Example sentences of "a [noun] that it [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When told that Amnesty International had made a radical new departure in the choice of his successor , a decision that it was hoped would be regarded as courageous , Ian 's response was to nod . |
| 2 | Even if the accident does not seem serious at the time , but you think it might have some ill-effect in the future you should apply to the DSS for a decision that it was an industrial accident . |
| 3 | Their Lordships are unable to agree with the Court of Appeal that the judge was not entitled to make a finding that it was a material fact that the Perot family were interested in buying Vertigo as well as Caliban . |
| 4 | Many objections were voiced against the proposed deal which caused such a storm that it was dropped within days of the news breaking . |
| 5 | ‘ And oh , what a coincidence that it was to the same part of the country ! ’ she butted in sarcastically . |
| 6 | For his contempt in abetting such an action his temporalities were distrained until he did prefer the royal clerk — such a humiliation that it was said to have occasioned his death . |
| 7 | Then in 1987 Midland Bank got itself in such a mess that it was on the receiving end of a laughable offer from the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising empire . |
| 8 | 12–10- There was a proposal that it was desirable to have " an assistant to labour in the district by preaching and visiting " and it was thought that Mr Findlay of Dunlossit would give assistance towards this object . |
| 9 | Added to this was an acceptance of liberal Victorian culture to such a degree that it was assumed to be as eternal as the gospel itself . |
| 10 | ( We might indeed say of such a theology that it was a Jesuology , rather than a Christology ; and Christianity has , at its worst , we may think , come to resemble this . ) |
| 11 | He forgot for a moment that it was pot and thought of nicotine , and then of cancer , cells in delirium , the inroads that living would make one day even on this varnished little icon of the exempt : the flab of tiredness , children , overwork , sitting up too late at night listening to people , indulging buoyant childish appetites as a device to sustain good nature against foreshadows of the senile self . |
| 12 | I HAD a suspicion that it was going to be a nuclear week when I saw Richard Baker examining Raymond Briggs about the bomb on Omnibus . |
| 13 | The worst bits in the book raise a suspicion that it was hastily written , or not rigorously edited : ‘ I mean , we were teenagers . |
| 14 | ‘ I like a pint , and I cracked a joke that it was modelled on my belly . |
| 15 | It was also a reminder that it was nearly time to seek out his last visual co-ordinate and prepare to take over manual control of the aircraft once again . |
| 16 | In such cases they will escape , unless they have been negligent , or at least ought to have known that the publication " was of such a character that it was likely to contain libellous matter " . |
| 17 | And they were triumphant , as we were now , because it was a sign that it was going to be all right : a clear confirmation of life . |
| 18 | This magnificent object was found by a peat-digger in dismantled condition , the embossed plates being stacked in the bottom , a sign that it was not intended to be recovered but was deposited as an offering . |
| 19 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |
| 20 | Our plea to the Government is that they take a leaf out of their own book on the independent living fund , which was set up in haste and has played a role that it was never meant to play . |
| 21 | However , sometimes buyers can be required to give an undertaking to their building society to effect repairs as mentioned above and otherwise undertakings are used as a device to fulfil a commitment that it was not possible to fulfil before the completion date . |
| 22 | It was a woman that it was a woman that did it . |
| 23 | The whole performance was an almost total waste of time , and was accompanied by a belief that it was necessary to demonstrate that one was working long hours in the evenings , and preferably all weekends as well . |
| 24 | Facts : pleaded guilty to placing an imitation bomb in a department store with intent to induce a belief that it was likely to explode or ignite . |
| 25 | Once he was in power , this alternative view would argue , his policies were more consistent with a belief that it was still feasible to salvage some kind of organic link between France and Algeria than with a belief in the inevitability of complete rupture . |
| 26 | He made an elaborate pretence of yawning ( as a signal that it was bedtime ) . |
| 27 | This was n't selfishness or greed , just a feeling that it was due . |
| 28 | Fear of encroachments by the government or the armed forces on the liberty of the subject , coupled with a feeling that it was unjust that one particular group should be singled out for treatment in this way , combined to defeat all such suggestions . |
| 29 | You mention the fact that erm there was a feeling that it was a s because of the size of the workforce , it was possibly a strike which could be won ? |
| 30 | However specialist nurses were provided in certain districts and there was a feeling that it was a better system . |