Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | By doing so he was guilty of unlawful eviction and , accordingly , the judge in the court below was right to conclude that this was a case in which the tenant , on her counterclaim , was entitled to damages under section 28 of the Housing Act 1988 . |
| 2 | When Helena Levy died earlier this year the Trust was delighted to find that this generosity had extended to leaving seven-eighths of her estate to the Trust — a sum likely to amount to nearly £5 million . |
| 3 | With a brass section that cheerfully joined in any chorus they could remember complete with formation instrument swaying and excellent drums , double bass and guitar , it was easy to see that this band have been all over the world together . |
| 4 | On a raw spring day at Shingle Street last week , it was easy to believe that this tiny hamlet held some great mystery . |
| 5 | It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings . |
| 6 | It was hard to believe that this was actually happening ; harder still to accept that she could n't do anything about it . |
| 7 | It was hard to believe that this generously smiling woman was the same predatory creature she 'd been watching just a moment ago — but the image she had seen was seared in her brain , and suddenly she knew there was no way in the world that she could allow this woman to be a mother to Kirsty . |
| 8 | However , in his researches , Professor Mark Rosenzweig was able to prove that this was not so and that , given sufficient stimulation , the brain can actually develop at any age . |
| 9 | He was pleased to note that this had the desired effect — she no longer wet herself . |
| 10 | The haste , perhaps , and the diffidence both , were encouraged by his wife , who did not like him to talk of Trade , considering it to be vulgar , and yet she was pleased to note that this casual reference to wealth met with a satisfactory , if silent , response . |
| 11 | He was shocked to see that this beard , unlike his hair and whiskers which were dark brown in colour , was sprouting with an atheistical tint of ginger , only a little darker than the whiskers of the free-thinking Magistrate . |
| 12 | For Jane 's mother , and for everyone else who knew her , it was difficult to appreciate that this traumatised golfer was the same person as the one to whom , in amateur days , everything had come so easily . |
| 13 | As I looked down at him lying there it was difficult to believe that this was Shimi Lovat . |
| 14 | In some cases they may explode or manage to throw off enough matter to reduce their mass below the limit and so avoid catastrophic gravitational collapse , but it was difficult to believe that this always happened , no matter how big the star . |
| 15 | One look was enough to confirm that this was polio , and that the delay in coming to see us probably meant that we had passed the porodomal , or incubatory stage . |
| 16 | There was a limit to what she could make out , given the angle and that she was trying to see the page upside-down , but what she saw was enough to confirm that this book , or perhaps its predecessor for the previous year , had the potential to tell her exactly what she most needed to know . |
| 17 | I know we 've argued all these years and I 've been irritable , if not downright rude , but … but … ’ and Creggan was astonished to see that this fiercest of eagles was suddenly close to a profound grief and for a few moments quite unable to say anything more . |
| 18 | He was surprised to find that this dairymaid had such sad thoughts . |