Example sentences of "[prep] its [noun pl] was that " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of its conclusions was that : |
| 2 | The novel would deal with a single moment in the life of the city ; and one of its themes was that there was an acausal link uniting all its apparent diversities into a single interdependent whole . |
| 3 | The reason why the Free Church was concerned with the political activities of some of its members was that it saw its main purposes as evangelism and the servicing of church life . |
| 4 | Ted Wragg , describing his work as adviser to the Parliamentary Select Committee into the attainment of the school leaver ( 1976/7 ) , reports that mathematics was the topic that came up by far the most frequently in all the submissions to that Committee , and one of its recommendations was that an inquiry should be set up into mathematics teaching . |
| 5 | One of its virtues was that it looked temporary : these may be abnormal times , it seemed to proclaim , but one day terrorism will be beaten , and once again doting parents will be able to photograph ambitious children on the steps of No. 10 . |