Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [that] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was successfully argued that the phrase " is or " could only relate to a customer when the soliciting is taking place . |
| 2 | Some of the drafters of the constitution wanted specific guarantees of press freedom , but it was eventually decided that the press should enjoy the same freedom of any Nigerian citizen , there being no need for special treatment . |
| 3 | It was eventually agreed that the issue of Li Un Hye would be dealt with separately from the normalization talks . |
| 4 | It was eventually agreed that the company would be allowed an overdraft facility of £135,000 , reducing to £120,000 after three weeks . |
| 5 | Moscow was thereby reassured that the situation in Cuba was under control . |
| 6 | Following the decision to commit US ground-based forces , estimates as to the numbers which might ultimately be deployed rose quickly and , on Aug. 10 , it was widely leaked that the administration had adopted a " contingency plan " involving the use of 250,000 ground troops should full-scale fighting break out with Iraq . |
| 7 | This time it was widely recognised that a change in policy was necessary if it was to be achieved . |
| 8 | ‘ It was widely recognised that the magic of the goddess dwelt more in the reality of her flesh than in her garments , ’ says the Encyclopedia Of Women 's Myths And Secrets , ‘ since creation was a function of the female body . |
| 9 | The report of the Third Committee that dealt with the topic , Population and the Family , for instance , while noting that " high infant mortality was especially recognized as a deterrent to fertility decline " and , consequently , two recommendations to this effect were adopted by the World Population Plan of Action , also mentioned that " It was widely acknowledged that the ability to determine the number and spacing of children influences family well-being , partly because of the effect upon the health of both mothers and children . " |
| 10 | For a few days at the beginning of August 1920 , it was widely believed that the Government was preparing to send a new British Expeditionary Force to relieve the Polish Army . |
| 11 | Similarly , explaining the use of the term sexual assault in the New South Wales legislation , Woods states : ‘ It was widely believed that the term ‘ rape ’ involved an unacceptable stigma for victims . ’ |
| 12 | With a net population gain in the South and West — regions where the Republicans had polled strongly in recent elections — it was widely believed that the effect of reapportionment would be to cost the Democrats at least 25 seats in the House . |
| 13 | It was widely assumed that the pattern of administration in the new NHS hospital would follow that at the County , the voluntary hospital . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , on the other hand it was widely felt that the system itself denied young people opportunities and circumstances in which they could have control over their own lives and education . |
| 15 | It was widely agreed that the episode had damaged the public image of Congress and had discredited the confirmation process . |
| 16 | It was widely reported that the Republican party placed considerable pressure upon Thornburgh to contest the Senate vacancy — his Pennsylvanian background was seen as a considerable advantage — which was seen as crucial to the party 's hopes of recapturing control of the upper chamber in 1992 . |
| 17 | The Democratic majority in Congress , however , had opposed any such tampering with the Bill of Rights , preferring to demonstrate its opposition to flag burning by enacting the Flag Protection Act , even though it was widely anticipated that the Act would be declared unconstitutional in the courts . |
| 18 | When Bill Shankly surprisingly retired in 1974 , after transforming Liverpool into one of the giants of League soccer , it was widely predicted that the club would soon slip back into the rut from which he had hauled them . |
| 19 | In the early 1940s and 1950s , the belief was widely held that a combination of government intervention — in the form of town planning , housing and health programmes , and the provision of social security — and permanent male full employment , together with an increase in real wages , would reduce suffering due to poverty to manageable proportions . |
| 20 | It was widely thought that the acceptance of sound broadcasting would soon weaken opposition to television . |
| 21 | Even if there was a booking in a Girl 's home town , John 's regime was so demanding that a husband would no doubt have objected to his wife giving priority to her work . |
| 22 | If power was so defined that the observer had a subjective latitude in applying the concept , then there could be no neutral standard whereby the observer could judge the actions of statesmen and women . |
| 23 | However it was soon decided that the time was not right to consider this as well . |
| 24 | Karl was judged to be a normal , pleasant boy when he started as a clerical assistant in February 1943 , but he was soon complaining that the work he was given was boring and that his pay — 1/6d an hour — was not enough . |
| 25 | It was thus found that the majority of the reaction time required was in identifying the values of the card and choosing the pile onto which it should be placed . |
| 26 | The membership subscription of the B.C.R.S. resulted in considerable discussion and it was finally decided that the matter be deferred to a future meeting to decide . |
| 27 | Bernard and Apricot , at his suggestion , sat up all one night together when Ken was away to prove that the apparition of Wendy appeared in Rhoda 's head , and nowhere else . |
| 28 | By mid-June , the projection of the opinion polls was already suggesting that the majority favouring a measure of divorce legislation was declining so rapidly that by the time of the poll , the noes would have it . |
| 29 | The lengthy , complicated and interesting case of Richard of Anstey ( of some two generations before Innocent III 's time ) shows how it was already accepted that the Crown could have no jurisdiction over the solemn sacrament of marriage , though at this stage the canon law of marriage and what actually constituted a legal marriage was extremely fluid . |
| 30 | In its northern part wheat was almost unknown , in the whole tract lying between Holkham and Lynn not an ear was to be seen , and it was scarcely believed that an ear could be made to grow . |