Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [that] [adj] [noun] " 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 | All were agreed that multiple homage was an aberration , displeasing to God ; but we may assume that it was rare for a man to refuse a good gift or a bargain on this account . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The police then sought the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions and were told that such evidence would not be admissible in Irish courts , and that the Attorney General would be seeking an injunction to prevent termination . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But I was trained in an era when we were told that continental drift was all right for the unscientific geologists , but the " real " scientists — the physicists — said it was impossible . |
| 11 | Thornton and Higgs were told that each boat caught about 2000 dolphins each year , travelling up to 180 km ( 1 12 miles ) offshore to find their quarry . |
| 12 | Inquisitive journalists were told that any contamination was so negligible that it could n't be measured , a clear piece of disinformation . |
| 13 | But its twin at the College of Technology has been scrapped after members of Darlington Health Authority were told that some people were embarrassed to attend in front of their peers . |
| 14 | We were told that this money was being collected for the families and we gave this money through the official trade union for that purpose . |
| 15 | ‘ If it were thought that other clubs would try to copy them , their example might , I am afraid , be unfortunate . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | We were in touch with the Department of Health last week and were assured that that announcement was im imminent , that the Minister had not yet agreed what those conditions would be . |
| 20 | Planning permission was granted after councillors were assured that all accommodation will be free . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The Consumer Congress called for a working party to draft a code of good practice and it was intended that working party should make use of the information generated by the 1988 transport workshop , whose discussions were reported to the congress . |
| 24 | However , it seems unlikely that it was intended that less disclosure should be made to private customers than to professionals . |
| 25 | However , as it was intended that this study should be of particular use to the suppliers of information , it was therefore biased towards the first stage of environmental scanning ; that is , the gathering of information . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It was calculated that each child needed one pound a week for food and clothing . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It was intimated that future UN Security Council unanimity over action against Iraq would be in peril if the USA was seen to be protecting Israel . |