Example sentences of "[that] [det] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The work on subliminal learning does n't work Okay , Brown suggests that you bring a c wardrobe of cuddly toys and mementoes and things like that that were in the room when you were learning , context dependent learning .
2 Erm er that that was for a B B C computer .
3 Aye that was Well that that was on the platform when I got me face burnt and me left hand , which I think was burnt trying to protect me me head or face at the time .
4 But I told myself sourly that that was in the past , while here in the present a living was to be earned .
5 For my part I think it is right to accept that that was in the eyes of the appellants a formality .
6 He makes explicit what is perhaps implicit in Taskopruzade , namely that Molla Yegan was from the province of Aydin , and adds to the sentence about his becoming muderris at certain medreses in Bursa the fact that this was through the agency of Molla Fenari .
7 You 've got to be able to draw your own conclusions , that this was to an extent a personal vendetta . ’
8 He could now say that this was with the approval of his superiors .
9 Like so much else in these cantos , the last line is midleading , since it suggests it was by an edict of Henry III that the Magna Charta was sent to all cathedrals and read four times a year , whereas Coke 's Institutes make it clear that this was on the contrary an enactment of Edward I. ‘ Selinunte ’ and ‘ Akragas ’ ( the old name of Agrigento ) are ancient Greek cities in Sicily .
10 Health authority staff , not unreasonably , felt that this was at the cost of forgoing routine casework support for a wide range of people ( horizontal efficiency ) and from their point of view , therefore , the developmental role of the CMHTs represented an unacceptable opportunity cost .
11 Some of the earlier references to the area have confirmed that this was near the site of the 17th century Kings Forge , where iron produced in the Kings Furnace , a mile away , was refined .
12 If it turns out badly , he might argue ( contrary to the facts ) that this was against the odds .
13 He thus unjustly extorted a great sum of money from the men of the bailiwick , not being content with any mode of lawing , saying , if the right leg was lawed , the left leg ought to be lawed , and vice versa , and if all the feet were lawed , saying falsely that this was against the assize and the tenor of the king 's Charter .
14 By now it was obvious that this was in no way to be an ordinary class , but a performance .
15 Two decrees were issued by the Labour Ministry on Jan. 10 , 1990 , ( i ) announcing a nationwide 16 per cent wage increase for workers in state enterprises , stating that this was within the framework of the economic recovery programme ; and ( ii ) stating that strikes might legally be called by trade union committees or mass meetings of workers but that notice should be given to both the employer and the ministry and that strike action should only be used as a last resort .
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