Example sentences of "was that the whole [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second reason was that Palmerston had gone further than that by insisting on the appointment of an architect who had not even entered the competition , and the third reason was that the whole affair was so tangled when he took office that he appointed a Select Committee to look into it . |
| 2 | The bitter irony was that the whole plan had been her idea right from the start . |
| 3 | What the ‘ teacher ’ volunteer did not know was that the whole experiment was a set-up and that the ‘ learner ’ was in fact a co-worker of Milgram 's . |
| 4 | The main complaint was that the whole thing was a fraud , which could be proved because , as everyone knew … leprechauns canna write ! |
| 5 | Source C " The impression left on the minds of those who heard the speech , after the first sensations of surprise had passed , was that the whole thing had been arranged long before and that , while in the Cabinet and committee they had been making panic stricken efforts to balance the budget , the whole business had been a humbug and make-believe . " |
| 6 | The problem was that the whole thing had become so complex — it was n't only what he was going to do now but there was the stuff back at the club , there was Ashdown and what he knew , there was the whole sorry business of his suspension and the charges against him … taken one piece at a time it seemed bad enough , but taken all together it was far too much for his mind to handle . |
| 7 | At the conference , in the final plenary session , what was emerging was that the whole conference was virtually treating itself like handmaidens to the medical profession . |