Example sentences of "it [was/were] suggested that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Chapter 1 it was suggested that Mean Length of Utterance ( MLU ) measured in morphemes provides a useful summary of the normal child 's mastery of grammatical structure . |
| 2 | It was suggested that increasing ‘ affluence ’ and the growth of the ‘ middle class ’ meant the decomposition of the social base of the Labour Party ( e.g. Abrams and Rose , 1960 ) . |
| 3 | In Chapter 2 it was suggested that task-related information should be regarded as central . |
| 4 | It was suggested that female spiders , by cannibalizing courting males , have actively selected for small male size . |
| 5 | The committee felt that basic communication and numeracy skills were most important for this purpose , and so it was suggested that all CEE certificates should record proficiency scores in English and mathematics . |
| 6 | The result is very different from the ideas expressed in chapter 6 , where it was suggested that one of the many results of the rise of material culture as a mode of cultural form was its ability to multiply and keep apart a plethora of hierarchies and diverse spheres . |
| 7 | It was suggested that one of the reasons for this was that his main work as an advocate had been on behalf of trade unions , and on one occasion he had walked out of the National Industrial Relations Court in protest at the judge . |
| 8 | They would still like to have some toddler swings for the playing field and as an interim measure it was suggested that one of the existing swings should be fitted with a suitable toddler seat . |
| 9 | In Chapter 6 , it was suggested that one factor which contributed to the variations in fortune between different towns was the extent to which they had been affected by developments in the manufacture of cloth . |
| 10 | During the course of the meeting it was suggested that each Planning Department should nominate an appropriate member of staff to be the ‘ contact ’ person with the Scottish Wildlife Trust in relation to Wildlife Sites . |
| 11 | It was suggested that better training might help bring about some change . |
| 12 | It was suggested that cross-domain recognition may be constrained by a lack of mutual dictionary coverage and the specificity of the collocations they represent . |
| 13 | It was suggested that other generals , most notably , the Army Chief of Staff , Gen. Mirza Aslam Beg , had favoured Jatoi , a Sindhi , as Prime Minister " in the interests of national unity " . |
| 14 | Even though it was suggested that such crises may at some point lead to a collapse of the system , this is not inevitable nor even highly probable . |
| 15 | At our last meeting it was suggested that two groups should meet to discuss the future work of the Council . |
| 16 | In chapter 2 it was suggested that political responses to economic crisis were lagged and variable . |
| 17 | It was suggested that cultural differences would gradually be eroded also and that working class people would take on bourgeois , or middle class , lifestyles . |
| 18 | The negotiators agreed to meet again before the end of November , and although no date was arranged for the holding of full normalization talks , it was suggested that these might begin before the end of 1990 . |
| 19 | It was suggested that standard-sized boxes or crates be obtained for visitors to use for Herbarium sheets which needed to be moved around . |
| 20 | When a young worker offered one group the fact that in Germany workers had been given training to help people see themselves as not being ‘ simply cogs in a wheel ’ , it was suggested that this could not be done in Britain . |
| 21 | It was suggested that this ‘ principle ’ is only subject to minor qualification : see Goff and Jones , The Law of Restitution , 3rd ed. ( 1986 ) , pp. 169–171 . |
| 22 | It was suggested that this policy " be continued and issued to all concerned as AFHQ policy in the following form " : ( a ) No Jugoslavs , who are ( 1 ) Supporters of Mihailovitch ( Chetniks ) ( 2 ) Supporters of Nedic … ( 3 ) Croats ( 4 ) Slovenes ( 5 ) Miscellaneous refugees and dissident civilians , including women and children who have come into the hands of Allied troops will be returned to Jugoslavia . |
| 23 | A much greater proportion contribute to worship in churches of all kinds , as organists , singers , servers and stewards ; it was suggested that this could be as high as 80 or even 90% . |
| 24 | It was suggested that this mutation , where C 1245 is replaced by T and as a consequence of this transition Ser 340 is replaced by Phe in the distal variable region of the mutant HsdS polypeptide , influences the assembly of the HsdM , S methylase complex with the HsdR subunit [ 16 ] . |
| 25 | It was suggested that this is more of a risk in small , rural communities where anonymity is practically impossible , and where the care programme approach might ‘ label ’ clients of mental health services . |
| 26 | Now to the house itself , one of the early observers gives us a clue when mentioning the house he writes of the fine Elizabethan chimneys still standing , these I believe are those which collapsed in 1973 after having previously been lowered owing to their dangerous condition , on the collapse of these some fine timber framing was discovered in the older parts of the house showing considerable blackening , and Mrs Lingham informed me that vestiges of a gallery were discovered , and it was suggested that this part of the building may have been of the hall type . |
| 27 | The intention was for students to complete a short initial destinations questionnaire as they approached the end of their course , and it was suggested that this might be done in the last formal course session , or when projects were handed in ( if appropriate ) . |
| 28 | And it was suggested that this scheme should be presented to us , I thought one of their representatives was supposed to be coming here tonight to present it to us , obviously not been possible . |
| 29 | It was suggested that this criticism was a consequence of resentment at Suharto 's failure to follow the military 's advice in a number of areas , including the appointment of the Vice-President after the 1988 election [ see p. 36933 ] . |
| 30 | Following the discovery of prostacyclin it was suggested that endothelial cell production of this very potent antiaggregatory substance might explain this important property ( Moncada et al , 1977 ; Moncada & Vane , 1978 ) . |