Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun pl] that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this would have been unthinkable in the 1930s ; though , as Paul Addison has pointed out , there were signs that a progressivist tide of ‘ middle opinion ’ was rising gently , nevertheless the speed with which these developments occurred after 1940 must be attributed to the peculiar conditions brought about by the war . |
| 2 | During 1990 there were signs that a power struggle was under way in Phnom Penh , the first indications of any discord within the leadership since 1981 when Pen Sovan had been removed as party chief and Premier . |
| 3 | According to some critics , the ‘ Heshang ’ authors had gone too far and there were signs that a backlash might be imminent . |
| 4 | But there were fears that a town near the foot of Mt Galeras could be at risk . |
| 5 | The authorities in Bosnia-Hercegovina ( whose independence , proclaimed in March — see p. 38832 — had been recognized widely since early April — -see pp. 38848-49 ) repeatedly requested foreign military aid and there were warnings that a flood of refugees , both Moslems and ethnic Croats , could pose a serious problem for neighbouring countries . |
| 6 | There were rumours that a team from the University of East Anglia who were researching the acidity of the Cairngorm snow pack had run into difficulty in getting their work published because CEGB staff were used as anonymous ‘ referees ’ to vet papers submitted to several scientific journals . |
| 7 | But they 're not going fast enough for some residents of nearby welland , last night at a private meeting there was suggestions that a vigilante group should take the law into their own hands and forcibly evict the remaining travellers . |