Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb past] that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he plunged his fork into the confection Therese reflected that it was very difficult not to like a man who enjoyed life as much as Willi Zimmermann . |
| 2 | No one in the CRA delegation understood that it was unheard of for a non-Unionist procession to enter that area . |
| 3 | At one point in the Report , the Wolfenden Committee argued that it was illogical to presume that boys needed greater protection from ‘ would-be seducers ’ than do girls . |
| 4 | On Nov. 25 the new coalition government announced that it was to close the prison in the north-western town of Eskisehir where human rights groups had alleged that torture of political prisoners took place . |
| 5 | On March 28 an Interior Ministry spokesperson said that it was possible that former Communist leader Todor Zhivkov himself might be implicated in the crimes committed in the camps . |
| 6 | The trial judge found that it was not foreseeable that fuel oil on water would catch fire but there was some foreseeable damage in the fouling . |
| 7 | Separately , Digital Equipment Corp announced that it was moving back into South Africa with a wholly-owned subsidiary , Digital Sales and Services South Africa ( Pty ) Ltd , which begins operation on July 1 . |
| 8 | Most obviously , its rising trade-union support ensured that it was to become the party of the working class , a process which was speeded up by the split within the Liberal Party during the First World War . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , the Law Commission thought that it was not appropriate to provide different standards according to the nature of the transaction ( para 3.8 ) . |
| 10 | It will have damaging consequences which willl flow from it not being targeted tightly on violent offences , as the Home Secretary suggested that it was . |
| 11 | At the end of his campaign Ortega announced that it was time to " put away the olive green " ( the colour of the Sandinista Army uniform ) and expressed the hope that the electoral process would " open a new chapter in co-operation between the USA and Nicaragua " . |
| 12 | In London , the Home Office confirmed that it was processing applications for leave to remain on behalf of the three . |
| 13 | The Home Office confirmed that it was still looking for a ‘ parliamentary opportunity ’ to fulfil the promise . |
| 14 | After Pearl Harbor Rhee felt that it was simply a question of time before Korea regained her independence and he could assume power . |
| 15 | But early in 1988 , the Scottish Examination Board indicated that it was ready to issue and certificate short courses . |
| 16 | Security officials feared that it was re-establishing itself in the region , possibly with the help of the small Catalan secessionist group Terra Lliure . |
| 17 | A local business entrepreneur added that it was incredibly hard to get funds from LEDU . |
| 18 | Soon after its talks with Wells Fargo fell through , Security Pacific announced that it was cutting back its international operations , once a big growth area , because of bad loans in Britain and Australia that had contributed to a $230m fourth-quarter loss . |
| 19 | Speaking after the election Greiner said that it was too early to assess " why I did n't get it right , and why almost no one in the community got it right " . |
| 20 | Because this would cause Mr Goodman financial hardship , a High Court judge said that it was wrong to grant a stay . |
| 21 | The few states which actually measured what was happening to landfill capacity reported that it was increasing , in some cases because more waste was being diverted to recycling or waste-to-energy plants . |
| 22 | A previous study involving ferry passengers showed that it was the up and down movement of the ferry , not the side to side motion , that caused motion sickness . |
| 23 | Furthermore , on May 3 , 1991 , the Federal Banking Commission announced that it was abolishing so-called " form B " accounts which had allowed clients to preserve anonymity by conducting their transactions through a lawyer , notary or trust administrator . |
| 24 | The Building News said that it was ‘ the greatest scandal and disgrace that has ever been inflicted on the architectural profession ’ . |
| 25 | Critics of the privatization plan claimed that it was improvised , lacked clear conditions and had suffered from poor regulation . |
| 26 | One experienced game tracker claimed that it was possible to get to within 40 or 50 yards before spotting a zebra under these conditions , and even then it only gave itself away by a small movement such as the swish of its tail or the sudden turn of its head . |
| 27 | An Irish Development Authority spokesman said that it was continuing the battle for a complete retention of Galway , and arguing that ‘ Ireland , under any independent analysis , stands up more strongly than Scotland . ’ |
| 28 | Rigorous control procedures established that it was neither an artefact of nutritional compromise nor of preoperative bowel preparatory protocols . |
| 29 | The brokerage firm argued that it was a non-insider with no special relationship to any insider , and did not , as a result , owe any duty of disclosure . |
| 30 | The power of trade unions ensured that it was not the workers ' wages that suffered but the employers ' profits . |