Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were right to insist that documents should not be released to the court because , he said , that was what they had to do . |
| 2 | You were right , Nigel , to say that there are talented individuals not yet part of a team — and you were right to say that Western Samoa are a bit useful . |
| 3 | Supporters of Bruce were prepared to testify that Alexander III had appointed Bruce of Annandale as his successor ; but Balliol 's backers and some less committed nobles and clerics , fearful of civil war , invited Edward I of England to come and arbitrate . |
| 4 | At Yalta both Roosevelt and Churchill were willing to concede that Russia should have ‘ friendly ’ neighbours in eastern Europe . |
| 5 | We had gone to Uncle Charles for Christmas lunch and were sad to find that Aunt Edie Mann did not appear . |
| 6 | Top and Elton John lookalike pulls the crowds on the Omnibus stand ; centre Polygon 's editorial director Marion Sinclair left and publicist Kathryn Maclean were delighted to hear that Polygon had been named the 1993 Sunday Times Small Publisher of the Year . |
| 7 | Just before the meeting delegates were delighted to hear that PHPA had decided that the main emphasis for both species of Indonesian rhinos ( Javan and Sumatran ) would be in situ conservation and that there should be no captive-breeding programme for Javan rhinos at this time , a view endorsed by the workshop . |
| 8 | But they were alarmed to discover that sanitarians had been displaced by a new force in sexual politics : the militant voice of articulate middle-class women who pointed to men as the root cause of immorality . |
| 9 | This was a very useful corrective to the hyperbole of the trade papers but on occasions even they expressed surprise at the popularity of their industry and were happy to concede that movies were succeeding for very basic reasons . |
| 10 | Those to whom he referred were unlikely to believe that Mosley would stand between them and their destruction . |
| 11 | In the face of such opposition officials were unable to insist that children should receive full treatment , although in 1908 education authorities were advised to provide it where possible . |
| 12 | Tracing a line in a north-easterly direction , that followed the path that James had already taken towards the Chilterns where he was known to have relatives , the police were able to predict that James would surface in either Ipsden or Stoke Row , two tiny neighbouring hamlets . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In the first study we were able to show that clients treated in either mode were significantly less depressed at the end of treatment than those held on a waiting list for the same length of time ( Scott and Stradling , 1990 ) , and that this reduction in symptoms was maintained for up to 12 months post treatment — see Figure 3 . |
| 17 | So we got ourselves an Ordnance Survey map for the year of my birth and were able to prove that houses had indeed existed there , ’ he said . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Others were inclined to believe that Richemont , the Swiss-based South African controlled group , was preparing to bid . |
| 20 | The attendees were mainly those responsible for the running of large office and retail complexes and several were surprised to discover that Rentokil were into this sector as well . |
| 21 | They were surprised to find that carbon dioxide concentrations were higher in water taken from inside the algal blooms than outside it . |
| 22 | Salvidge was right to claim that Leith had overstepped the mark and that he had no mandate for his action , but it is clear that he rather than Salvidge really represented the views of the National Union . |
| 23 | I have no doubt that the wishes of a 16- or 17-year-old child or indeed of a younger child who is ‘ Gillick competent ’ are of the greatest importance both legally and clinically , but I do doubt whether Thorpe J. was right to conclude that W. was of sufficient understanding to make an informed decision . |
| 24 | For example , we decided to pay attention to the way we looked so we all had our hair cut short — except Wally — and took to wearing Hush Puppies and jeans , a kind of mod look — which was odd considering that Malcolm had a shop which specialised in teddy boy gear . |
| 25 | It was possible to argue that Ostpolitik had , in the end , served to undermine the East German regime by reinforcing the liberal-democratic alternative to Communism in the minds of the East German people . |
| 26 | It should be said that the fact that electrical activity was possible indicates that Miss Thomas had experienced the cardiac arrest a relatively short time prior to her arrival in the department and that at least some of the resuscitative effort performed by the police had been effective . |
| 27 | He was sorry to say that torture had even taken place in democratic countries , such as Britain and Israel . |
| 28 | Everybody in Avonlea was sorry to hear that Matthew was dead . |
| 29 | But , as we saw in the discussion of neoclassicism , it was unrealistic to suppose that questions of intent and responsibility could be abandoned . |
| 30 | He was prepared to find that Kate had gone , or that in the meantime her boyfriend had turned up . |