Example sentences of "[verb] that it [was/were] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The direct and indirect statutory controls over the rules of the SIB and SROs and , in particular , the role of the Secretary of State suggest that it was contemplated that rules which survived their scrutiny would adequately protect investors . |
| 2 | Poets were so highly esteemed that it was said that a Delhi-wallah visiting a friend in another part of India would always take with him as a present not jewels or hookahs or fine weapons but a few of Mir Taqi Mir 's new verses copied on to a single sheet of paper . |
| 3 | The skin ended up in the Natural History Museum in Copenhagen and it was only when the corpse was examined that it was discovered that sulukongur was in fact a female ! |
| 4 | He was very small , sandy-haired , sharp-featured and with his sense of smell so well developed that it was rumoured that he had sniffed out a suicide in Epping Forest even before the animal predators got to it . |
| 5 | It was explained that it was hoped that they would ‘ befriend ’ a life preparation student for craft sessions , working alongside each other on a variety of projects . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Also on March 21 it was announced that it was intended that from April 1993 all further education colleges offering full-time education and all sixth-form colleges should be taken out of local authority control , as the new sector of post-16 education funded directly by central government . |
| 8 | He said that it was felt that the change would give both parties more freedom of choice , and stressed that he would continue to use Tory on a freelance basis and was not intending to appoint another stable jockey before the end of the season . |
| 9 | He said that it was suspected that the SIB unit at the cottage was an army intelligence assassination squad . |
| 10 | In presenting the programme to the Assembly , Meksi said that it was hoped that the freeing of food prices would ease scarcities . |
| 11 | In those discussions BIIBA claims that it was agreed that its members would be allowed to renew their existing policies up to 31 October 1990 . |
| 12 | It is quite clear against the background that I have described that it was intended that it should be an exceptional power and that it should be used only when there are no other ways in which the individual applicant may consider the case himself through the planning process . |