? |
| 5 | Was it surprising that the Masai preferred to stick to their own way of doing things ? |
| 6 | How then was it possible that a similar contradiction in the social formation of India , China , and Peru had not led to similar development ? |
| 7 | Was it possible that the quest for the historical Jesus , of which Bethune-Baker was a leading representative , was based upon an illusion about the nature of the sources which were used ? |
| 8 | Was it possible that the letter had been written simply that Aunt Louise might use it as use it she had ? |
| 9 | Was it possible that the grasping Miss P had meant the gesture kindly ? |
| 10 | Was it possible that the desire to return to the Vita Apostolica , the simple life of prayer , personal austerity and poverty was reconcilable with the Petrine commission and all the pomp and authority that suggested ? |
| 11 | And if the committee of the CICCU be taxed with bringing in someone who did not fit the undergraduates of a university , it might be replied , first that they were desperate to find someone at short notice , and secondly , was it desirable that a missioner should fit the undergraduates ? |
| 12 | Or was it true that the Church was so short of people of stature ( under the age of 73 ) that only one man among them had enough stature for the see of London and for that reason his scholarship must be sacrificed on the altar of a higher good ? |
| 13 | Was it true that the mind was wiser than the body ? |