Example sentences of "[prep] that [noun sg] [pron] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often in the married couple 's social life , it would be one member of that partnership who was the particular friend of , say , another couple . |
| 2 | In that case it was the administrator who was removed . |
| 3 | Even in that case it was the third complaint from a woman who had had her previous two met . |
| 4 | At that moment there was the sound of a horn far off in the forest . |
| 5 | At that time it was the idea of looking out over fields of swaying poppies and cornflowers that appealed to the Prince . |
| 6 | A manual describing the art was written in Holland in 1674 , and at that time it was the Dutch who produced the best work . |
| 7 | I really wanted to meet people I felt far more at ease with and at that time it was the still the punk era and I met a lot of other people who were into that . |
| 8 | Fourthly , the 1966 White Paper made it plain that at that time it was the government 's intention that the polytechnics should remain primarily teaching institutions ; as the DES notes of guidance subsequently indicated , research would be justified only in so far as it was of educational value to the teaching staff and of benefit to industry and business . |