Example sentences of "was that it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The outcome was that it attracted masses of press attention .
2 The danger with this was that it caused believers to look to their own faith rather than to Christ alone for the assurance of their salvation .
3 His only comment was that it took work to be a politician : ‘ I 'd get caught out . ’
4 The important thing was that it took people 's minds away from national policies .
5 The essence of personal pensions was that it extended choice and encouraged personal saving .
6 Ken Pitt : ‘ But the big value of that album was that it brought David 's work to the attention of a lot of important people .
7 The problem with Darwin 's theory was that it reduced evolution to a chapter of accidents .
8 The only difference was that it said Phd at the end of it
9 The other important feature of this Act was that it legitimized expenditure on secondary and technical schools , and thereby stimulated the growth of this element of state education .
10 The greatest criticism which reviewers made of the early drafts of the book was that it lacked cohesiveness .
11 A further importance of abortion was that it gave women some control over their own fertility , especially given the hostility of many men to birth control .
12 But from my point of view what mattered most was that it bordered Abyssinia , where I hoped one day to be posted .
13 An advantage of the first point was that it allowed Galileo to say that the sacred scribes had intentionally refrained from imparting complex scientific knowledge , despite having it at their disposal .
14 One of the strengths of the questionnaire was that it facilitated discussion between Ernst & Young partners and managers and their clients , highlighting areas of which the firm was unaware and identifying the clients ' priorities in the services and provision of services it received from Ernst & Young .
15 Apart from the hurt feelings of departing managers , the most common reason for worrying about America 's spate of takeovers in the 1980s was that it pushed firms heavily into debt .
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