Example sentences of "that [noun] [was/were] [verb] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 4 it was announced that APEC was holding further discussions on the inclusion of China , Taiwan and Hong Kong , having reached a consensus on the need to admit all the " three Chinas " to the group [ see pp. 37613 ; 37656 ] . |
| 2 | With a slight sense that things were moving faster than anticipated , Loretta admitted that she had no firm plans for the next day . |
| 3 | It was just that things were getting worse , not better as time passed . |
| 4 | Things would n't have been so bleak , perhaps , if the dramatic rise in population had been brought about by healthier times and a consequent increase in life expectancy ; in the event , many scholars would cite a different cause or causes for it — like the fact that the decline of the apprenticeship system meant that couples were marrying younger , and so increasing the number of child-bearing years per family . |
| 5 | Thus it seems likely that health authorities were encouraged to be generous in the allocation of budgets , that fundholders were less concerned than they might otherwise have been about the need to stay within strict cash limits , and that non-fundholders were allowed greater freedom of referral than might have been anticipated . |
| 6 | Word came back in two days ' time that Sigarup was getting better . |