Example sentences of "was [adj] that [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed it was possible that the obstacles to change in Britain were too deeply ingrained for any government to effect significant improvements . |
| 2 | It was possible that the police would be able to provide him with some more samples of the suspect 's handwriting when they visited the lad 's place of work , but he did n't really need them . |
| 3 | It was manifest that the powers under section 39 overrode the duty of confidence , in particular having regard to the requirements of Schedule 3 , where breach of customers ' confidence was inevitable , for example when disclosing loans or deposits for the purposes of that Schedule ; the same applied to disclosure of large exposures under section 38 . |
| 4 | Once it was clear that no demonstrations would take place , the students became nervous about the ‘ xuechao ’ and began to withdraw from any action which could have been construed as political activism . |
| 5 | From its first policy statement it was clear that the initiatives for college courses and development was to come from the institutions themselves . |
| 6 | Unofficially , it was clear that the scientists had been sent back to their drawing boards . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the company 's financial controller said that , if one looked at the methods used by the cost accountant at the pre-investment ( i.e. product-design ) stage , it was clear that the notions of activity-based costing did receive careful consideration , before approval of the product design and projected product prices used in the investment appraisal . |
| 8 | When the campaign opened , it was not immediately obvious which particular issues the parties would choose to stress ; but by the middle of the campaign it was clear that the Conservatives were focusing on defence issues where their policy was so much more popular than Labour 's , if only because it seemed so much simpler to explain . |
| 9 | Neither the Labour nor the Liberal Party had won , but it was clear that the Conservatives had lost- and in an election called by them on an issue of their own choice . |
| 10 | But two weeks later , it was clear that the strikers were losing . |
| 11 | It was clear that the responses they had given to the respective campaign teams were not necessarily accurate . |
| 12 | Professor Glennerster said that it was clear that the benefits won by GP fund holders were swiftly being transferred to the patients of other GPs , which is what we said would happen . |
| 13 | In the old deed of settlement company , which was merely an enlarged partnership with the partnership property vested in trustees , it was clear that the members ' ‘ shares ’ entitled them to an equitable interest in the assets . |
| 14 | Again , it was clear that the ministers and their parliamentary colleagues , many of whom in any case disliked the scheme , would not pass into legislation any bill which had been declared contrary to church teaching by the bishops . |
| 15 | It was clear that the lines were drawn and that the two countries would have to compromise or find allies if the conference was not to degenerate into a complete fiasco . |
| 16 | Whichever happened , it was clear that the citizens of Somerset could look forward to a radioactive legacy on their coastline for more than many of their lifetimes . |
| 17 | It was clear that the employers proposed a plan to generate more immediate investment in the sector to provide some stability and to ensure that quality training would be provided . |
| 18 | It was clear that the records department could not remain in London . |
| 19 | It was clear that the premises were used for viewing works of art stored there by Capricorn and that it controlled access to the vault . |
| 20 | Further , it was clear that the supports and chipboard floor could also have been removed . |
| 21 | By four o'clock it was clear that the Tories had it in the bag . |
| 22 | It was clear that the supporters of the scheme were concerned with the status of mothers and children just as the early members of the Family Endowment Society had been . |
| 23 | Almost half had used some training units , but from our observations it was clear that the guidelines for use were rarely followed closely . |
| 24 | Even before 5 October 1968 it was clear that the radicals around the DHAC were beginning to lose the initiative and would be unable to consolidate themselves as an alternative leadership for anti-Unionists in the city . |
| 25 | In Litster , even though the sale was by a receiver , it was clear that the employees had been dismissed immediately prior to completing the sale of a business solely to avoid the effect of the Transfer Regulations on the sale . |
| 26 | It was clear that the verderers regarded the Friar as a dangerous enemy . |
| 27 | Roo Management wanted to put these rooms to intensive use throughout the day and in these circumstances it was clear that the contents could not remain . |
| 28 | It was clear that the events of 17 May 1968 had left their mark on him as indelibly as they had on Willy Morpurgo . |
| 29 | During the feed-back session , it was clear that the parishes approached the sacrament of baptism in many , different ways . |
| 30 | Although there was not a deliberate effort to discriminate on the grounds of sex , it was clear that the opportunities for girls to take CDT or for boys to take home economics were severely limited by the way the curriculum was organised . |