Example sentences of "[verb] that [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the bombers at Fenton Bishop were under orders , a blanket of security covered the aerodrome and to breach that security was the most serious thing . |
| 2 | Halting that activity was the objective of the exercise , not the capture of an enormous haul of drugs . |
| 3 | There is good photographic evidence to suggest that Day Comet did in fact finish third , but the Epsom judge that day was the same Charles Robinson who had controversially denied Craganour the Two Thousand Guineas , and he placed Day Comet fifth . |
| 4 | For the careful and conscientious journalist or broadcaster , the legal meaning of " malice " provides vital protection for honest comment , the more so , because the burden of proving that malice was the dominant motive rests on the plaintiff . |
| 5 | As an unhappy season has progressed , the committee agreed that coaching was the essential ingredient for lasting success . |
| 6 | While believing that few teachers were intentionally racist , and while not accepting that racism was the sole cause of West Indian underachievement , the committee concluded that unintentional racism ( in the sense of stereotyped , negative or patronising views of West Indian children ) was widespread and did influence children 's performance . |
| 7 | And yet — so ran her disjointed thoughts — had n't one always been taught that Christmas was the time when one should give up things for other people ? |
| 8 | Zednik agrees that trip was the one . |
| 9 | They were all for nationalization , because they believed that nationalization was the only way to solve the problems of the development the future development of the railways . |
| 10 | By implying that salvation was the responsibility of the individual , by insisting that the only mediator between God and man was Jesus Christ , Luther had posed a political as well as doctrinal threat to the power of the Catholic clergy . |
| 11 | But I 'd already decided that journalism was the perfect career for me . |
| 12 | The articles of agreement stipulated that gold was the official numeraire in terms of which each currency 's exchange value was to be pegged , but it became common practice for countries to adopt a par value for their currencies expressed in terms of the dollar . |
| 13 | The catalyst which provoked that indignation was the appearance in their lives of a wealthy businessman , Peter Shand Kydd who had recently returned to Britain after selling a sheep farm in Australia . |
| 14 | I returned to school in mid-September firmly persuaded that farming was the essential life of the countryside . |
| 15 | Because after all the right decision is to find in terms of general happiness and so you would have thought that voting was the best way of finding out where their general happiness lies . |
| 16 | If , in the Victorian novel , a disproportionate number of working-class interiors are attractive , it is partly because the theorists of infection were all agreed that cleanliness was the first step towards prevention . |
| 17 | Discussion took place over Korea and it was agreed that trusteeship was the appropriate policy to adopt . |
| 18 | Surveys for the Crowther Committee showed that illness was the most frequently stated reason for default , followed closely by unemployment . |
| 19 | In 1844 , a London surgeon , G.F. Girdwood , wrote an article in The Lancet which , based on his extensive zoological studies of dogs and horses , showed that menstruation was the human version of being ‘ on heat ’ — it showed the readiness of the female for impregnation . |
| 20 | What happened that afternoon was the product of countless details , all of which had to be just right . |
| 21 | ‘ My mother has mentioned you a lot in her letters , ’ she said at last , deciding that honesty was the only policy , if she was going to smooth over accusations made in the heat of the moment . |
| 22 | As soon as a post 's routine was established it would be attacked : Sergeant James and two sappers lay for two days watching a post before deciding that breakfast-time was the right moment for such an attack . |
| 23 | Deciding that discretion was the better part of valour , Davidson began : ‘ Aidan , you probably like a few pints ? ’ |
| 24 | Deciding that attack was the best form of defence , I knelt beside him and lowering my head to within inches of his , said , ‘ Next time , It 'll be the bread knife . ’ |
| 25 | Evidently deciding that prudery was the better part of valour , I hotfooted it down to the bedroom again in time to witness half the ceiling crashing in flames on to the bed I had been sleeping in moments before . |
| 26 | Trusting virgins were told that love was the promised land , an ark on which two might escape the Flood . |
| 27 | Piecemeal highlights are all very well , but viewers tend to be creatures of habit and , at present , a short burst of goals every Saturday night is just a tease ; an uninitiated visitor would never guess that football was the national game . |
| 28 | Popping that question was the nadir of my career . |
| 29 | All as me mother 's got to do that day was the dinners . |
| 30 | Part of what enabled Picon to build that collection was the formation of a Philodoroi ( Friends of Antiquities ) group to fund lectures and symposia and promote local interest in Greek and Roman art . |