Example sentences of "[coord] that it [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What must be noted here is that much of the strength of the political ethos propagated in prewar years rested on its incorporation and distortion of concepts and assumptions whose origins were far back in Japanese history , and which were broadly unquestioned by the majority of the population ; and that it was firmly integrated with the social system and standard code of morality and behaviour . |
| 2 | Mr. Langley on behalf of the Bank of England submitted that the basis of the injunction was the relationship of confidence subsisting between the Bank and its customer , and that it was well established that the duty of confidence was overridden by the duty to comply with the law , as shown by Reg. v. Inland Revenue Commissioners , Ex parte Taylor ( No. 2 ) [ 1989 ] 3 All E.R. |
| 3 | He regretted that many major Scottish companies shifted their headquarters to London , and took quiet pride that Scottish & Newcastle attracted high-flying executives from England — and that it was still run from an office almost in the shadow of Holyroodhouse . |
| 4 | It was for many years claimed to be the earliest example of the true arch in Europe , but it is now recognised that it was constructed in the sixth century as an open drain and that it was only roofed over with its present stone vault of three concentric rings of radiating voussoirs in 184 B.C. Its exit into the Tiber can still be seen in Rome near the Ponte Rotto ( 68 ) . |
| 5 | An ODA spokesman said that the Administration acknowledged past failures , and that it was now aiming to pay more attention to the needs of the poorest and their environments . |
| 6 | The most recent work on the subject stresses the complexity and ambiguity of much of the legislation of this period regarding the serf population of Russia : it also suggests that after 1775 repression of peasant disorder may have been less arbitrary than before and that it was sometimes accompanied by efforts by provincial governors to persuade landowners to treat their peasants with greater humanity . |
| 7 | The popularity of Wade 's sculpture was probably due not only to the fact that it was always comprehensible but that it was both ennobling and restrained in equal measure . |
| 8 | Not just caused by them but that it was intentionally set . |