Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] that [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His reasoning was that none of the men who were conceivable successors were of sufficient stature to reign — he talked privately about his " monarchy " — without the legitimation of popular election . |
| 2 | The result was that one round ‘ cooked-off ’ and fired into the fin and rudder . |
| 3 | Due to the low pay offered the likelihood was that anyone with creative talent would be attracted to a better-paid job elsewhere . |
| 4 | The trouble was that none of us could understand it . |
| 5 | The reason was that none of these reforms shifted the balance of power within the social structure of the village . |
| 6 | What was clear from one hearing was that none of them is paste . |
| 7 | Pete 's guess was that everybody in the valley knew something about her by now , and nearly all of them would know that she was staying in his house . |
| 8 | The problem was that nobody from The Smiths camp was prepared to actually inform the band of this decision , and it was left to Easterhouse manager John Barrett to discover the sad truth almost by accident . |
| 9 | The problem was that none of the pilots were really confident of their navigation , the sand storm having obliterated the landmarks they were relying on . |
| 10 | In essence , the problem was that none of these terms could be defined ‘ objectively ’ . |
| 11 | A further interesting finding was that one in three chairmen , one in nine employers ' representatives and one in seven employees ' representatives were also justices of the peace or held similar ‘ judicial or semi-judicial office ’ such as that of coroner . |