Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] that was " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the earlier discussion of the background to the emergence of the new sociologists of deviance in the 1960s , one particular theme was mentioned that was not at all compatible with classical criminology : the hostility that the new theorists exhibited to the ‘ causal-corrective stance ’ . |
| 2 | A second NAWK program was written that was run a number of times with different threshold values . |
| 3 | However , during this period a rate of growth was achieved that was good by the standards of the mid-1970s , full employment was maintained , and inflation , while ever present , was never so high as to cause alarm . |
| 4 | It was not until 164 BC , almost a century later , that a public sundial was erected that was appropriate to Rome 's latitude . |
| 5 | A work ethos was established that was individualistic , acquisitive and incentive-oriented , but which had little sense of solidarity or mutuality that might supersede this narrowly-conceived achievement ethic . |