Example sentences of "was [verb] that [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was considered that unless 400 or 500 quintals of copper were produced in a year there could be little gain . |
| 2 | It was argued that since any payment above the standard rent would be illegal and indeed a criminal offence under section 17 of that Act , the lease itself was unlawful and accordingly the agreement for commission fixed upon the amount of the rent stipulated in it was also illegal and irrecoverable . |
| 3 | Should coal run out , it was argued that as long as hydrogen could be obtained ( eg from solar or nuclear sources ) plus carbon dioxide ( from chalk or air ) such processes would still be viable . |
| 4 | Given the above potential for arbitrage profits , it was argued that if enough investors acted on this opportunity , the price of ABC Ltd would rise and that of XYZ Ltd would fall in response to the changing pattern of demand . |
| 5 | Consequently , it was felt that while this had not so far been excessive , we needed to keep it under very careful scrutiny to prevent our increasing requests becoming unnecessarily burdensome for the visitors . |
| 6 | It was felt that if such unity could be achieved in the poorly organized wool textile trade then it was even more likely that it might be achieved in better organized industries . |
| 7 | In addition it was felt that if regional studios were established as well as transmitters , these would be able to originate their own material for local transmission , which would help redress any cultural imbalance in programming . |
| 8 | Ledwith and Crothers were described as window cleaners , and it was alleged that while one of them was inside a telephone box and the other was outside , P. C.s Roberts and Pearce arrested them and took them to the Bridewell . |
| 9 | He could get up to all sorts of tricks and I was told that when another one of the lads at the same farm applied for a job as a coachman , Grandad gave him a reference . |
| 10 | The girl had suffered from tuberculosis of the lungs , but it was agreed that although that would ‘ probably at no very distant period have terminated fatally ’ the immediate cause of death was in the stomach . |
| 11 | It was agreed that where possible a system of barter would operate , with for example Estonia bartering electricity for Latvian gas ; where this was not possible accounting would be based on the deutschmark . |
| 12 | It was agreed that where possible this should be extended into other areas . |
| 13 | Well I mean I a asked Christine yesterday and she was saying that because this is n't a project any more it 's actually supposed to in the end of week three . |
| 14 | Surveying 150 companies — half UK owned and half foreign owned — it was found that while 69 per cent of companies recognized trade unions for the purpose of collective bargaining , non-recognition was higher in the newer industries , i.e. , those likely to supply most of the new employment in the decades ahead . |
| 15 | After extending palaeomagnetic investigations to rocks from North America it was found that while these too showed an apparent movement of the magnetic pole the path of polar wandering appeared to differ systematically from that determined for Europe . |
| 16 | In this way , when the number of allowable strings or phrases is high , a few most likely can be stored — it was found that if all allowable phrases with long sequences were stored , there was insufficient memory on the computer ! |
| 17 | The problem , Mr Vickerman said , was to ensure that while all students were able to use technology appropriate to their subjects , some examination candidates should not be disadvantaged by having less advanced calculators than others . |
| 18 | It was submitted that whilst this might be correct , such an approach is inconsistent with sections 38(6) , 43(8) and 44(7) of that Act and with paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 3 . |
| 19 | In laboratory studies where male cats were kept isolated , awaiting mating tests with females , it was discovered that if one male was placed in a cage belonging to another tom it was often ‘ raped ’ by the cage owner . |
| 20 | His friends were calling to him , urging him on , and he was thinking that if this was what he had wanted all these years he was afraid of it . |
| 21 | It was held that since all the requirements of subsection ( 2 ) were fulfilled , the seller 's lien was defeated . |
| 22 | In one case it was held that because such disparity would result from the closure by an LEA of the only two single-sex boys ' schools in its area , whilst the authority permitted its two girls ' schools to remain , there was unlawful sex discrimination . |