Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] [verb] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was constantly hearing that people were reacting to all this technology , expressing a wish to go back to basics with a simple bow , a look at the wind , an arrow loosed into the heavens and a hope that with luck it might hit the target . |
| 2 | So when , in 1959 , it was decided to build a mid-engined car , I was violently affronted that Berthon and his staff at Bourne would design it , and not me at Folkingham . |
| 3 | I was once told that Philip Henry Thomas , while preparing himself for the Civil Service examination , had followed his period as a pupil-teacher with a post connected with the railways which were expanding rapidly in industrial South Wales in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 4 | And now she was doubly determined that Janice would never be her mother . |
| 5 | We were soon to discover that Masha might be in no condition to set us on any track . |
| 6 | They were then told that Fisher had already pleaded guilty to raping an Oxford University student in June on last year and that he had a string of other convictions , including 2 of indecent exposure . |
| 7 | As regards the legal position of some 350,000 Chinese living in Indonesia , it was eventually agreed that China would offer them citizenship , and that those who declined this offer would be granted permanent residency rights by the Indonesian government . |
| 8 | It was soon realised that antihistamines did not block all the effects of histamine , and in particular its action in promoting the secretion of gastric acid . |
| 9 | It was soon realised that media reporting of crowd disorder boosted the sales of newspapers — a matter of importance in an increasingly competitive industry . |
| 10 | It was soon recognised that unity of interest between lord and vassal did not exist . |
| 11 | After weeks of talks , it was finally agreed that Sade would sign to Virgin . |
| 12 | It was clearly felt that PAF should be regarded entirely as an automatic fee in recognition of a teacher qualified and belonging to a professional Society . |
| 13 | It was clearly shown that tissue type plasminogen activator activity was significantly correlated with the mucosal lesion ( r=0.877 , p<0.001 ) . |
| 14 | By the end of the 1980s , it was confidently expected that people in the Soviet Union would enjoy a super-abundance of goods and the leisure time to appreciate them . |
| 15 | All visitors were exhorted to treat the poor courteously , but in general it was optimistically believed that women would be able to talk to women irrespective of social class : not until the 1900s were the difficulties of cross-class communication acknowledged more honestly . |
| 16 | It was easy , however , to discount this evidence at a time when opinion polls were in their infancy , at least so far as credibility was concerned , and when it was universally thought that support would return to Churchill as soon as his formidable oratorical skills were thrown in on one side of the party contest . |
| 17 | It was officially announced that Wahhab would " devote his efforts to [ Ba'ath ] party activity " . |
| 18 | But in spite of its long history of resistance to the throne , the Commons still bans direct criticism of the monarch , and it was evidently decided that Mr Wilson 's motion implied criticism of the Queen for dubbing Sir Johannes . |
| 19 | It was generally recognised that Clasper was not the man to dismantle restrictive practices , nor to co-operate with management to make the necessary improvements in labour relations if they were to keep their jobs in future . |
| 20 | Ireland lost all four Championship matches in ‘ 84 and it was generally felt that McBride had not achieved a good relationship with his players . |
| 21 | It was generally felt that partnerships around visitors was a good experience . |
| 22 | American news coverage of the 1960s riots first came under academic scrutiny in the aftermath of the Watts riot , where it was generally felt that media reporting had exacerbated the conflict . |
| 23 | He was opposed by Corazon Aquino ( the widow of the country 's most prominent opponent of the Marcos regime until his murder in 1983 — see pp. 32517-18 ) , and although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes . |
| 24 | Although Marcos claimed victory it was generally believed that Aquino had secured a greater number of votes . |
| 25 | Although he lacked the impeccable conservative credentials of Sununu , it was generally believed that Skinner would be acceptable to the right wing of the Republican Party . |
| 26 | When the Liberals returned to power in 1892 , it was generally assumed that Ellis would receive government office . |
| 27 | It was generally assumed that Chamberlain would prefer to sacrifice imperial interests in a compromise with Hitler , than to join the USSR in an anti-fascist alliance . |
| 28 | It was generally assumed that deep-ploughing , straw burning , fertilisers or sprays might be the cause of ash decline in arable areas , but no detailed chemical and ecological investigation was made . |
| 29 | Although Robert Teeter remained as the nominal head of the Bush campaign , it was generally acknowledged that Baker would use his new post to exercise overall and ultimate responsibility for the campaign and attempt to provide it with a greater degree of coherence . |
| 30 | Although it later transpired that the RSSPCC were contracted by the Social Work Department to remove and question the South Ronaldsay children , at the time it was generally understood that Orkney 's own social workers were mainly involved . |