Example sentences of "was [vb pp] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was reported that some delegates demanded the replacement of between 70 and 90 per cent of the 91-member central committee , but almost 80 per cent of the outgoing central committee members were estimated to have been re-elected . |
| 32 | In some areas it was reported that large numbers of troops had ben deployed to restore order . |
| 33 | Also in December it was reported that secret trials of Beijing students who had participated in the protests had begun . |
| 34 | It was reported that over-ripe tomatoes and some oldish eggs had been tossed at the door of two southern commercial stations , which was a smear tactic we deplored with emphasis . |
| 35 | It was reported that Cuban resales of Soviet oil , an important source of foreign currency , had dropped from a peak of almost US$600,000,000 in 1985 to US$180,000,000 in 1989 . |
| 36 | On Jan. 24 it was reported that 28 members of the Interim Legislative Assembly had taken their seats . |
| 37 | On the day after Aquino 's announcement it was reported that 28 congressmen and 22 governors had broken with the LDP and announced their support for Ramos . |
| 38 | This month it was reported that Chinese officials and technicians are equipping an Iranian nuclear facility near the southern Iran-Iraq border in Khuzestan , with uranium-enriching technology . |
| 39 | For those universities producing the largest numbers of theses , it was considered that personal visits to their libraries for examination of the consultation records was desirable , so as also to study storage conditions , ease of access , and to discuss regulations on access , loan , and copying with the relevant library staff . |
| 40 | Basically , the local authority suspended improvement grants which had previously been available because it was considered that these areas might be cleared in order to meet ‘ the necessity for new housing development being provided to the south of Saville Street to contribute to the success of the proposed new shopping centre ’ ( Town Improvement Committee , 8 March 1971 ) . |
| 41 | By 8 March there were 27 dead and 227 wounded in the rioting ; later it was disclosed that 2000 persons had been detained ‘ behind barbed wire ’ . |
| 42 | Here it was stressed that many streets and squares will in the future look very different from today , with each being treated individually , selecting an approach from a multitude of possibilities ( Figure 5.4 ) . |
| 43 | Legal proceeding were started against Barak , Stepan and Colotka , and it was expected that many others would be charged in due course . |
| 44 | The French government tried to save money by accrediting the consul-general it sent to Japan in 1858 also as chargé d'affaires ( a device quite often used outside Europe , mainly in minor Latin-American states where it was expected that political relations would be very much subordinate to commercial ones ) . |
| 45 | At the same time it was expected that accompanying memoirs would be published explaining in detail the geology shown on the maps . |
| 46 | It was noticed that some undertakers dispensed with full-length shrouds , preferring to adapt the coffin lining to serve this purpose . |
| 47 | It was argued that such covenants are often contained in conveyances , leases and mortgages , and that they had never been subject to the doctrine of restraint of trade and consequently the test of reasonableness . |
| 48 | It was argued that many disputes which were previously resolved by headmen would be taken to the new courts . |
| 49 | Moreover , it was argued that contractionary policies introduced during boom periods to reduce the growth in imports and inflationary pressures had their full effect when the economy had begun to move into recession . |
| 50 | In the previous section , it was argued that major contributions to the growth of scientific knowledge come about either when a bold conjecture is confirmed or when a cautious conjecture is falsified . |
| 51 | It was argued that social acts were essentially motivated behaviour and could be properly understood and explained only in terms of these underlying dispositions . |
| 52 | ‘ From the earliest articulation of the problem [ of rape ] it was argued that antiquated statutes provide little protection for the victim and hinder effective prosecution . |
| 53 | It was argued that these findings reflected general activation of both hemispheres combined with specific activation of the left hemisphere . |
| 54 | Nevertheless it was argued that these procedures violated Article 8 of the Convention on two grounds , one because people were not always notified after the surveillance , the other because there was no judicial supervision of the procedures . |
| 55 | It was argued that these assignments were by way of charge . |
| 56 | Not only were their needs felt to threaten the living standards of other groups , but it was argued that these needs should be given less priority : ‘ It is dangerous to be in any way lavish to old age , until adequate provision . |
| 57 | While it was argued that these centres create jobs , can help create a better image for the area and provide shopping facilities locally , many expressed concern that the jobs provided are part-time and low paid and go no way towards creating a sound economic base in the community . |
| 58 | By the turn of the century it was accepted that certain parts of the brain were specialized for either sensation or movement but , as Brodmann ( in Kolb and Whishaw 1985 ) demonstrated , there are large areas of the human cerebral cortex that are neither obviously motor nor sensory . |
| 59 | In her case it was accepted that many women in their 20s are involved in child birth and looking after children with the consequences that they are out of the employment market . |
| 60 | Did the inclusion of 'subsidiary " invalidate the restrictive covenant as it was accepted that many subsidiaries did not deal in the mail order business ( one was a restaurant in Alice Springs ) . |