Example sentences of "was that the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Ostrom found , incidentally , was that the second toe of the hind foot did not reach the ground but ended in a large and vicious claw . |
| 2 | How cruelly ironic it was that the first man to capture her heart and awaken her senses , the man she had waited and longed for , should be metaphorically a ship passing in the night . |
| 3 | His reasoning was that the first field was inadequate for operating with the additional load . |
| 4 | One early assumption was that the first atmosphere on Earth consisted of gases rich in nitrogen and hydrogen , such as ammonia and methane . |
| 5 | It was a Conservative-held seat , and the assumption was that the next election would result in two Baldwins sitting for Worcestershire . |