Example sentences of "is [adj] that [pron] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A contemporary Christ Church gospel book records the entry of Cnut and his brother Harald into confraternity with the community , and although Cnut could simply have given them Harald 's name , it is possible that he was in England in 1016 , as Thietmar says , remained with Cnut , went to Canterbury , and returned to Denmark with part of the fleet after the payment of 1018 . |
| 2 | This is generally called the tepidarium but it is doubtful that it was in fact such a room for it would have been too immense to heat and no hypocausts have been discovered under it . |
| 3 | From Manners ' remarks in Parliament on 18th February , it is clear that he was by then already familiar with Scott 's proposals although the detailed drawings were not sent to his office until 3rd March . |
| 4 | It is interesting that he should have first obtained benefices in the north ; in the late thirteenth century very many royal clerks were beneficed in the province of York , and it is clear that he was in the king 's service by 1262 , acting as a proctor for Henry III in the French court . |
| 5 | It is interesting that it was in the same period as that of the large-scale production of holy prints on paper that the ( moveable ) canvas began to replace the wall-fresco as the most common base material for painting . |
| 6 | Jones has given talks about muon catalysed fusion all over the USA and in Europe , so it is ironic that it was after speaking at his new home institution , Brigham Young University , on 12 March 1986 that the seminal interaction occurred with Paul Palmer . |
| 7 | Among the hero 's many adventures the twelve labours imposed by Eurystheus are only listed later ; but the regular list corresponds to the choice here and it is likely that it was in fact these twelve carvings at the heart of Greece 's greatest sanctuary that determined the canon . |
| 8 | It is probable that it was during the period which is termed the ‘ dawn of civilisation ’ that the first primitive acts of homage or deference to a ‘ god ’ occurred , and if this were so it could be an indication that the need for a ‘ god ’ is fundamental to the civilising process . |