Example sentences of "it was [vb pp] that all [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was seen that all clan chiefs had taken the oath , Dalrymple was frustrated , but not for long . |
| 2 | It was assumed that all learning could be reduced to a series of conditioned reflexes . |
| 3 | Also , as it so happens , in August 1941 Winston Churchill had a meeting with President Roosevelt on board a British battleship , off the coast of Newfoundland , and that was followed by a further meeting at Christmas in Washington , when they agreed to send aid to Russia in the form of armaments , etc. , also they drew up the Atlantic Charter under which it was proclaimed that all peoples , in all parts of the world , would have the right to choose their own form of government . |
| 4 | By 1972 party leaders and Nyerere himself became disillusioned with the lack of progress in implementing ujamaa on a voluntary basis , and in a dramatic switch of policy in 1973 it was decreed that all Tanzanians should live in such a village by 1976 . |
| 5 | The central role of the Treasury dates from a minute of 1860. when it was decided that all funds for the government should be released by the Treasury to the various ministries . |
| 6 | Fritz Leiber once wrote a terrific book called Conjure Wife , in which it was revealed that all women were witches . |
| 7 | At the inception of the previous chapter it was said that all grants of power to public bodies could be broken down into two parts : if X exists , you may or shall do Y. |
| 8 | It was intended that all parties should agree on two new treaties at the December 1991 European Council meeting at Maastricht , Netherlands , which would then require approval by member country parliaments before they entered into force . |
| 9 | The committee felt that basic communication and numeracy skills were most important for this purpose , and so it was suggested that all CEE certificates should record proficiency scores in English and mathematics . |
| 10 | In respect of the control of capital movements , the Community made a very significant breakthrough in 1988 when it was agreed that all restrictions on such movements between residents in different member states should be removed by July 1990 . |
| 11 | It was agreed that all transmission of film material will be in a progressive scan format from launch of services . |
| 12 | It was agreed that all patients under 16 years of age , and injuries resulting from deliberate self-harm would be seen by a doctor . |
| 13 | Previously it was thought that all coins were struck from separate dies , but the increasing sophistication of photography in the late nineteenth century enabled scholars to appreciate that die links could be found , and the first full die study of the coins of a Greek city was published in 1906 . |
| 14 | It was proposed that all benefactors of 20 guineas per annum should be governors while their payments were maintained . |
| 15 | Manual workers made up a large proportion of the TUC membership , and the health of many of these was depicted as having been destroyed by their employment ; and , moreover , it was held that all workers had a right to a period of leisure in later life supported by-a full subsistence pension . |