Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neurologists of the nineteenth century , such as Broca and Dax , were able to show that damage to the brain often leads to very obvious disturbances in various aspects of cognition . |
| 2 | To further characterise the relevance of glycosylation of integrins for their function as cell adhesion receptors we performed initial experiments to analyse the integrin mediated cell matrix interation in HT-29 cells , and were able to show that inhibition of golgi mannosidase I by DMJ resulted in a significantly decreased adhesion of DMJ treated HT-29 cells to laminin , type IV collagen , and fibronectin . |
| 3 | Quinton and Rutter ( 1976 ) replicated this finding , and were able to show that disorder resulting from hospital admission was not explicable in terms of other medical factors such as persisting disability or low birth weight . |
| 4 | As a first experiment they improved the lighting for the test group and were pleased to find that productivity improved , but puzzled to find that productivity also improved in the control group . |
| 5 | They were surprised to find that carbon dioxide concentrations were higher in water taken from inside the algal blooms than outside it . |
| 6 | He was sorry to say that torture had even taken place in democratic countries , such as Britain and Israel . |
| 7 | Since it was to act against hope , it was wrong to assume that defeat was an explicit sign of divine condemnation of a cause from which there could be no recovery . |
| 8 | By now they had walked some distance along the Haymarket , and were on the edge of Piccadilly Circus where Dr Neil was relieved to see that Stair 's party had disappeared and the crowds there had grown less . |
| 9 | And before Sally-Anne could do anything about it the tall young man was tucking her arm in his , and walking her briskly along at such a pace that she was horrified to discover that Rose and her companion were gone , lost behind them as fresh crowds emerged from yet more emptying theatres and dance halls . |
| 10 | All the early supplies of penicillin which came to the public were manufactured in America , and , in America at least , it was natural to assume that penicillin was an American discovery . |
| 11 | It was good to think that life 's rich pageantry continued even on Baker Street , a much neglected London thoroughfare remembered only by devotees of Sherlock Holmes ( now the Abbey National ) and Gerry Rafferty ( who probably banks there ) . |
| 12 | It was good to know that Elinor would not be breathing this sweet , suburban air for very much longer . |
| 13 | It was good to know that supper would not always be like this . |
| 14 | He claimed that , in a fully articulated theory of inflation , it was incorrect to assume that price expectations were static or , worse still , to ignore the role of price expectations altogether . |
| 15 | This line of attack was argued by the Commission in the Continental Can case , but failed because it was unable to demonstrate that competition was sufficiently restricted . |
| 16 | After a few years he was able to believe that guilt itself was an indulgence , that he did n't need to suffer it unless he chose . |
| 17 | Drawing upon detailed field studies by W. F. R. Weldon ( 1860–1906 ) , the biometrical school was able to show that selection did indeed have a measurable effect even on the short term . |
| 18 | Owen was amused to see that hospitality had been provided . |
| 19 | Lisa was inclined to believe that advice was worth following . |
| 20 | I was disappointed to find that accommodation was scarcer and more expensive than I thought it would be and the best that I could afford was a large first-floor room in a bedsitter house on Ladbroke Grove . |
| 21 | In some areas it was necessary to assume that adaptation of the organism to its environment is crucial both for survival and for long-term evolution . |
| 22 | Coun. David Lyonette ( Lab ) said he was surprised to find that bus diesel engines are thought to be major contributors towards town centre air pollution . |
| 23 | At one time it was fashionable to argue that Darwinism destroyed the traditional belief that Nature had been created by a wise and benevolent God , thereby ushering in an age of rampant materialism . |