Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only when the new temples were built that pictorial frescoes were attempted . |
| 2 | Continued allegations were made that surplus revenues were being applied for civic and municipal purposes and not for the improvement of the Harbour in accordance with the Acts of 1799 and 1826 . |
| 3 | If proof were needed that intelligent children 's television is a friend of children 's books , the recent BBC serialisation of The Borrowers provides it amply . |
| 4 | Both were agreed that nuclear weapons and US forces should stay in Europe , and that NATO should be the core of the Western alliance , with a united Germany being a full member of NATO , including its military structure . |
| 5 | In a case which is causing the Bar much embarrassment , Lord Justice Watkins and Mr Justice Garland were told that six barristers followed Sir Ian , while 11 decided to stay with Mr John Samuels , QC , who was in charge of chambers administration . |
| 6 | Those admitted to Belgium were put on a train whose doors were locked and windows nailed shut ; they were told that such measures were necessary for their own protection . |
| 7 | Councillors were told that many businesses looked upon the refuse collection service as one of the few tangible benefits they got for payment of business rates . |
| 8 | ‘ If it were thought that other clubs would try to copy them , their example might , I am afraid , be unfortunate . |
| 9 | Yet if it were known that microcephalic babies ( perhaps older infants as well — would it make a difference ? ) were regularly sold to research laboratories , then there would undoubtedly be an outcry . |
| 10 | If it were found that more accidents occurred in the winter months between 6 and 8 o'clock in the evening compared with noon and 2 o'clock , is this because , during the early evening , lighting is worse , there is more traffic , drivers have been working longer and are more tired , or weather conditions are worse ? |
| 11 | Now I 'm not getting at you or Peter Underhill , both of being excellent fellows ; but this is just the sort of thing I predicted would happen twenty years ago when we , as a country , started to ‘ go metric ’ and were assured that five years would see it done . |
| 12 | The judges , with the concurrence of the Inns of Court , resolved when these arrangements were created that disciplinary powers over barristers should be exercised in accordance with the regulations governing the new Senate , and by those regulations a committee of the Senate , known as the disciplinary tribunal , exercised those powers . |
| 13 | It was intended that all parties should agree on two new treaties at the December 1991 European Council meeting at Maastricht , Netherlands , which would then require approval by member country parliaments before they entered into force . |
| 14 | It was intended that these measures should provide the tenant with a defence against the unscrupulous landlord , both in terms of protection against unfair eviction and also as a guarantee of ‘ fair ’ rents , especially for those on low incomes . |
| 15 | Using the end point of investigator 's assessment of remission , it was calculated that 226 patients were required to show that fluticasone propionate was at worst 15% inferior to prednisolone . |
| 16 | The Pilgrim Trust 's survey of a sample of unemployed men included some 170,000 wives and it was calculated that these women ate only 70 per cent of the calories consumed by men , rather than the 85 per cent recommended by dieticians . |
| 17 | I remind him that there has been criticism historically when statements have been made about incidents in Great Britain , when it was commented that similar statements had not been made in the context of Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | From the start of welfare provision for the disabled it was recognized that social workers would have a key role to play in putting the handicapped in touch with the provision available . |
| 19 | It was explained that these accounts would be used in a later practical class . |
| 20 | It was foreseen that difficult situations might arise in the operation of such a scheme , for example two elderly dementia sufferers could live next door to one another , one able to receive support from the action project and the other not . |
| 21 | For rebuilding , it was recommended that existing clauses governing the height and site coverage of buildings should be reviewed ; a revised table of heights and angles of set-back was put forward and a new code of daylighting adopted . |
| 22 | It was recommended that criminal charges be filed in such cases . |
| 23 | It was recommended that three acres of this ground should be purchased . |
| 24 | The work of advice agencies was praised and it was recommended that public funds should be available for their development . |
| 25 | In a report launched in May , Organising for Safety , it was recommended that organisational factors be given the same emphasis as equipment failure and individual human error when considering safety . |
| 26 | During the Christmas revolution , it was claimed that Arab guerrillas in training camps formed the core of the last defenders of Ceauşescu 's regime . |
| 27 | When the 1970s arrived , it was claimed that nuclear stations actually were producing electricity which was 35 per cent cheaper than coal and 50 per cent cheaper than oil . |
| 28 | His concern was echoed in a BBC Panorama investigation Only Fools And Horses ? on Monday in which it was claimed that off-course bookies must pour more of their profits back into the Sport of Kings — or it could die . |
| 29 | In 1978 it was claimed that these devices could not produce electricity at a cheaper rate than 20 pence per kilowatt hour ( as opposed to the Central Electricity Generating Board 's 2.7 pence per kilowatt hour ) but this has now been reduced to 10 pence per kilowatt hour while Dr Salter maintains that the Duck could achieve 4 pence per kilowatt hour . |
| 30 | In the 1992 syllabus review it was clarified that vertical groups including associates held by subsidiaries were examinable in this paper . |