Example sentences of "[noun prp] that this was a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And a day after them the Panzer convoys took the same road , and some of the girls and women of Bazar with great daring threw flowers onto the mud-spattered armour of the Panther heavy tanks , and some of the men cheered and the headmaster of the secondary school said that evening in the café on Lenin Street that this was a moment of deliverance . |
| 2 | It was suggested by Wickes that this was an appropriate case for a reference to the European Court of Justice on the issue raised by the decision of the Court of Appeal that Community law required an undertaking in damages . |
| 3 | When he confirmed to Hankey that this was a ‘ command ’ , the latter replied ; ‘ Very well , Sire . |
| 4 | Gloucester18pts Bath27 THE sight of David Campese drifting across field from the far wing and cutting even the New Zealand defence to shreds in the World Cup persuaded Bath that this was an attacking move worth investigating . |
| 5 | For Canon Lucas , sub-dean and father of the boys with the model railway , decided while Ramsey was the professor at Durham that this was a possible Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 6 | But she confided to Jean-Claude that this was a concession wrung from her to avoid argument : not something she had initiated , or enjoyed . |
| 7 | As a name Haagen-Dazs meant nothing but its vaguely Nordic connotations , specialist distribution policy and quirky packaging quickly convinced New Yorkers that this was a cult food worth adding to their repertoire . |
| 8 | He told the rector at Boston that this was a person of unusual spiritual powers ; that how to train him for the whole Church was a responsibility ; that he was anxious that these abilities should not be confined to academic spheres . |