Example sentences of "was [verb] that [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Portography was undertaken that showed hepatic vein stenosis . |
| 2 | It was conceded that had any individual shareholder held a sufficient block to give him ‘ control ’ of the company then he might have been entitled to a higher price than the total market value of his shares , since he would then have been selling an item of property — control — additional to his shares . |
| 3 | Moreover , it was felt that acts other than penetration could be equally traumatic . |
| 4 | He could not help feeling how kind it was of a fellow human being to accord him such deference , that the speaker must have a particularly sweet and generous nature , must love and honour him , and he had to struggle against this , he had to resist cravenly agreeing with whatever was said that preceded that ‘ sir ’ . |
| 5 | Oh there 's some on there if you wan na er Joyce was saying that get vast material |
| 6 | While having no direct anti-tumour effect on the cells in vitro , it was found that cimetidine inhibited suppressor T cells allowing the initial anti-tumour response affecting cytotoxic T cells to persist and be effective . |
| 7 | The sugar was identified as either ribose or deoxyribose : for a time it was believed that plant nucleic acids always contained ribose and animal nucleic acids deoxyribose . |
| 8 | It was believed that continued high rates of building construction and enlightened social welfarism would produce a trickle-down effect to gradually remove all residual problems . |
| 9 | A reserve army of labour was created that included many Afro-Caribbean people and people from the Indian sub-continent . |
| 10 | However it is not the distance , but the conditions under which it was achieved that set this dive apart . |
| 11 | Neither the Sutton or Mitcham route was crossed by any overbridge and it was stated that covered top cars would be a boon when crossing Mitcham Common in winter . |
| 12 | He would join in battle or in love so closely with a human that a link was established that worked both ways . |