Example sentences of "was [vb pp] that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was intended that all parties should agree on two new treaties at the December 1991 European Council meeting at Maastricht , Netherlands , which would then require approval by member country parliaments before they entered into force . |
| 2 | It was intended that these measures should provide the tenant with a defence against the unscrupulous landlord , both in terms of protection against unfair eviction and also as a guarantee of ‘ fair ’ rents , especially for those on low incomes . |
| 3 | Using the end point of investigator 's assessment of remission , it was calculated that 226 patients were required to show that fluticasone propionate was at worst 15% inferior to prednisolone . |
| 4 | The Pilgrim Trust 's survey of a sample of unemployed men included some 170,000 wives and it was calculated that these women ate only 70 per cent of the calories consumed by men , rather than the 85 per cent recommended by dieticians . |
| 5 | I remind him that there has been criticism historically when statements have been made about incidents in Great Britain , when it was commented that similar statements had not been made in the context of Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | From the start of welfare provision for the disabled it was recognized that social workers would have a key role to play in putting the handicapped in touch with the provision available . |
| 7 | It was explained that these accounts would be used in a later practical class . |
| 8 | It was foreseen that difficult situations might arise in the operation of such a scheme , for example two elderly dementia sufferers could live next door to one another , one able to receive support from the action project and the other not . |
| 9 | For rebuilding , it was recommended that existing clauses governing the height and site coverage of buildings should be reviewed ; a revised table of heights and angles of set-back was put forward and a new code of daylighting adopted . |
| 10 | It was recommended that criminal charges be filed in such cases . |
| 11 | It was recommended that three acres of this ground should be purchased . |
| 12 | The work of advice agencies was praised and it was recommended that public funds should be available for their development . |
| 13 | In a report launched in May , Organising for Safety , it was recommended that organisational factors be given the same emphasis as equipment failure and individual human error when considering safety . |
| 14 | During the Christmas revolution , it was claimed that Arab guerrillas in training camps formed the core of the last defenders of Ceauşescu 's regime . |
| 15 | When the 1970s arrived , it was claimed that nuclear stations actually were producing electricity which was 35 per cent cheaper than coal and 50 per cent cheaper than oil . |
| 16 | His concern was echoed in a BBC Panorama investigation Only Fools And Horses ? on Monday in which it was claimed that off-course bookies must pour more of their profits back into the Sport of Kings — or it could die . |
| 17 | In 1978 it was claimed that these devices could not produce electricity at a cheaper rate than 20 pence per kilowatt hour ( as opposed to the Central Electricity Generating Board 's 2.7 pence per kilowatt hour ) but this has now been reduced to 10 pence per kilowatt hour while Dr Salter maintains that the Duck could achieve 4 pence per kilowatt hour . |
| 18 | In the 1992 syllabus review it was clarified that vertical groups including associates held by subsidiaries were examinable in this paper . |
| 19 | On Sept. 19 , however , it was reported that Western diplomats had suggested that the magistrate leading the investigation , Jean-Louis Bruguière , regarded Syria to be the main suspect . |
| 20 | On May 13th at a meeting of a special sub-committee , it was reported that various articles of furniture had been found in the master 's apartments . |
| 21 | Shortly after Abe 's arrest it was reported that other members of the Miyazawa faction were being questioned in connection with the affair . |
| 22 | Over in Xian , it was reported that two postgraduates of the Northwestern University were assaulted by the children of a well-placed professor . |
| 23 | It was reported that internal differences had been resolved . |
| 24 | By 1900 it was reported that 500,000 households in England and Wales had been visited . |
| 25 | It was reported that Palestinian forces , and militias of the Syrian-backed Amal movement and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah , withdrew from the Iqlim al-Tuffah area in compliance with previous agreements . |
| 26 | On Nov. 16 Castro announced that Cuba was entering " the bicycle age " in response to the shortfalls , and it was reported that 750,000 bicycles had been ordered from China . |
| 27 | By the end of June it was reported that 3,800,000 voters had registered , out of approximately 10,000,000 people entitled to do so . |
| 28 | On Oct. 7 it was reported that 46,000 foreigners , the majority of them Romanian nationals , had in the previous three days been refused entry from 27 countries for not fulfilling these conditions . |
| 29 | It was reported that Laotian rebels on June 14 captured three government military positions after heavy fighting in the north-east of the country . |
| 30 | Both Croatia and Slovenia on Jan. 15 refused to comply with the State Presidency 's order , and on Jan. 17 it was reported that republican leaders had met to co-ordinate resistance to a feared military crackdown . |