Example sentences of "[verb] [that] it was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally supposed that it was at Thurgarton . |
| 2 | Rare coloured propaganda photographs suggest that it was of a warm mid-brown shade . |
| 3 | Little did they know that it was for the pocket of Mr S. Caplan . |
| 4 | Just another wartime control tower , readers may think , but fans of the famed 1940s bandleader Glenn Miller will know that it was from Twinwoods , Beds , that Miller , then a Major in the USAAF and in charge of the American Band of the AEF , departed in a UC–64 Norseman on December 15 , 1944 for Paris — never to be seen again . |
| 5 | BCRS members of all people will understand something of the geography and communications of the area , and will , I am sure , be interested to know that it was to the Stone House that our Secretary was taken after his recent heart attack . ) |
| 6 | Cody maintained that it was in tension and had provided a wire . |
| 7 | In 1950 a polled Finnish bull was imported — and more than one Irishman has claimed that it was in fact an Irish Moiled , in the firm belief that all polled Scandinavian cattle were descended from polled Irish cattle seized by raiding Norsemen and Danes . |
| 8 | ‘ Our legends say that it was at the same time as the great Ebony Throne of Ireland . ’ |
| 9 | His notes say that it was in 1924 , but it must have been sooner , probably 1921 or 1922 , because he was back in South Africa in time to get married in 1923 . |
| 10 | Husameddin , however , writes that it was in Amasya , not Aksaray , that Molla Fenari studied with Cemaleddin Aksarayi , saying that it is known from several documents that Cemaleddin Aksarayi was , between 751 and 782 [ sic ] ( 1350–1 to 1380–1 ) , muderris in Amasya and kazasker under the emir of Amasya , Hajji Shadgeldi . |
| 11 | Thus , in spite of the large amount of flying experience I had accumulated overseas , I found that it was of little use to me back in the UK , I did find , however , that my seniority as an NCO seemed to attract functions that I found difficult to avoid . |
| 12 | The nagging doubt remains , however , that the thing might have looked blue to me , and that I had simply not realised that it was to the thing 's colour that I was expected to respond . |
| 13 | It had taken a week to obtain , and had Hapsburg officialdom realized that it was for him rather than Aranyos it would have been unlikely to arrive before the end of the war . |
| 14 | With a shudder she realized that it was in the same block of buildings as Bartholomew Close . |
| 15 | The committee had not been able to establish clearly the cost of nuclear power but agreed that it was at least 2@1/2 times the cost estimated before privatization was considered . |
| 16 | Holmes agreed that it was in ‘ the homes of the children ’ that ‘ the source of the trouble so often lies ’ and concluded that ‘ the problem of the dirty school child is not one which could be solved by any enquiry into the School Medical Service ’ . |
| 17 | We were a little discomfited by the request , but agreed to accede to it this once ; but when we realised that it was to be a regular arrangement , we knew that we should have to move again , for over and above the inconvenience of being put out of our room , we were sure that our landlady did not even change the sheets . |
| 18 | On Sunday , after leaving my suitcase with the hall porter who was to see that it was in the Land Rover to meet me after the shooting , I enjoyed brunch in the Gleneagles restaurant sitting at the same table as the Princess Royal . |
| 19 | But I was delighted to see that it was in fact my hat . |
| 20 | Mrs d'Urberville held each bird and felt it carefully to see that it was in good health . |
| 21 | Sullivan ) , we have to acknowledge that it was in many ways an attractive society , and an admirable one . |
| 22 | On Sept. 4 the communists in the Supreme Soviet , who before the coup had numbered 324 out of the 450 deputies , mustered only 50 votes in favour of lifting the ban , and the leader of the CP bloc , Oleksandr Moroz , announced that it was to be dissolved . |
| 23 | Both Ian McGeechan and David Sole admitted that it was by far their side 's worst performance of the season . |
| 24 | By 1984 , Fibres had moved through the period of mere survival to realize that it was on a winning track and could expand , guided by some astute marketing of some of the exciting new products then coming through . |
| 25 | Those who advocated it argued that it was of no use to abolish selection at 11 + , in the name of justice and fairness , and then reintroduce selection a few months later , by streaming children once at school . |
| 26 | At one institution a group of medical officers argued that it was against the interests of most long-term hospital residents with chronic illnesses to be resettled in community units . |
| 27 | It has emerged that the council had been compelled to discuss the future of Kent Opera at its two-day meeting at Leeds Castle in November because the company had explained that it was on the verge of closure and insolvency . |
| 28 | The Jet Provost T.5 in question had just heard that it was to be shortly replaced by the Shorts Tucano and immediately took out its angst on a passing erk . |
| 29 | It was D'Arcy who raised the subject of The Criterion , because he had heard that it was in difficulties . |
| 30 | He took the piece of paper away with him , the name filled in above the pre-signed certificate , and showed it to Barnett who was pleased and who believed that it was worth having . |