Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [was/were] [verb] that " in BNC.

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31 So have you , have you have you now persuaded yourself that perhaps you 're over optimistic about I mean cos you were suggesting that attitudes had changed
32 ( Errors in calculation have been made at times , but discovered only when the water began to flow and it was found that the levada went uphill . )
33 The witness was subsequently recalled and it was established that her particular work ( presumably some form of basting or binding ) could not be accomplished by machine .
34 The diagnosis was explained and she was reassured that there was no serious disease .
35 In October 1962 the choir felt it was difficult for them to give a strong lead to the congregational singing because of where the choir was placed and it was recommended that the Trustees should take expert advice on the rearranging of the pulpit area of the church .
36 The reference to ‘ the application in the prescribed manner ’ makes me believe that it was contemplated that some form of summary process would be prescribed in order to enable speedy relief to be given in clear cases .
37 It may be said that the Financial Secretary 's reference to the taxpayers being liable to tax as under the pre-existing law ( i.e. , under the Finance Act 1948 , section 39 as re-enacted by the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 ) shows that he was saying that the position was unchanged : nothing the Minister said could effect the proper construction of legislation already on the statute book .
38 A copy of the figures are enclosed and it was suggested that perhaps class members and secretaries might be interested in seeing how their subscriptions are spent .
39 If a B T employee did disclose information against all their training and against the rules that we 've got in place in B T , then we would obviously take that very seriously indeed and erm dismissal would no doubt follow if it was found that th the person had disclosed information .
40 On the other hand , to satisfy Kohl , financial assistance to Eastern Europe was promised and it was affirmed that the German people had the right ‘ to regain its unity through free self-determination . ’
41 The accounts were approved and it was moved that " a box be obtained for the Custody of the Deeds , & be lettered " Stockport Grammar School " " .
42 Recently physical interaction of the carboxyl-terminal domain ( CTD ) of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II with TATA-binding protein has been shown and it was proposed that the CTD is one of the components of the RNA polymerase II that interacts with the DAB complex during recruitment of the enzyme ( 47,48 ) .
43 Independent tests carries out on the packs , including representative chemicals from acids , alkalis and solvents , proved the broad chemical compatibility of the sorbent material used and it was noted that the pack can be applied to a wide range of chemical leakages .
44 The wood opposite was smoking with dusk again and I was looking forward to seeing the orderly , when my door was opened and I was told that I would be moved across to the main camp at once .
45 Suzanne Gratton , 22 , of Warwick Close , Birkenhead , was accused after it was noticed that the licence on her car had been taken out for another vehicle .
46 Senior party members were due to meet the American delegation — who arrived in Ireland today on a fact-finding visit — but were reconsidering after it was revealed that the group will meet Sinn Fein .
47 Indeed , this was shown before it was demonstrated that the inferotemporal cortex was anatomically part of the visual system .
48 that 's another story with a an unusual ending cos I 'd have thought when you were saying that he was n't that he did n't give them the
49 ‘ The manager was told when he was appointed that his was a pressure job and that the pressure would increase with good results or bad .
50 A quote has been received but it was felt that something on a less extensive scale would be sufficient .
51 A quote has been received but it was felt that something on a less extensive scale would be sufficient .
52 Harold Macmillan 's diary entry describing his meeting at Klagenfurt on 13 May ( only a day after the last group had surrendered ) states that he was informed that " among the surrendered Germans are about 40,000 Cossacks and " White " Russians with their wives and children " , and he notes that " to hand them over to the Russians is condemning them to slavery , torture and probably death .
53 The idea that only manufacturing jobs create profit was also challenged and it was suggested that there are many jobs needing to be done in West Belfast — teachers , nurses , creche workers , etc. — which are valuable and contribute , indirectly , to the production of profit .
54 International forces landed in Beirut as the PLO started to leave and it was revealed that Prince Andrew , hailed as going to Cambridge University , had obtained one C and two Ds in his A-level results .
55 Alun Evans , secretary of the Welsh football association who doubles up as chairman of the UAU committee , said : ‘ I was informed by the chairman of the UAU rugby committee that he was discussing the possible sponsorship of its championship and I received a copy of a proposal … it contained a number of features which were not acceptable to the union and it was therefore with great surprise that we learned a launch for the sponsorship had been called and it was decided that the union could not agree to this action . ’
56 Only in the latter half of the last century did these ideas begin to emerge and it was recognized that embryos developed by epigenesis .
57 Friendly messages were exchanged and it was anticipated that political and economic treaties would be signed during the course of a planned visit to Moscow by President Ramiz Alia .
58 She signed because she was persuaded that it was the right thing to do , not because her husband 's pressure deprived her consent of reality .
59 Mr Bakker is the fourth PTL official to be convicted in connection with the scandal , which began after it was revealed that he had an affair with a former church secretary , Jessica Hahn , using PTL funds to pay her hush money afterwards .
60 The row , which has prompted calls from some staff for both to resign , began when it was disclosed that the £140,000-a-year director general Birt had been employed as a freelance to gain tax advantages .
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