Example sentences of "[that] [noun] was [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The nylon-for-acrylics swap with Du Pont , despite the fact that ICI was world number four in nylon , was one result . ) |
| 2 | It contained a most important provision , the formal recognition by Louis XIV that William was King of Great Britain par la grâce de Dieu , i.e. with divine approval , and an undertaking not to give aid to any of William 's enemies , but this undertaking did not extend to William 's successors ; here lay the seeds of future invasion attempts . |
| 3 | The previous day the Yugoslavs had put up a proclamation in Klagenfurt claiming that Carinthia was part of Yugoslavia . |
| 4 | German and British researchers have been drafted in to help their French colleagues achieve the right balance — a little known detail is that Germany was France 's main supplier of manufactured goods before the war , albeit under the guise of French names . |
| 5 | The presumption that insolvency was criminal was no longer allowed . |
| 6 | She wondered what Bella was like , and she thought again , this time with a spurt of jealousy , that Bella was Johnny 's wife . |
| 7 | It has to be controlled , but Yves never actually said that violence was part of our game , or that he condoned violence ’ , said Simon . |
| 8 | Sally-Anne knew that Neil was Stair 's brother ; she had met him , and had not liked him much . |
| 9 | Bede says of the episcopal authority of Bishop Wilfrid in the reign of Oswiu that it embraced Northumbrians and Picts as far as the power of Oswiu extended ( HE III , 3 ) , and the Life of Wilfrid that in the reign of Ecgfrith it widened still further so that Wilfrid was bishop of the Saxons ( that is , the Northumbrians ) in the south and the Britons , Scots and Picts in the north ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 21 ) . |
| 10 | In particular , both argue that reorganization was part of an attempt to adjust systems of representation to fit with the social and economic structures of the late twentieth century . |
| 11 | Can I just say just say one thing Paul and for myself erm I do n't think that Brenda just two things I 'm a very against character assassination erm I do n't think that Brenda was character assassinizing |
| 12 | The belief that sport was character forming was adopted from the public schools and achievement in sport became one of the most important sources of status in elementary school life … |
| 13 | She was , in fact , somewhat ashamed that Edna was witness to so many things which , coming from a large , poor but loving family , must surely be incomprehensible to the girl : Liza 's aversion to picking up her child , never attempting to play with Celia , her obvious relief when Edna performed such tasks which any normal mother might have been expected to undertake willingly . |
| 14 | Several journalists who covered the event assumed that Alexia was Cameron Nielson 's daughter and that he , despite his name , had married into the family . |
| 15 | Freud suggested that work was man 's link to reality because it was through work that the individual became linked to the human community . |
| 16 | Finally , if Bob claims that Alan was volenti to the risk . |
| 17 | But even he , the great Jaggers , did not know that Magwitch was Estella 's father . |
| 18 | Specialised compartmentalization ensured that management was expert in the narrow range of financial services offered . |
| 19 | Someone must have said it , I suppose — that Lilith was Adam 's first wife , I mean . ’ |
| 20 | The Appellate Court of Illinois , affirming the decision at first instance , rejected both arguments , holding that VWoA was agent by operation of law as an ‘ involuntary agent ’ under a well-established doctrine in the law of Illinois , and that the Convention was inapplicable to service effected within the borders of the United States . |
| 21 | Well aware that Candy was fishing , Rory shook her head just a touch too decisively , then bit her lip . |
| 22 | It is clear that prophecy was part of the experience of the people of God in the Bible ( see Numbers 11:20,1 Samuel 19:20 , Joel 2:28 , Acts 2:18 ; 15:22 ; 19:6 ; 21:9 , 1 Corinthians 11:4–5 ; 12:28 ; 14:1 and 24 , Ephesians 4:11,1 Thessalonians 5:20 for just a sample of instances ) . |
| 23 | sort of like what happened is that Robert was sort of like , the three of us sort of chipped in and bought it between us and stuff like that you know , so that all three of us would get the benefit of it |
| 24 | As Freudian ideas entered the popular discourse ( which happened but slowly in Britain ) , they strengthened the view that biology was destiny and that women who did not find satisfaction in motherhood were in some way abnormal . |
| 25 | Was it possible that Short was part of the conspiracy , that he stood to gain from his own horse being beaten ? |
| 26 | Thus , he pronounced against the rule that a man could not be liable for the rape of his concubine , stating that concubinage was evidence of consent , but no more than this since the woman could withdraw from cohabitation and thus withdraw her consent . |
| 27 | Sometimes the word is for us and at other times instead of us ; but whatever the word , the New Testament writers were in no doubt that Jesus was Saviour of the world , and that his death was the crucial victory of God . |
| 28 | According to Irenaeus , the Ebionites insist that Jesus was man , not God , and was not born of a virgin . |
| 29 | Faith that Jesus was God 's anointed prophet and king ( Messiah ) was basic to self-definition for the first church . |
| 30 | Although Eisenhower and Churchill had worked together in the Second World War as military commander and prime minister , Churchill had now to remember that Eisenhower was president of the world 's greatest power . |