Example sentences of "it was [vb pp] that [art] " in BNC.

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1 It received a new boost in 1990 when John Gribbin and Martin Rees published their The Stuff of the Universe , where it was asserted that the universe came into existence solely in order to create a carbon-based intelligent life-form on just one planet — Earth .
2 Occasionally it was suspected that the behaviour of respondents was being affected by the presence of the field-worker , to what extent it is impossible to estimate , but this is the disadvantage of all overt research techniques and is not unique to ethnography .
3 He said that it was suspected that the SIB unit at the cottage was an army intelligence assassination squad .
4 The estimate of 11 per cent of stock in use as second or holiday homes was felt to be an underestimate , and it was suspected that the real figure was nearer 26 per cent by 1980 .
5 Additionally it was maintained that the GLC and the six ‘ mets ’ had sought an outlet for their energies by developing a general strategic role which had led to conflict with lower-tier authorities ( such as on land use planning ) and to duplication ( such as on economic development ) .
6 They relented when it was explained that the alternative was to exhume the bodies of other relatives .
7 It was explained that the dog was the boy 's pet .
8 When the Chilaw kachcheri queried a sale voucher counterfoil submitted by a headman , it was explained that the seller had branded the animal with his grandfather 's name , Nicholas , because he believed it a lucky name in cattle breeding .
9 In Section 8.1 it was explained that the determination of a currency 's exchange rate value is in principle broadly the same as the establishment of the price for any other financial instrument , commodity , or good .
10 They had always attached importance to keeping level with India , and now they renewed the pressure , It was explained that the Dominion status option was open to them , with the same timetable as India ; but if they became a republic this would require more contentious legislation and the negotiation of an Anglo-Burmese Treaty .
11 The report , quoting Swedish security sources , claimed it was confirmed that a man using an Egyptian passport in the name of Mohamed Abu Taleb was in Malta at the end of November last year .
12 It was confirmed that a separate fund be set up for preservation work .
13 On Jan. 21 it was confirmed that a peace formula was also being sought within the framework of the Non-aligned Movement .
14 It was confirmed that a new German rapid deployment force would be available for use within NATO by 1995 , but controversy continued over a proposed amendment of the constitutional prohibition on utilization of German armed forces outside the NATO area , to allow them to take part in UN peacekeeping operations .
15 But they were n't totally happy — for it was confirmed that the interrogation of the prisoner — going on at that moment — would reveal where the stuff had gone .
16 At the end of October it was confirmed that the A-IADMK would be supporting Congress ( I ) in the elections to the Lok Sabha .
17 Although the proposals contained within Roh 's message were not made public , it was confirmed that the South Korean President had requested an early meeting with Kim — in Pyongyang or Seoul ( South Korea ) or in a third country — for talks aimed at normalizing relations between the two states .
18 On Oct. 23 , 1989 , it was confirmed that the Italian government had investigated allegations by the US that the Italian computer company , Olivetti , had breached COCOM rules .
19 The refugee camp there was said to be acting as a " magnet " , encouraging more Haitians to put to sea , and it was confirmed that the camp would be phased out .
20 In December it was confirmed that the assessment would be confined to paper and pencil tests taken by whole classes of children .
21 It was confirmed that the Rank Organisation was looking for a buyer for its five star Royal Garden Hotel in London .
22 It was confirmed that the Queen 's Counsel was indeed a Queen 's Counsel .
23 With reference to the previous discussion of an unconditional , non-matching grant , it was illustrated that the effect on local spending is just the same as that which arises as a result of an increase in income .
24 It was seen that the length of stay for those who wish to leave the country quickly is not that much shorter than for those who challenge their deportation .
25 When looking at the local underbelly of the centre initiative at Powick , it was seen that the provision of more than one psychiatric hospital within a district , after 1982 , meant certain death for one or other institution .
26 It was seen that the traditional system , in which the patients were at the bottom of a communication and status hierarchy and were denied autonomy or participation in the running of the institution , exacerbated the problems many patients had , or produced the characteristic ‘ institutionalization ’ which was to be deplored .
27 Further , it was seen that the same institution that was so damaging could be therapeutic if it was organized deliberately to foster social confidence and responsibility in the patients .
28 In Section 4.3 the correspondence between the metric components and the Newtonian gravitational potential was noted , and later in Section 6.8 it was seen that the metric connection and hence the first derivatives of the metric components correspond to the gravitational acceleration .
29 To remedy these grievances it was enacted that the Charter of the Forest was to be kept in all its articles , that the perambulations made in the time of Edward I were to be observed , that those perambulations which still remained to be made should be made as quickly as possible , and that the forest boundaries in each county should be confirmed by royal charters , as laid down in the perambulations .
30 It was enacted that the vill should not be required to pay the cost of service beyond the county boundary , that the equipment required of troops should not go beyond that laid down in the Statute of Winchester , and that service overseas should not be required as an obligation of tenure .
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