Example sentences of "[that] [det] was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defence Minister Gene Louw emphasized that neither was linked to any illegal or criminal activities . |
| 2 | He believed that this was referred to by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the twelfth century . |
| 3 | On this view , a doctor could avoid liability only if he could show that , apart from consenting , the patient was carefully studied and examined in a context where specialist medical and psychiatric facilities were available , that the consensus of expert opinion was that surgery was called for , and that this was explained to and understood by the patient before he gave his consent . |
| 4 | In a reference to the ANC 's suspension of the armed struggle in August , Mandela said that this was done to further the peace process but that the movement had nevertheless not forfeited its right to self-defence . |
| 5 | Although the judgment of how well a film shows what normally happens at a junction was used differently in Study 3 and in Groeger and Chapman ( 1992 , in preparation a ) there was no evidence in either case that this was related to recognition sensitivity . |
| 6 | Yet all the signs were that this was going to be a fruitless exercise . |
| 7 | Suppose you knew that this was going to be the last day of your life . |
| 8 | In readiness for the event I made all the arrangements I possibly could before the baby was born to make my return to work as smooth as possible , including hiring a nanny , and I thought that this was going to be easy … |
| 9 | We go back a long way , me and God , and from his first words I could tell that this was going to be a difficult call . |
| 10 | She swore to herself that this was going to be the last child . |
| 11 | And as soon as I cradled the mass in my arms the conviction flooded through me that this was going to be the same as all the others . |
| 12 | Undecided , she had wondered if it might be too formal , but now she realised that this was going to be no jeans-and-sweater occasion . |
| 13 | And I , I , I , I , I , I would not have endeavoured to persuade you that this was going to be the land reform document that was , that this is it . |
| 14 | Now at that stage my Lord Mr er telephoned Mr on the afternoon of the twenty second of October and it 's his case that he explained what had happened at the meeting of the bank to him and er asked him again , in view of the fact that was having to sell him home , if it was possible to withdraw from the contract and it is the plaintiff 's case that he pointed out to Mr er quite definitely and quite clearly on the telephone , on this day , er that without er the funding that he had required to run this business er he could only see that this was going to be potentially disastrous for him er and once again , my Lord as he said this was a fairly heated conversation and er the plaintiff was told by Mr once again that there was no way out for him and he should now concentrate all his efforts on achieving completion , er and once again we were . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ The assistant chief constable of Merseyside said that this was going to be the greatest fraud trial since Poulson . |
| 16 | It was two beats before I realised that this was meant to be a very funny joke and then I struggled to match his guffaws , adding my own rather reedy piping to his basso mirth . |
| 17 | Public dispositions raise additional questions , for where there is a public interest we need not suppose that all was left to regulation by the remedies of private law . |