Example sentences of "was [verb] that no [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it was proven that no universal radical formula for obtaining all the roots of every quintic was available . |
| 2 | When the parties returned , it was to report that no more men had been found and that there was no way out . |
| 3 | Thirdly , it was claimed that no general warrants were issued . |
| 4 | Division of assets would be on the basis of the size of each republic 's population , Slovakia having approximately half the population of Bohemia-Moravia ; it was reported that no financial compensation would be paid by either republic to the other . |
| 5 | In 1753 a rule was introduced that no more could be removed than could be carried unbound under an arm . |
| 6 | The aim was to ensure that no one brewer controlled more than 40 per cent of the on-licences and 33 per cent of the off-licences in any area . |
| 7 | One of the aims of the Government 's 1988 benefit reforms was to ensure that no working families were faced with a marginal tax rate of over 100 per cent . |
| 8 | But Cnut was considerably more fortunate in the sources produced within 150 years of his death , for the explosion of literary activity which began shortly after the Norman Conquest , and which was to ensure that no future reign would be as badly documented as those of Cnut and his sons , also cast its light back to his period . |
| 9 | By paragraph 33 of the order it was provided that no such disclosure should be used as evidence in the prosecution of an offence alleged to have been committed by Mr. and Mrs. Tully . |
| 10 | '' ’ But in 1965 , it was announced that no new university would be built for ten years and that priority would go to the expansion of existing universities . |
| 11 | At the launching of Action for Cities , it was announced that no more UDCs were planned for the foreseeable future . |
| 12 | It was decreed that no new relics were to be venerated unless approved by the pope and the sale of relics was forbidden . |
| 13 | First , it was assumed that no long-range problems would occur ; that is , that the acidifying or toxic power of the gases would be neutralised long before they got to Scandinavia or anywhere else . |
| 14 | It was estimated that no fewer than 30,000 people could congregate at Grand Central without serious crowding . |
| 15 | Years later , long after Tam was " deed " , I did some research at the Black Watch archives in Perth and was assured that no such thing could ever have happened . |
| 16 | for Moore , to say that an act was right was to say that no alternative action would produce better consequences , while to say that it was ‘ a duty ’ or ‘ obligatory ’ was to say that it would produce the best consequences possible . |
| 17 | 30 Received £360 from the liquidator of Bills Bikes and was advised that no more would be forthcoming . |
| 18 | It was suggested that no fewer than 300 million acres of grain-growing land were opened up by this railway . |