Example sentences of "was suggested that the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was suggested that the new arrangements would also weaken the roles of course teams in institutions , to the benefit of heads of departments and central administrations , and another commentator talked of the danger of increased internal conflict between management and ‘ the grassroots ’ .
2 In letters to the Israeli and Palestinian delegations it was suggested that the two sides should concentrate on a discussion of the practical details of Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip .
3 Following the seizure of the Russian section of partitioned Poland in 1916 and the creation by the Germans of a new ‘ Polish state ’ based on the old Congress Kingdom of Poland , it was suggested that the entire Polish population of Prussia and Silesia should be expelled into this new satellite state , and that Germany should then repopulate its borders with colonists from the western districts , with recalled settlers from Russia , the Ukraine , Hungary and Romania .
4 During the mid 1970s , it was suggested that the increased use of nitrogen-based agricultural fertilizers and/or nitrogen-fixing vegetation might affect the nitrogen cycle and result in an increase in the amounts of oxides of nitrogen released from the surface into the atmosphere .
5 In view of the published data on roll angle values , it was suggested that the major groove-directed curvature is present in the CTAGAG , but not GGGCCC motifs ( 4 ) .
6 It was suggested that the best way for trade unions to fight unemployment was to defend already existing jobs that are under threat — for example , to fight redundancies in Mackies and to strike against privatisation in the hospitals and schools .
7 In some quarters it was suggested that the best solution would be to set up a government of ‘ national trustees ’ , headed by McKenna , who had deserted politics for banking and had not sat in ; Parliament since 1918 .
8 When it was suggested that the upper skins had been forced off as a result of the inflation of the fixed tailplane by the pressurised air through the ruptured pressure dome escaping via the rear ( unpressurised ) part of the fuselage , I contended that it was necessary to have more reliable evidence than uncorroborated deduction before such a conclusion could be accepted .
9 Yes Norman Lamont you 're right erm even the demise was suggested that the square sausage , which seemed possible on the basis of the conversion of metric tables and if you do n't know what the square sausage is , the G M B Scotland delegates will only be too happy er to give you the answer .
10 When it was suggested that the dredged-out silt could be used to cover a children 's playground , the National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) advised against this , because of the contamination present .
11 It was suggested that the conserved regions are involved in protein-protein interactions and the variable regions in DNA recognition [ 7 ] .
12 At the beginning of this chapter it was suggested that the main features by which we can characterise the wider category of positivist criminology ( and which also serve to distinguish it from classical criminology ) are determinism , differentiation , pathology and the diversion of attention away from crime ( and the criminal law ) to the criminal .
13 It was suggested that the next Informal Group meeting should be used to discuss how we proceed , with the following Formal meeting being devoted to implementation .
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