Example sentences of "is [vb pp] that there [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is considered that there was no implied threat in this situation , will the defendant nevertheless be guilty ? |
| 2 | It is said that there were four breeds in Ireland by 1835 : the Longhorn , the Kerry , the Moil and the Old Irish . |
| 3 | At this point it is sufficient to mention that it is accepted that there were differences between the real and reported rates , but that for some crimes over certain periods of time the difference was fairly constant . |
| 4 | I find the remark significant for the assumption which is made that there was nothing harmful about the previous view of the relation between men and women ; indeed the previous view may have accorded with the divine will and our present outlook not . |
| 5 | It was , it has the face value of one million pounds in physical terms , there is , in fact it is thought that there was a ten million pounds as well based on the same , on the same er principle . |
| 6 | It is shown that there was very often little to be gained from approaching government institutions with attitudes which would have been considered proper by British administrators . |
| 7 | It is understood that there was nothing contentious on the agenda . |
| 8 | Drink has always been a problem since men discovered how to distil and it is known that there were a great many small stills on the island . |
| 9 | Drink has always been a problem since men discovered how to distil and it is known that there were a great many small stills on the island . |
| 10 | By the late eleventh century village churches are likely to have been fairly common : it is known that there were over 400 in Kent . |
| 11 | It is assumed that there were no stock differences either at head office or at the branch for Year 41 . |
| 12 | It is admitted that there was er such a letter and er on this occasion er Miss evidence is that having heard that the landlords consent for the assignment still had n't been obtained , asked Mr again whether it was possible in view of that , er to withdraw from the contract and er it is case that again Mr repeated the advice he 'd given to Mr two days earlier and told her that it was not possible and that again is denied . |
| 13 | It is submitted that there was no need to make a different order from an interim care order in order to achieve that end , because the stated intention of the local authority was to maintain the relationship between the mother and the children , as has been evidenced by what has happened since , and that the interim care order in itself would not have affected bonding , indeed the whole of the exercise was to maintain the bonding of the children with the mother . |