Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] that this was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pamela agreed that this was probably so . |
| 2 | In his comments ( published with the Report ) Mr Baker agreed that this was appropriate for 7 year olds , but proposed that for 11 year olds greater emphasis should be given to the key skills of reading and writing . |
| 3 | Patrick realised that this was SOCO 's way of recognising that he was persona grata and was going to allow him to enter the murder room . |
| 4 | He was unrecognizable at this distance , but the woman who followed him a moment later only had to take a couple of steps for Pascoe to know that this was Gwen Evans again . |
| 5 | Instead of sending in his officers to haul out the occupiers , Alderson argued that this was a civil issue , there had been no breach of the peace and it was not his job to suppress dissent . |
| 6 | Corbett realised that this was Leith , a Scottish port , whose ships were often in conflict with English vessels . |
| 7 | ( Surprisingly , Devereux found that this was the only area of active faults that did not have a marked number of UFO reports , but this seems to be a result of his patchy methods of obtaining data . ) |
| 8 | So why did Eleanor decide that this was the moment to precipitate a family crisis and begin what one contemporary poet called " la guerre senz amur " , the war without love ? |
| 9 | Strauss alleged that this was an infringement of his absolute privilege of free speech and as such was a contempt of Parliament . |
| 10 | In a reference to the ANC 's suspension of the armed struggle in August , Mandela said that this was done to further the peace process but that the movement had nevertheless not forfeited its right to self-defence . |
| 11 | Long afterwards Ruth realised that this was the moment when she had learned that she could never come first with him . |
| 12 | The second half of Darwin 's Descent of Man was devoted to sexual selection , because Darwin thought that this was the only process that could explain some of humankind 's unique features such as our loss of body hair . |
| 13 | Duncan realized that this was the first time they had discussed their private lives since they had met . |
| 14 | Martin thinks that this was probably an oversight on my part and suggests that a simple s.p.s.t. toggle switch should be incorporated in the positive supply from the 9V battery . |
| 15 | After a few seconds , Ace realized that this was not a rhetorical question . |
| 16 | For a moment , Robert thought that this was what Sheikh was going to do . |
| 17 | The Commons complained that this was an abuse of proclamations , and the King sought the opinion of Chief Justice Coke who consulted with his fellow judges . |
| 18 | Endill learned that this was what had happened to his grandfather , Cornelius Swift . |
| 19 | Endill remembered that this was the place where someone would be waiting to meet him . |
| 20 | ( A proposal by Delors that a special " fraternity " payment should be made to East Germany was dropped after Kohl said that this was unnecessary . ) |
| 21 | Robert explained that this was not unusual . |
| 22 | The woman who had a haemorrhage for twelve years , and probably suffered from haemophilia , touched the cloak of Jesus believing that this was all she had to do to be healed . |
| 23 | It is the only one where someone touched Jesus believing that this was all they had to do to be healed . |
| 24 | When Peter made his profession of faith at Caesarea Philippi , Jesus declared that this was the rock foundation on which he would build his Church , which realisation provided the keys of the Kingdom ( Matt. |
| 25 | Hewart claimed that this was ‘ a persistent and well-contrived system , intending to produce , and in practice producing , a despotic power which … places Government departments above the Sovereignty of Parliament and beyond the jurisdiction of the Courts ’ . |
| 26 | Joanne sensed that this was not quite true as she was aware that there were children within her classes who had not learned what she thought she had taught them . |
| 27 | Jessamy knew that this was the strangest and most disturbing birthday she was ever likely to have |
| 28 | El-Gharbi seemed to feel under no pressure at all to reduce his asking figure , and Owen felt that this was not just a matter of negotiating tactics . |
| 29 | Snizort thought that this was probably the time of day that the Beastline enjoyed best ; supping at the long oak table , making plans to regain Tara , drinking spiced wine or mead . |
| 30 | Suddenly , Mary knew that this was the right moment to tell him . |