Example sentences of "it was [verb] that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the earlier regime it was accepted that rules had to be general to some extent , and open to change to allow for adaptation to changing circumstances . |
| 32 | " Men worked very hard , " said the deputy , " and there were no baths — it was accepted that women would , do it all , they did n't think that the women were working all hours . |
| 33 | It was accepted that models were used to create all of the decoration required in the day moulds , so that variation could occur in making the model , mould , casting or in any final cleaning . |
| 34 | The parents ' right to dispose of their child overrode considerations of the child 's own rights : it was accepted that children should be put in care while the parents made up their minds whether to relinquish them or not . |
| 35 | I would , I worry terribly much about this discussion and it was suggesting that men are somehow the root of all evil and all |
| 36 | Dines only admitted the charge when it was proven that guns found in his car had fired the shots . |
| 37 | On July 17 it was decreed that foreigners of Albanian nationality and origin should " upon their request be granted Albanian nationality , maintaining or not the nationality of their own state " . |
| 38 | On May 30 after government discussions on the fuel industry , it was announced that prices for energy would not be raised to world prices as sought by the IMF because of fears of rising social tension . |
| 39 | The following month it was announced that Dulles would specialise on matters concerning the peace treaty and Truman approved arrangements for Dulles to visit Japan and Korea in June in order to confer with MacArthur and the Japanese government . |
| 40 | It was announced that laws were being drafted on borders , on economic and foreign policy , and on the implementation of independence . |
| 41 | An inquiry into the killing of over 50 striking workers in Gdansk in December 1970 led in December 1990 to the arrest of three generals and five colonels , and in the same month it was announced that investigations were being held into the introduction of martial law in 1981 . |
| 42 | On March 21 it was announced that members of the armed forces who had left for political reasons after June 1978 were to be reinstated . |
| 43 | On April 1-2 he saw for himself the effects of internecine war when he toured the Natal townships ; on April 5 , after his meeting with de Klerk , it was announced that talks would take place in the near future about the remaining obstacles to full negotiations . |
| 44 | During his visit it was announced that talks on border and territorial disputes would be held in Beijing in November . |
| 45 | In November it was announced that exports of coffee — of which Angola was the fourth largest producer in the world before independence — were less than half those expected . |
| 46 | At the end of the meeting , it was announced that donors had pledged US$1,200 million in aid for 1991 . |
| 47 | BRITISH track and field athletes claimed a first yesterday when it was announced that men and women of the same standard will compete against each other . |
| 48 | It was announced that supplies of oranges would be available from local shops from April 24th and be reserved for a period of five days at the rate of one lb. per head to children only . |
| 49 | It was announced that officials were due to discuss the dispute in London in December . |
| 50 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 51 | It was announced that negotiations on the bases would resume in one month . |
| 52 | It was decided that students would attend college five afternoons a week . |
| 53 | For example , in a survey I carried out on the membership of the National Trust — one of the largest voluntary associations in Britain with over a million and a quarter members — it was decided that topics should include such things as how people came to join , how they felt about the payment of subscriptions , how much they read of the literature the Trust sent them , what their main interests in conservation were , how active a part they wanted to play in the work of the Trust , and so on . |
| 54 | In the end , it was decided that candidates must undertake an extra assessment in addition to their modules , which will be used to distinguish between two levels of achievement : pass and merit . |
| 55 | It was decided that dances and discos , which had not been supported , should be dropped but that the children ‘ s events should be continued although alterations would probably be made . |
| 56 | In 1989 it was planned that doctors would have to work to new contracts , under which their pay would be more clearly related to the number of patients . |
| 57 | It was contended that purchasers looking for a good-quality carpet would go to a conventional carpet shop and not to a carpet superstore which they considered was more applicable to the lower end of the market . |
| 58 | Once it was realized that dispositions could be salvaged by the mere addition of a trust clause , it is likely that the addition of one became a regular feature of testamentary practice . |
| 59 | Then when it was realized that things had taken a turn for the worse and somebody was going to get killed the vicar stepped in and bought them all ice-creams . |
| 60 | But yesterday it was revealed that lawyers for the survivors , victims ' families , the airline , Boeing and three companies that made the engines have agreed payments will not be restricted . |