Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [that] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you actually mean that you want this if that case were proven that you would want the regional shopping centre in the new settlement ? |
| 2 | One particular matter of concern would be the election of directors by particular constituencies ( shareholders on the one hand and employees on the other ) ; if it were intended that they should represent those constituencies , this would conflict with the general principle of company law that all directors should look to the interests of the company as a whole . |
| 3 | Teachers were reminded that we would need nominations for the three places becoming vacant on the Executive Committee for the coming year . |
| 4 | Except , as we have seen , for confident bourgeois like James Mill and Edward Miall , both those who campaigned for universal suffrage , like the Chartists in the 1830s and '40s , and those who dreaded and opposed it were agreed that it would lead to the political domination of the working class . |
| 5 | At one point , in December 1925 , with a liberal Governor-General in Vietnam , the Vietnamese were told that they could aspire to a fuller and higher life to become one day a nation ; but a few months later it was predicted that , while an independent Vietnam ( in the indeterminate future ) was a possibility , the bonds between it and France would become sufficiently strong so that nothing would ever break them . |
| 6 | On 19 July Roberts and Cross wrote to Dr John Lawrence at SWWA suggesting that the public had been exposed to a more serious hazard than had been admitted : they were told that they could meet Lawrence but he would give them no information . |
| 7 | In July , the higher education institutions were told that they could anticipate up to 10 per cent . |
| 8 | These included offering customers with a repayment mortgage the option of extending the term up to 35 years , while endowment customers were told that they could spread the excess ( the difference between the amount borrowed and their present balance ) over a longer period . |
| 9 | Those involved were told that they should have consulted the senior branch before starting anything like that . |
| 10 | We were told that we would leave Aubagne to start our basic training on the following Monday . |
| 11 | We were told that you might have as much effect on that as you 're having with central government . |
| 12 | Would not my right hon. Friend be insulting British farmers if he were to suggest that he should decimate the financial support available to them so that it could be given to M. Delors for use as a slush fund for so-called cohesion — a bribe to the countries of southern Europe ? |
| 13 | Lloyd George perhaps entertained similar doubts , for his first reactions were to suggest that he should resign too , and to ask if he might speak to Bonar Law 's doctor . |
| 14 | After three weeks of uncertainty the Nestor arrived in port and hopes were raised that she would sail the following day . |
| 15 | Although the constitution was passed unanimously , fears were raised that it would infringe the rights of the Russian minority in Turkmenistan . |
| 16 | Not only having gone to higher standards of were but also looking to account a motion which has already been passed by the Environment Committee on the fourteenth of September nineteen ninety three and what I was basically saying was that erm incinerator should come to That 's Life that the current E E C proposals on erm that that and I know that 's not a rule but in fact when Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution is actually considering this want to draw their attention to a motion which in some cases were saying that we would expect the highest possible standards if those developments were to go ahead with the . |
| 17 | Erm , although I think we will say that that would be dangerous thing to do and that we should continue to work upon the er the assumption that there erm er overall as a n , a nine percent increase , but , that seems highly unlikely that will succeed , erm What I 've then done is take account of the various staffing changes that there have been during the year , both short term and long term , erm , and you 'll see that produces a figure actually available to us this year of twenty seven thousand five hundred and eighty eight investigative hours , erm which is slightly less than we had last year , er but erm almost not significantly so , erm and it seemed to me therefore that if we were n't trying to reduce times , er , if we were saying that we would turn in times at the end of this year which were the same as the term times we turned in at the end of last year we could probably achieve that without any further recruitment . |
| 18 | It 's almost as if Rene Kerfante were to say that he ought to tell The Correspondent not to use his typefaces , but they need to get something , I do n't know , more coherent though . |
| 19 | I 'm quite happy to see if we can what we can do , I ca n't guarantee that my Right Honourable Friend will take a different view , but I 'm content to see what we can do and report if your Lordships think that that is suitable , but if we were to do that My Lord , I think it would mean erm er it would mean that all these amendments which are grouped together should not in fact be , be put t to the vote , I mean that means ever er er all your Lordships because I do n't think it would be very fair if I were to say that I would move mine and the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh were c to come along and move his amendment and mine meanwhile has gone down the drainpipe and I do n't think that that would be particularly funny , but the Noble Lord , Lord MacIntosh I 'm sure would n't do such a dastardly thing like that ! |
| 20 | Patients were instructed to administer the enema once daily before retiring to bed and were warned that they may pass dark stools as a result of treatment . |
| 21 | Graham says : ‘ We were assured that we would have the top 20 referees in the country taking charge of our games . |
| 22 | The Societies were assured that they would suffer no state intervention in their traditional business . |
| 23 | ‘ The fair is the highlight of our week long festival and we were determined that it should go ahead , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Not one of the faces showed any sympathy towards him ; all were determined that he should hang . |
| 25 | I know how much you were hoping that everything would work out for you and Anna . ’ |
| 26 | Local councils do help to direct communities and that 's what the Sanhedrin were hoping that they could do too , they advised their communities . |
| 27 | The family and friends who joined Teresa and Kenny were advised that they would prefer donations to the sick fund in preference to gifts on their special anniversary . |
| 28 | IN 1916 when evening classes began in Russian it was intended that they should serve the commercial interests of the people of Nottingham . |
| 29 | The programme received financial assistance from UNICEF and it was intended that it should perform three basic tasks : |
| 30 | Founded by William of Waynflete in 1484 it was intended that it should act as a feeder to Magdalen College itself , which he also founded . |