Example sentences of "[prep] that [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the major contracts we were responsible for during that time was the construction of the Wemmershoek Dam for Cape Town City Council . |
| 2 | I would say the thing that kept me sane during that period was the fact that I had a part time job , and erm we were able to pay for some home help . |
| 3 | He said of the Coronation poster : ‘ I always thought the idea for that poster was the apogee of my career as a copywriter because , although I enjoyed thinking up ideas , I always founding writing copy very hard work . ’ |
| 4 | Nor for that matter was the rug . |
| 5 | The significance of that occasion was the retention of the strings of lights round the new parade for the rest of the Season , thus founding the concept of Illuminations in Blackpool . |
| 6 | One outcome of that event was the announcement that an expanded and updated version of a 1983 regional study , Arts as an Industry , would be conducted by the Port Authority of New York . |
| 7 | My subterfuge was a visit to the Rotary — but the only rotary aspect of that day was the circle my buttocks described as I thrust you to orgiastic multiplicities . |
| 8 | But by far the most important event of that year was the death of King Louis VII on 18 September and the accession of his son Philip II . |
| 9 | All that remained of the laughter of that morning was the cardboard box filled with dead peonies and shoved against the wall in the corner by the sink . |
| 10 | One result of that Congress was the Convention on Civil Procedure of 11 January 1889 , Article 9 of which read as follows : |
| 11 | My most vivid memory of that period was the bombing of the Leith Docks . |
| 12 | The erm onset of that crisis was the attempt made by the Soviet Union to emplace erm medium range missile bases on Cuba . |
| 13 | The erm onset of that crisis was the attempt made by the Soviet Union to emplace erm medium range missile bases on Cuba . |
| 14 | The root of that technology was the discovery of fusion power . |
| 15 | At the heart of that strategy was the replacement of the company 's mainframe computers with networks of high-powered desktop workstations . |
| 16 | How much of that gain was the product of newly fired-up managers ? |
| 17 | They always appeared in a ‘ special comedy show ’ on Christmas night — and perhaps the creaking and overfed somnolence of that evening was the best state in which to watch their predictable routines . |
| 18 | It rested unmistakably on Gloucester 's superiority and recognition of that fact was the price Northumberland paid for his protection . |
| 19 | It rested unmistakably on Gloucester 's superiority and recognition of that fact was the price Northumberland paid for his protection . |
| 20 | On the lips of every child of that town was the story of the day-long battle fought there on November 21st 1921 , between the men loyal to George Tiutiunnyk and the fledgling Red Army . |
| 21 | The best-looking Ferrari of that era was the 250LM , the competition car that dominated long distance sports car racing until the arrival of the Ford GT40 . |
| 22 | What price against that suffering was the pleasure that the Commandant had no roof to cover his office ? |
| 23 | ‘ Trouble with that school was the monotony . |
| 24 | The one thing I remember taking from that report was the recommendation about how one should present drama to children that you do n't patronise , you do n't talk down . |
| 25 | Palmer looked at three hundred and five patients , in an M R C study , and from a multivariate analysis , he found the number of tumours from that diagnosis was the single most feature . |
| 26 | One began recognising at the outset , of course , that there was an important relationship to government in that government was the main customer , the main purchaser of the product . |
| 27 | A vital element in that success was the MIT members were empowered with the responsibility and authority to drive changve themselves . |
| 28 | The only possible basis for jurisdiction in that case was the service of the writ out of the territorial jurisdiction under Order 11 of the Rules of the Supreme Court . |
| 29 | What was at issue in that case was the right to acquire , use or dispose of immovable property on the territory of another member state ; the court held that that right was the ‘ corollary ’ of freedom of establishment . |
| 30 | But the main there 'ere is , we have n't actually changed our position we have actually stated clearly that we wanted to achieve something , we wanted to make sure that what was being provided in that community was the best best thing possible within the resources available and that things developed on This amendment takes us that way forward and we are at least being clear to our principles rather than just being negatively obstructive . |