Example sentences of "[was/were] known that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be wrong , in my judgment , to order under subsection ( 2 ) the repayment of the price of shares unless it were known that the investor was willing to give up the shares . |
| 2 | The accession of the new Tsar , Alexander II , in January 1855 , was followed by an outburst of diplomatic activity in Paris and London , since it was known that the new sovereign was inclined to peace and the allies were more than willing to bring the conflict to an end . |
| 3 | Through the college 's catering Advisory Committee , membership of which is open to representatives of the industry , it was known that the catering establishments wanted training for restaurant managers in a range of topics from customer care to staff motivation . |
| 4 | For it was known that the Green , and other parts in the city , were the haunts of peeping-Toms and perverts . |
| 5 | When a person of rank died far from home , and it was known that the funeral would therefore be delayed , embalming allowed the body to remain recognizable long enough for the relatives to make a positive identification on its arrival home . |
| 6 | At the time it was known that the Sun 's retinue consisted of eight planets . |
| 7 | It was known that the financial controls within the industry left a good deal to be desired , but when the new Minister of Fuel and Power , Aubrey Jones , tried to tighten up in 1956 ( even beginning the publication of annual investment targets in a bid to increase the Boards ' commitment to them ) , he found it was not easy to impose such discipline when his target was fixed unreasonably low , as the Boards assured him it was . |
| 8 | For centuries before the arrival of Westerners it had been the symbol of the soul and of eternal life ; and for the Chinese , who traded with the southern islands long before the time of Christ , the bird became associated with the phoenix myth — which crept across the continents into the mind of medieval Europe , even before it was known that the world was round . |
| 9 | I refer the Minister to the specific case of the Amoco Montrose platform — now , thankfully , closed — which was given dispensation for nine years although it was known that the accommodation facilities did not meet the fire regulation standards that apply to platforms . |
| 10 | It was known that the COPEI leadership had opposed Pérez 's plan ( which in the end he had cancelled ) to attend the UN " Earth Summit " in Rio de Janeiro at a time of domestic crisis . |
| 11 | In fact I think it 's true to say that when the forty six hectare figure wa was agreed , it was known that the coal field was coming and er I think time has shown has n't brought anything like the number of jobs or economic |
| 12 | After recording a verdict of accidental death coroner Nicholas Gardiner said it was known that the seats should have been rear facing but he did n't think this would have affected the outcome . |