Example sentences of "was [verb] that [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Try as she might , she could n't stop her eyes from straying back in his direction time and time again , and every time they had it was to see that same unfathomable look on his face . |
| 2 | The crunch came when it was realised that these competent women had a propensity to marry ( Martindale , 1939 ) . |
| 3 | It was claimed that most Hungarian citizens were either not informed of how to purchase the shares or could not afford to do so , and that the bulk of the issue had gone to former party bosses or to foreign institutions . |
| 4 | On Aug. 28 , it was reported that some 1,000 Italian troops would assist with the distribution of US$85,000,000 worth of Italian food aid , sufficient to meet Albania 's requirement for three months . |
| 5 | It was reported that several pro-US countries , including Yugoslavia , Egypt , Venezuela , Argentina and Cyprus , had resisted attempts to link Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait with the resolution of other Middle Eastern problems , in particular the Palestinian issue . |
| 6 | Thirdly , that it was considered that any non-certified outstanding points could be decided subsequently by the Court of Appeal . |
| 7 | It was expected that some 40-50 mergers per year would fall due for examination in this way . |
| 8 | By Aug. 24 , when the Security Council Military Staff Committee met , the USA had drafted a proposed resolution which would give UN legitimacy to the use of the necessary force to maintain a blockade , but which would leave the decision on such interventions to the naval command ( i.e. to the US Navy , in practice , or the British or French , since it was expected that those other countries which had contributed naval forces on a smaller scale would wish to avoid this controversial step ) . |
| 9 | ( c ) it was argued that any potential conflicts could be circumvented through the creation of ‘ Chinese walls ’ within firms ; |
| 10 | These perceptions and feelings were to be examined qualitatively rather than by means of any standardised measures , since it was felt that such complex issues could not be ( or had never successfully been ) encapsulated in a standardised scale . |
| 11 | It was felt that many indirect tax practitioners , and in particular those dealing with VAT , were former employees of Customs & Excise and therefore did not have a professional body to provide them with recognition , training and quality standards . |
| 12 | It was felt that this small portion of Station Lane made a poor impression on visitors approaching Scorton . |
| 13 | As the situation deteriorated , it was felt that some further evidence of the British government 's determination not to allow the majority to lean on the minority was needed . |
| 14 | On histological review , it was felt that these two tumours were more consistent with hepatocellular carcinoma than cholangiocarcinoma . |
| 15 | It was felt that both these circumstances may have contributed to the accident . |
| 16 | It was decided that this superb item should be auctioned and the proceeds given towards raffle prizes at the Reunion . |
| 17 | Subsequently , it was shown that many European countries suffer substantial damage to their forests through the effects of air pollution ( figure 4.17 ; table 4.2 ) . |
| 18 | After the ACE gene was cloned it was shown that this major gene effect is associated with an insertion ( I ) / deletion ( D ) polymorphism situated in intron 16 of the ACE gene ( ACE/ID polymorphism ) ; the mean plasma ACE level in DD subjects was about twice that of II subjects , with ID subjects having intermediate levels . |
| 19 | When the results were further analysed , it was shown that this high incidence was largely due to the male homosexual population attending these clinics . |
| 20 | Two district councils , Angus and Cumnock & Doon Valley , have already been pressing for changes and the committee was told that many other authorities were experiencing disadvantages because of the rule . |
| 21 | The Commission was told that all 13 hours of recordings of communications between the operations room of the SAP internal stability unit and police officers on the day of the massacre had been erased accidentally . |
| 22 | The court was told that all three were now grown up , with the girls 27 and 31 , and had only just revealed their ordeal at the hands of their stepfather . |
| 23 | In the beginning it was agreed that any British athlete in the top four would come forward for interview . |
| 24 | It was agreed that more vigorous representations would have to be made . |
| 25 | Russell 's own answer to this kind of problem , as is well known , was to suggest that all descriptive referential expressions without exception should be eliminated and replaced by certain predicates . |
| 26 | At one time it was thought that all chemical reactions were exothermic . |
| 27 | From information received it was thought that some illegal activity was afoot off the Teign estuary so Venturous and Valiant were detailed to keep watch on the movements of local vessels early in August , 1964 . |
| 28 | It was understood that this concealed differences among EC partners , with France arguing for an EC-Iraq meeting irrespective of the position regarding US-Iraqi contacts , and Italy and Spain prepared to endorse a meeting with Tariq Aziz provided that an eventual date had been set for a Bush-Aziz meeting . |
| 29 | In the experiment it was found that all three methods produced results that were better than random selection — but the domain specific methods were far superior to the domain-general method ( DG was 27% better than chance , the DS methods both roughly twice as good as chance ) . |
| 30 | The discovery of a species of Guarea ( Meliaceae ) with its own roots growing up into its hollow trunk , shortcircuiting the nutrient cycle , seemed excellent evidence in support of the hypothesis , though in Jamaica it was found that many such hollow trees were full of roots , but some of them were from trees that were not merely different individuals , but of different species ! |