Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] discover that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This theory was threatened when it was discovered that many substances gain weight after combustion . |
| 2 | In the middle ages , it was discovered that many regiments were not getting their fair share . |
| 3 | In a study carried out of job interviews in America , it was discovered that most interviewers had made decisions about a candidate in the areas just mentioned within the first four minutes of the interview . |
| 4 | Only when it was discovered that some men , formerly working on the surface , were working in canteens on the lowest male rate — higher than the female rate — did the union begin to campaign for equal pay for the women . |
| 5 | In the two ballots held on May 17 it was discovered that some voters had voted twice , and Scalfaro , the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies since April [ see p. 38870 ] , ordered that the voting regulations should immediately be amended ; deputies would be handed a single voting slip as they entered a specially constructed voting booth . |