Example sentences of "to [noun pl] that [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One of the selling points when I joined was that I 'd be privy to scripts that I was never exposed to because I never had an agent . ’ |
| 2 | Hodge hoped that the Joint Commission would resume its work and he did not wish to convey the impression to Koreans that it was American policy to prevent unification . |
| 3 | It was this statement of the law which led to outcries that it was a ‘ Rapist 's Charter ’ . |
| 4 | The major axis of Stonehenge is aligned with the exact positions of the midwinter and midsummer solstice , leading to suggestions that it was built for ceremonies to mark the annual calendar and seasons . |
| 5 | To suggestions that he was implying that the Labour leadership had not been bold enough so far , Mr Edmonds said : ‘ There is something of a hangover from the last election at the moment . |
| 6 | The sachets remained unopened and in their possession at all times and the analyst confirmed to police that it was high-grade cocaine . |
| 7 | The IPG identified additional work to be done before the changeover : claimants may still have been entitled to special payments before they were abolished or entitled to benefits that they were not claiming that would affect the amount of transitional payments they would receive on transfer to the new system . |
| 8 | I made some comm-calls to contacts on planets here and there , pretending to some that I was looking for commissions , to others that I was in different parts of the galaxy transporting things for different people . |
| 9 | The form of personal rule which Maclean established inevitably gave rise to claims that he was , if not actually involved in slave-trading and slave-holding , insufficiently energetic in combating them . |
| 10 | He issued a series of varied and confusing demands , ranging from reaffirmations of his patriotism to claims that he was fighting for an " authentic democracy " . |
| 11 | The accused falsely represented to payees that he was the beneficiary under a £100,000 trust . |
| 12 | Chevènement 's visit to Saudi Arabia on Jan. 20 led to accusations that he was undermining the morale of French troops , while on Jan. 23 he provoked a controversy when he called into question the patriotism of former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and of former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac , as well as recalling that both had assisted Iraq in developing its nuclear potential by authorizing a number of major contracts in the 1970s . |