Example sentences of "it was [adv] [vb pp] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The House of Lords was deliberating at that moment whether such people could legally be Trustees of a Church of England School ( it was eventually decided that they could not ) . |
| 2 | The hearing was held at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court where it was eventually decided that there was a case to answer , and Bogdanov was committed for trial . |
| 3 | It was eventually agreed that I could be allowed to bring up the subject . |
| 4 | It was duly arranged that we should meet after work , and it was then that I gave him further details about my ‘ sponsored ’ trip to Paris and about my much more ambitious idea of a trip to Libya . |
| 5 | Beveridge had presented his report in 1942 at a time when it was overwhelmingly agreed that there should be no return to the conditions of the 1930s . |
| 6 | It was thus conceded that there was a breach of Code C 11.5 and 11.6 of PACE . |
| 7 | Literariness being defined as the difference between automatism and defamiliarization , it was soon perceived that it was not constructed in the same way in all works , and that the devices manifesting difference in prose narrative were not the same as the devices manifesting difference in lyric poetry . |
| 8 | It was soon realised that there was a gang operating on an international scale and as the investigation grew it eventually involved Sussex police No 6 Regional Crime Squad and customs authorities in the Mediterranean area . |
| 9 | It was soon discovered that he was in fact spying for the French . |
| 10 | But it was soon settled that he would stay at home only till Ruari was better . |
| 11 | It was only because it was repeatedly interrupted that it did not become all-pervasive , and ultimately intolerable . |
| 12 | Quite , providing there was only one representative , and we were n't overburdened , providing it was clearly understood that they were there almost in the same way that a local member would be , to speak on a given item , and not to vote , then I do n't think we 'd have any objections , but it 's entirely up to the Committee , how do you feel ? |
| 13 | In the Government 's manifesto which was sent to every household it was clearly stated that there would be no political union . |
| 14 | With formula funding under LMS based on , amongst other things , pupil numbers at the school , it was clearly anticipated that there could be intense competition between schools to attract pupils . |
| 15 | Although the Commission was assigned additional police officers to assist in its inquiries it was clearly implied that they were not to be used for investigating covert intelligence activities . |
| 16 | The decision was also influenced by the fact that when the museum was founded in 1987 , it was clearly specified that it would include other nations ' views of Germany and its history . |
| 17 | All in all , excitement reached fever pitch and it was confidently expected that there would be releases within the next few weeks . |
| 18 | The numbers were reduced to nine the following year , as it was generally felt that it would be better to hold them every other year and quite a few indicated they would be prepared to take part on a biennial basis . |
| 19 | It was generally believed that they were proposing to seek an electoral pact with the Conservatives , so as to ensure that they would hold their seats against what was expected to be a Conservative landslide at the next general election . |
| 20 | It was generally believed that there was some animosity between ‘ Lenny ’ and Herbert von Karajan , although this has never been shown to be true , so the atmosphere in the Philharmonie was electric . |
| 21 | It was generally assumed that they would probably prove to be complementary to each other , but what the optimum mix would be was far from clear . |
| 22 | It was generally understood that there was very little chance of the deal being referred to the MMC . |
| 23 | This system of local government had much fine work to its credit but it was generally accepted that its structure had not changed enough to keep pace with the changing social pattern of travel to work , shopping and holiday areas . |
| 24 | And even though it was generally accepted that they , along with the better known chimps of East Africa , were our closest relatives , few would have guessed that their relationships would be , well , so very human . |
| 25 | It was generally agreed that it should be raised as far as possible from the social groups of least value . |
| 26 | It was generally agreed that there was nothing wrong with the proportions , but this could indicate the work of a skilful forger . |
| 27 | It was generally agreed that there was a rundown in the entire welfare state , mainly because it was a service and not a profit-making enterprise . |
| 28 | It was generally agreed that there was a difference between human science and the knowledge of God , in that while human knowledge was concerned with that which reason could analyse , theology was concerned with the way in which the transcendent love of God is known . |
| 29 | Most surprising of all , at a quarterly delegate meeting at the end of 1873 , " it was generally held that there could be no reasonable objection to their [ women 's ] employment to a certain extent ; the main point in dispute being , was it right to put a limit on their number and … to what extent and how to apply the rule " . |
| 30 | It was n't said that there were cells that actually corresponded to those features , not but nonetheless the output from the system could be thought of as a feature detection system . |