Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spirit of papal statements throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was that it was the duty of the state to oppose freedom of conscience in matters of religion and freedom of worship and to celebrate openly the worship of God ‘ in that way which he has shown to be his will ’ , namely Roman catholicism ( Leo XIII 1903 : 111–12 ) . |
| 2 | The consequence of the Knoyles ' poverty and the Hutchings ' absenteeism over the previous two centuries was that the Manor House had a miraculous escape from Georgian owners wanting to keep up with the times . |
| 3 | But her value in his eyes was that she was his son 's future bride , through whom he would control Scotland ; he did not envisage her doing so herself as an individual monarch , and the secret agreements she made just before her marriage show how far she agreed with him . |
| 4 | I think he was n't much of a horseman , perhaps had n't been in the regiment very long ; and the great achievement in his eyes was that he had managed to do that long and difficult gallop without falling off . |
| 5 | What frustrated his old fans was that when he went it more or less alone , as on 1982 's masterfully stark and turbulent Music For A New Society , Cale produced what he also regards as his best album , ‘ because all the old pain was right there . ’ |
| 6 | He said : ‘ The word from Manchester United fans was that we could do them a big favour , and we 've undoubtedly done them one , but I got the impression that our own fans would not have been too bothered if we 'd lost today . ’ |
| 7 | The only disappointment for the Sunderland fans was that the team did not come out to be saluted after their 1–0 victory as happened when the 1973 side also won through to Wembley at Hillsborough . |
| 8 | His primary objection to the lists was that they were patronising to teachers . |
| 9 | In most areas of local government activity , the main concern of business organizations was that councils should operate as cheaply as possible and interfere as little as possible with their operations through planning controls . |
| 10 | Sources said top administration officials told politicians in a closed briefing on Wednesday that one of their greatest worries was that a long-term American occupation would turn opinion both in Panama and throughout the region against the new government . |
| 11 | The only good news for drivers was that there will be no snow . |
| 12 | The effect of these two prescriptions was that the principal repayments of loans raised were taken off the balance sheet and put through the revenue account . |
| 13 | blues parties was that Has that been a major problem in the flats ? |
| 14 | ‘ One of the attractions was that he does n't jump out of cars shouting freeze . |
| 15 | One privilege of his Gascon subjects was that the duchy could never be alienated to anyone except an eldest son — hence the outbreak of conflict under Richard II when John of Gaunt ( the king 's uncle ) was made duke of Aquitaine ( 1390–4 ) . |
| 16 | Probably the most spectacular of the new castles was that built by William de Warenne at Lewes , towering on its two mounds above the surrounding town and the wide flood plains of the Ouse . |
| 17 | The industrial tribunal found that the reason for the dismissals was that the managing director was strongly anti-union but that none of the four could show that the reason for his dismissal was his own union membership or activities . |
| 18 | The result of these strong words was that the irksome proviso was deleted and the new lease agreed . |
| 19 | The third distinctive feature of the dinosaurs was that many species grew enormously in size . |
| 20 | The significance of the presence of both branches was that G-5 were concerned with policy on displaced persons , while G-1 was concerned with military personnel . |
| 21 | My objection to his high heels was that he would do himself a mischief if he had to bale out ! |
| 22 | The upshot of this long sessions was that Eliot asked me to send him all the relevant documents , which I did in a letter of 20 May . |
| 23 | The last of the poor man 's gold rushes was that directed in 1896 to the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers , Alaska . |
| 24 | The press version of the events at Lambeth Baths was that the meeting had been rowdy . |
| 25 | Mr Helvin said that the ethos or vision of our Catholic schools was that the children should learn that the attitudes and values of our religion should imbue every aspect of our lives . |
| 26 | When I started teaching the assumption which underpinned most primary schools was that schools were exclusive places . |
| 27 | The main effect of the situation in the schools was that the development work on practical , oral and investigative assessments was slowed and the collection of views from teachers on issues relating to graduated tests was reduced . |
| 28 | wrote to all the same places again this year and the response we got back from the schools was that this particular year they 've got nobody coming forward who they consider would |
| 29 | The idea of increasing the diameter in waterwheels was that the number of ‘ buckets ’ could be increased and so the bigger the wheel the more power was generated . |
| 30 | But one of the ironies of life in the border districts was that it also produced Poles who became more German the more nearly they were incorporated into the Polish state , and Poles and Jews whose political opinions were so far to the right that only their ethnic , religious or national identity stood between them and the Nazi Party . |