Example sentences of "[was/were] that it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ziegler ( 1978 ) , in his discussion of the Mass Observation records on the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 , records that the two most commonly cited reasons for supporting the coronation were that it created wealth and that it united the nation . |
| 2 | The outcome was that it attracted masses of press attention . |
| 3 | The danger with this was that it caused believers to look to their own faith rather than to Christ alone for the assurance of their salvation . |
| 4 | His only comment was that it took work to be a politician : ‘ I 'd get caught out . ’ |
| 5 | The important thing was that it took people 's minds away from national policies . |
| 6 | The essence of personal pensions was that it extended choice and encouraged personal saving . |
| 7 | Ken Pitt : ‘ But the big value of that album was that it brought David 's work to the attention of a lot of important people . |
| 8 | The problem with Darwin 's theory was that it reduced evolution to a chapter of accidents . |
| 9 | The only difference was that it said Phd at the end of it |
| 10 | The other important feature of this Act was that it legitimized expenditure on secondary and technical schools , and thereby stimulated the growth of this element of state education . |
| 11 | The greatest criticism which reviewers made of the early drafts of the book was that it lacked cohesiveness . |
| 12 | A further importance of abortion was that it gave women some control over their own fertility , especially given the hostility of many men to birth control . |
| 13 | But from my point of view what mattered most was that it bordered Abyssinia , where I hoped one day to be posted . |
| 14 | An advantage of the first point was that it allowed Galileo to say that the sacred scribes had intentionally refrained from imparting complex scientific knowledge , despite having it at their disposal . |
| 15 | One of the strengths of the questionnaire was that it facilitated discussion between Ernst & Young partners and managers and their clients , highlighting areas of which the firm was unaware and identifying the clients ' priorities in the services and provision of services it received from Ernst & Young . |
| 16 | Apart from the hurt feelings of departing managers , the most common reason for worrying about America 's spate of takeovers in the 1980s was that it pushed firms heavily into debt . |