Example sentences of "[was/were] that during the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither did we know anything of the controversy at high levels over the relative merits of area versus precision bombing , but what we did notice was that during the winter of 1943/44 , morale amongst the aircrews was not exactly at its highest level . |
| 2 | Do n't know , it does n't seem to be doing anything and what the was that during the week when was in residence one night the dogs barked and he went out to see what was happening and there was a young man who worked in it this was in the pitch dark , was up there taking some of his stuff away . |
| 3 | The first was that during the dispute of 14 June to 5 August 1911 , Wilson undercut an agreement which he had made with the Clyde shipowners for a minimum of £pound5 10s a month by " temporarily patching up his bitter quarrel with the Shipping Federation and simultaneously accepting an all-round payment of £pound5 a month " which the shipowners were eventually forced to increase to the Glasgow level as standard . |
| 4 | Eggs were always in short supply and I suppose the reason was that during the war we were not getting our usual supply from Denmark and the Low Countries , owing to the German occupation . |
| 5 | One interesting aspect was that during the war the lines of debate were largely settled by civil servants ; the effective opposition was not a political party , but the Treasury and other departments who saw themselves threatened by a new , upstart Ministry of Town and Country Planning . |