Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] discovered that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he explain exactly when it was discovered that that material was in the bags sent to Wandsworth prison and when the search for it started ? |
| 2 | It was discovered that all the other 9 offices has selected all male teams . |
| 3 | But two detectives who flew to Texas last month had to return without their prisoner after it was discovered that all the necessary paperwork in the USA had not been completed . |
| 4 | This theory was threatened when it was discovered that many substances gain weight after combustion . |
| 5 | In the middle ages , it was discovered that many regiments were not getting their fair share . |
| 6 | Party X , founded by emigré businessman Stanislaw Tyminiski after his defeat in the Polish presidential elections in November 1990 [ see pp. 37840-41 ; 38108 ] , was barred on Sept. 17 from fielding candidates in all constituencies except four , after it was discovered that many of the signatures on the party 's list of supporters were forgeries . |
| 7 | Shortly thereafter , it was discovered that these supposedly indivisible atoms are made up of electrons revolving about a nucleus with energies of the order of a few electron-volts . |
| 8 | In a study carried out of job interviews in America , it was discovered that most interviewers had made decisions about a candidate in the areas just mentioned within the first four minutes of the interview . |
| 9 | Despite its close proximity , it was discovered that this breed owed its curly coat to a different gene and close inspection revealed that , unlike the Cornish and German breeds , this one did have a few long guard hairs . |
| 10 | Only when it was discovered that some men , formerly working on the surface , were working in canteens on the lowest male rate — higher than the female rate — did the union begin to campaign for equal pay for the women . |
| 11 | In the two ballots held on May 17 it was discovered that some voters had voted twice , and Scalfaro , the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies since April [ see p. 38870 ] , ordered that the voting regulations should immediately be amended ; deputies would be handed a single voting slip as they entered a specially constructed voting booth . |