Example sentences of "was [verb] that [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it was realised that even small changes in the sun 's output affect the Earth 's climate significantly . |
| 2 | This was not pursued when it was realised that quite small countries like Ireland could become significant contributors . |
| 3 | It is an area in which it was claimed that reasonably good relations existed between young blacks and the police , as a result of the practice of community policing introduced in the late 1970s . |
| 4 | In speeches summing up for Yeltsin it was claimed that about 40,000,000 people had been " eliminated " by the CPSU , and that 19,840,000 " enemies of the people " had been repressed . |
| 5 | On Aug. 10 it was reported that over 47,000 commercial licences had been issued since the relegalization of small-scale private enterprise in February [ see p. 37252 ] . |
| 6 | It was reported that about 20,000 refugees fled to Uganda and Zaïre in the last two weeks of January as a result of the fighting . |
| 7 | Furthermore , in their returns to the research team , administrators in some LEAs spoke of 5 per cent as their target population for statements , while elsewhere it was considered that as many as 18 per cent could require a statement . |
| 8 | Christmas carols blared tinnily from a loudspeaker system overhead and from every shop window , or so it seemed , the public was reminded that only four more shopping days remained until Christmas . |
| 9 | Although many potential customers may only require parts of the information system , a decision was made that only complete systems could be sold . |
| 10 | When it was shown that both isoniazid and Marsilid inhibited the activity of monoamine oxidase and that Marsilid was considerably more potent , the possible implications aroused a great deal of interest . |
| 11 | They 're working on it , but there are about 50,000 kilometres of roads in all and I was told that fully half of them need to be torn up and rebuilt from scratch . |
| 12 | It was agreed that only two members of the committee were necessary for the bingo sessions . |
| 13 | It was agreed that only ten people should tramp round the tiny cottage at a time ; the remainder were forced to mingle with the morning shoppers and then to walk on to the old St Mary 's Chapel , which once had held the shrine of Our Lady of Bradstow and to which passing ships would lower their sails in honour . |
| 14 | Until 1828 it was thought that only living things could make such molecules — hence the name ‘ organic ’ . |
| 15 | He too , was proud and as he looked round the crowded pews of St Christopher 's in Englefield , New Jersey , he thought of what a good turn-out it was considering that so many of them had come up from New York . |
| 16 | It was found that approximately 30 per cent of the map area was made up of polygons which did not agree with the initial map descriptions . |
| 17 | ( At the end of the War , it was found that over 50 deaf men from Manchester Institute for the Deaf were entitled to the Defence Service Medal for their work with the Civil Defence , and this could be repeated throughout the country . |
| 18 | For example , in a survey of the Iron and Steel Industry during 1979 , it was found that over 90 per cent of subcontracting companies employed over 300 workers ( Mesatoshi 1980 p.51 ) . |
| 19 | For example , in a survey of the Iron and Steel Industry during 1979 , it was found that over 90 per cent of subcontracting companies employed over 300 workers ( Mesatoshi 1980 p.51 ) . |
| 20 | It was found that even existing shareholders had had a very limited knowledge of the savings schemes that investment trusts offer . |
| 21 | Unexpectedly it was found that almost all the inhibitory substance passed into the alcohol . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , it was found that only one modification to the basic specification of the model was required . |
| 23 | However , with the S.M.E.T. service cut back to Mitcham , it was found that only four would be required , so the best four were sent to Hendon to be slightly modified to resemble other S.M.E.T. cars . |
| 24 | Owing to the delays that had occurred since the marketing studies were made in 1983 and because of the attractiveness of the finished scheme , it was found that considerably higher prices could be obtained for the flats than had been originally foreseen . |
| 25 | After unification it was proposed that about 16 politicians from East Germany should attend with observer status and that at the next elections to the European Parliament ( scheduled for 1994 ) Germany 's representation in the Parliament would be increased from its present 81 members to 97 . |
| 26 | While Mr Heseltine discreetly canvassed back-bench dissidents on a plan to save 13 pits , some for up to only two years , the Treasury was insisting that only eight pits could be justifiably saved . |
| 27 | After the Paris meeting it was announced that about 85 per cent of this amount had been pledged , with donors promising $300,000,000 in debt relief and between $800,000,000 and $900,000,000 in grants and loans , mainly to finance imports required for the economic recovery programme . |
| 28 | Trolleybus routes 630 and 654 continued to operate unhindered and without modification until 1958 , when it was announced that as many of the vehicles were now over 25 years old ( including those on route 654 ) , they needed replacement and what better than the ‘ more flexible ’ motor bus . |
| 29 | It was emphasised that only limited information was available about the performance of Access students in higher education , and that the vast majority of students who had completed their higher education course came from one Access course . |
| 30 | Initially it was believed that only one of these , the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus , was involved in visual perception and that the rest were involved in visual reflexes like pupillary control ( the pretectum ) , orientation movements ( the superior colliculus ) , and stabilization of the visual field when the head moves ( the accessory optic system ) . |