Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The cases in which the principle has been applied are cases in which the nature , scope and purpose of the function vested in the repository made it unlikely that Parliament intended that it was to be exercised by the repository personally because administrative necessity indicated that it was impractical for him to act otherwise than through his officers or officers responsible to him . |
| 2 | The industrial tribunal that heard that case accepted that it was undesirable for employees to be prevented from taking time off with their families , although there were other issues involved . |
| 3 | Although the Israeli delegation said that it was prepared to discuss issues raised by the Palestinians , the two sides remained deeply divided over the organization of the talks . |
| 4 | On Dec. 31 the Zambian Foreign Ministry confirmed that it was discussing the establishment of trade and diplomatic ties with South Africa . |
| 5 | When it was opened , British Rail argued that it was important because it would not be necessary to improve the lines around London . |
| 6 | A clear result showed that it was the Phoenician readers who were most vulnerable to the presence of irregular words . |
| 7 | A correspondent knows of one witness to the February 1992 sighting in Mrs Topliff 's house , and this person stated that it was merely a large domestic cat . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman said that it was happening elsewhere to his knowledge . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman conceded that it was an idea worth considering , whereas the Secretary of State mocked it from the outset . |
| 10 | Today claimed malicious falsehood was n't an applicable action but the country 's number two judge vice chancellor Sir Donald Nicholls this morning said that it was . |
| 11 | And the old dog knew that it was empty , no use digging down or anything , she had gone do you see . |
| 12 | The car-hire firm considered that it was too early to tell . |
| 13 | Another contributor agreed that it was possible to trot out any number of excuses for the lack of jobs , such as the political unrest ; but unemployment existed in West Belfast before the political unrest . |
| 14 | On Nov. 18 the German government said that it was recalling its ambassador as a protest at the " increasing brutality " aimed at the opposition movement . |
| 15 | The directors of this project found that it was not enough simply to do what is usually done when there is a desire to maximize the performance of paraprofessionals , that is , to provide them with appropriate training . |
| 16 | In evaluating this case the social worker thought that it was possible to negotiate the appropriate amount of respite care in good time , because social work involvement had included counselling and the situation had been thoroughly explored . |
| 17 | Advocates of the first-past-the-post system argued that it was the only way of delivering strong government , Mr Cook said . |
| 18 | The Hungarian Foreign Ministry in announcing its unilateral decision on the question of joint citizenship said that it was prompted to act by the Romanian government 's " negative " attitude and the unsettled status of thousands of refugees from Romania in Hungary . |
| 19 | , In the same week as the treaty was signed , the British Antarctic Survey revealed that it was having to cut its scientific research programme because of a budgetary crisis . |
| 20 | An early estimate suggested that it was more than seven times as high , when social disadvantage was defined by the presence of all three of the following indices : overcrowding ( more than 1.5 persons per room ) , low income ( supplementary benefit or free school meals ) and adverse family circumstances ( coming from a single-parent home or a home with more than five children ) ( Wedge and Prosser , 1973 ) . |
| 21 | A definite article ensured that it was the definitive paper , on this side of the Atlantic at least — except for The Times , which promptly began legal moves to get ‘ Times ’ dropped from the title . |
| 22 | A searching moment indicated that it was my motives rather than her welfare that were under question . |
| 23 | the existence of coal , iron ore and a large population assisted the economies , but that large population meant that it was necessary to import from overseas quantities of food at an ever increasing cost , particularly as Europe suffered a succession of bad harvests , at that time , and that led to emigration overseas , mainly to the United States of America . |
| 24 | The White Paper accepted that it was sometimes necessary for whole categories of documents to remain secret but felt that the existence of such categories should be reviewed every 20 years . |
| 25 | Similarly , those who formed the National Government believed that it was National in the sense that its objective — balancing the budget — was shared by all parties . |
| 26 | Although a decision on the application was not expected until after the completion of the single internal market in December 1992 , the Maltese government announced that it was preparing to become an EC member within the next five years . |
| 27 | Law was very angry when Churchill was put in office by Lloyd George in 1917 , and the National Union resolved that it was " an insult to the Army and Navy and an injury to the Country " . |
| 28 | During the 1970s , the British National Front denied that it was a fascist party , and its former leader , John Tyndall , always publicly claimed to have broken away from his antisemitic and Nazi political past . |
| 29 | A profoundly deaf person felt that it was best to reveal her disability after contact had been made because of the ‘ funny ideas ’ people have about deafness . |
| 30 | In his article 169 letter , the European Commissioner stated that it was important that the rail link and the station should be considered together in terms of the environmental impact assessment if the European Community directive , signed by the Government and agreed to by this country , were to be met . |