Example sentences of "that it [was/were] [adj] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crabb 's ex-wife saw the body at Bognor mortuary but was unable to confirm that it was that of her husband . |
| 2 | The King afterwards explained his sudden decision in a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury ‘ When I realized how serious the situation both political and financial had become , I felt that it was necessary for me to be in close touch with my Prime Minister and of course he could n't come here . ’ |
| 3 | He told me that it was necessary for them to start praying at home every day . |
| 4 | Under this enforced regimen of quiet and rest , he came to understand that it was necessary for him to retire a little from the active life in which he had previously been engaged ; he told William Turner Levy that he would have to learn to concentrate his time and energy upon his real work . |
| 5 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 6 | The immediate application of this engine was in pumping water out of mine workings , which had often become so badly flooded that it was impossible for them to be worked , and pumps driven by waterwheels were unequal to the huge drainage problems . |
| 7 | Women 's Cooperative Guild members also contrasted them unfavourably with their own more democratic Guild meetings , deploring the way in which ‘ ladies came and lectured on the domestic affairs in the workers ’ homes that it was impossible for them to understand' . |
| 8 | Once inside the shop , however , acrimony faded ; they were so alike that it was impossible for them to work together and be at odds . |
| 9 | He wrote : ‘ The gods seem to have possessed my soul and turned it inside out … so that it was impossible for me to stay idle at home . ’ |
| 10 | I told you when I rote that it was impossible for me to pay anything , as he was allowed by the parish when he was at Muggerhanger , and I told you I had my daughter on my hands for over seven years , and I have been doctering her all the time so I think you will consider the matter over and no that I can not help in any way , and in any case 4s. is a lot of money to pay a week . |
| 11 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 12 | One young woman stated that it was impossible for her to come off and stay off while her partner was still using : |
| 13 | We do not need to be told that the factory girls were probably doing their best to make sure that it was impossible for her to pass without brushing against them , and that this would be construed as an insult . |
| 14 | And I thought you felt as I did , that it was impossible for you to have a child . ’ |
| 15 | The complexities of these situations are shown by the case of an applicant and his family who left what was described as an ‘ overcrowded tin or galvanised structure with no basic amenities ’ in Bangladesh and who were treated as intentionally homeless by one London borough ( who considered that it was reasonable for them to continue to occupy that accommodation ) but not intentionally homeless by a second London borough who referred the applicant back to the first . |
| 16 | You are entitled to be paid for the proportion of the work that you have done and that it was reasonable for you to do . |
| 17 | The legal grounds for restricting his freedom of movement were hazy ; an article in Moskovskiye novosti of Oct. 25 pointed out that it was unclear from which country Gorbachev could not leave — the Soviet Union or Russia . |
| 18 | Harriet Tremayne , her mother , had been strongly against this , but Tom , her husband , a charming , indolent and indulgent man , had argued , with a certain degree of logic , that ‘ the girl had to do some kind of war work ’ and that it was better for her ‘ to do something she had set her heart on ’ . |
| 19 | Eileen 's commanding officer took them to a room and gave them tea , and tried to explain to them that it was better for her to remain . |
| 20 | He drove them to the station and they returned , sad for their sister and still not convinced that it was better for her not to come home . |
| 21 | For those reasons , I would declare that it was within the power of the single justice ; indeed , it was her duty on the Friday to complete the proceeding under section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 , and that it was unlawful for her to adjourn the matter to the following Monday , she having no power to do so , and that the decision of the justices on the Monday was correct . |
| 22 | The Jewish bodies turned the offer down flat , arguing that it was immoral for them to accept a loan which they had no reason to believe they would be able to repay . |
| 23 | Towards midnight she went to tell Henrietta and Samantha that it was far past their bedtime . |
| 24 | The gerousia had the oligarchic failing that it was accountable to nobody , and its supposedly judicial decisions were sometimes ( as e.g. over King Pausanias in 403 , p. 183 ) politically warped . |
| 25 | However , it has been so dramatic that I think it would be difficult for us to say that it was due to anything but the dietary changes , especially in view of the double-blind trial . ’ |
| 26 | And I 'll tell him that it was due to your kindness that I was able to bake his birthday cake . " |
| 27 | And maybe then you would like to see society move towards a situation in which the role of women was recognised in such a way that it was possible for them to leave their babies in creches , would you , or |
| 28 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 29 | If either Karen or I had had any idea that it was possible for someone to drown so quickly , we would no doubt have thrown caution to the wind and dived in . |
| 30 | The Federal Republic of Germany filed an amicus brief arguing that the Convention was exclusive and that it was contrary to its spirit for the United States to circumvent the Convention . |