Example sentences of "it was [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When he had not returned by lam , it was assumed that he was the wanted man . |
| 32 | One of my own patients grew up in a loving family where it was assumed that he would eventually study law — just like his grandfather , his father and his uncle . |
| 33 | Max was said to be in the grip of some form of neurosis , but it was assumed that he would grow out of it . |
| 34 | He was thirty-five to forty and it was assumed that he was an army intelligence officer . |
| 35 | Newspapers printed a photograph of a letter to a flood-control committee bearing Mr Li 's signature , so it was assumed that he could still put pen to paper . |
| 36 | ( That the government was ready for a strike was a widespread interpretation of its appointment of Ian MacGregor to chair the NCB from September 1983 on ; MacGregor chaired British Steel in 1980–1 , a period encompassing its major dispute , and was believed responsible for the major cuts in job levels ; it was assumed that he was expected to achieve the same in the coal industry . ) |
| 37 | In his letter , Brig Cordy-Simpson said that since Gen Mladic had not replied to UN proposals on how the airlift would be managed , it was assumed that he had agreed to them . |
| 38 | The conclusion of the Griffin mission was , first , that US aid would help France and Vietnam to checkmate Chinese communist invasion , if it came ; and second , it was assumed that it would somehow ‘ sterilise areas of Vietminh infection ’ . |
| 39 | Trade unions fell into the second of these groups , but , because of their large and fluctuating membership and because of certain provisions in the Trade Union Act 1871 , it was assumed that it was impracticable to bring actions against them so as to make their funds liable . |
| 40 | Officials refused to discuss his itinerary and , most unusually for such a senior member of the Royal Family , it was indicated that there was no plan for him to meet the public . |
| 41 | Later that year she had a negative laparotomy and it was concluded that her pain was psychological . |
| 42 | It was concluded that they would , and the project was abandoned . |
| 43 | The previous section depicted all sorts of situations in which it would be natural to describe animals or human babies as recognising something — names , parents , fellow-creatures , their own bodies ( but not their ‘ self ’ ) — and it was concluded that there was nothing out of order in so doing . |
| 44 | The DNA-binding domain of CAP consists of residues 135–205 and includes helices D , E and F. But , perhaps because of the irregularity in the second helix of the NMR structure of GH5 , it was concluded that there was no correspondence between helix II of GH5 and helix E of CAP and that there was no helix-turn-helix motif in GH5 . |
| 45 | The doctors detailed the attempts made at resuscitation , but by 2.40 it was concluded that there was no activity in either heart or brain and that the President must be declared dead . |
| 46 | It was concluded that there was little improvement to be made to the content of our induction package . |
| 47 | It was concluded that it was fully justifiable to use English language tape/slide guides directly , without translation , for Swedish users . |
| 48 | When it was heard that he had been shot in the legs at the time of his arrest , the reporters assured their readers that the general view of the British people was , ‘ A pity they did n't aim a bit higher . ’ |
| 49 | In 1964 , it was argued that we could not provide an adequate deterrent without five boats , but we took the decision to proceed with only four and we carried it through . |
| 50 | It was argued that they can monopolise resources in an area where they already do have a monopoly ( schools , community halls , etc . ) |
| 51 | The belief that men should be trained for a narrow role in life came to be challenged ; it was argued that they should have some knowledge of the liberal arts , the ‘ finer ’ things in life . |
| 52 | Local income taxes might be thought capable of performing better against the criterion of equity , but it was argued that they would be difficult to administer in the UK , for the reasons outlined by Kay and King ( 1986 ) . |
| 53 | It was argued that he should have been sentenced to a term of detention in a young offender institution , and that he did not qualify for a custodial sentence for that purpose under Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s.1(4) and 1(4A) . |
| 54 | One focus of discontent did raise the issue onto a more general level when it was argued that it was the southern origins of the planning officials which.were responsible for their unsympathetic approach to Orkney 's housing preferences . |
| 55 | If the growth of administrative adjudication could not be prohibited , it was argued that it must be regularized by integrating it into the ordinary law of the land , thereby ensuring that it develops in harmony with traditional common law principles . |
| 56 | It was argued that it unfairly penalized those who worked throughout their lives until their mid-sixties , but were thrown onto the Poor Law before they qualified for the pension . |
| 57 | Section 7(1) could be construed as applying to previous enactments , but it was argued that it applied also to subsequent enactments . |
| 58 | It was argued that it would never be possible to produce these bitmaps in real time , ie to create each character as and when it was needed from a master outline . |
| 59 | It was argued that it allows litigation which would otherwise not be brought , that the lawyers involved act more conscientiously on behalf of their client because of the mutual financial interests , and that it is a simpler method of payment . |
| 60 | It was argued that it would be undesirable to open up the possibility of private prosecution , and that the sensitivity of the area was such that it was imperative that prosecution policy be consistent . |