Example sentences of "was [adj] that [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was interesting that at the controversial Chequers seminar on Germany six British and American experts voiced overwhelmingly favourable opinions about Germany and the Germans ( ‘ If Chancellor Kohl had sat in , he would have agreed with or accepted as fair comments 90 per cent of what was said ’ , commented one of them ) . |
| 2 | For him it was clear that with the expropriation of the property-owning classes , the nationalization of the means of production and the formation of a planned economy , the ruling class was the proletariat . |
| 3 | It was clear that in the preceding year share prices in global financial markets had risen in such a way as to force yields down several points below gilt yields ( see Fig. 17.7 ) . |
| 4 | Mr Edwards was delighted that for the very first time someone had started to consider the interests of the parents . |
| 5 | It is impossible for the outsider to appreciate what this meant to a man as proud as Richards , but it was noticeable that in the Test series against Pakistan and New Zealand which followed his form was very ordinary . |
| 6 | The Chief of Staff continued by stating that he was convinced that with a short period of special training , an ordinary infantry battalion could be employed in the Commando role . |
| 7 | Justin was convinced that in the highminded Stoic ethics of human brotherhood , and especially in the other-worldly Platonic metaphysics , there was much for a Christian to welcome . |
| 8 | Her dislike of him was such that during the filming of A Letter to Four Wives , in which she picks up a photograph of a man and reacts with distaste , director Joe Mankiewicz used a photo of Preminger which prompted exactly the right expression from Darnell . |
| 9 | He opened the door but the dimness inside was such that for a moment he could see little ; then , as his eyes accommodated , he saw Maurice standing , pressed against the far wall as though he wanted to vanish through it . |
| 10 | The distribution of the wreckage was such that from the position of the outer wing panels more than two kilometres from the main wreckage it was clear that there had been a structural failure of both wings in the air . |
| 11 | It was remarkable that in the Archidamian War the Peloponnesians abstained from destroying those Attic olive trees which were regarded as sacred to Athena ( Androtion F 39 ) . |
| 12 | It was inevitable that with the unpopularity of Israeli rule , the use of mukhtars to enforce unwelcome regulations and the exposure of the village workforce to a less traditional culture in their place of work , the system lost credibility . |
| 13 | I was glad that in the course of the night of 8/9 October it became clear that it would not be necessary to trouble Your Majesty to return to London . |
| 14 | That was the first time I was conscious that before the apocalypse I had never thought of visualising anywhere but in my stomach . |
| 15 | As man has always had the desire to compete , whether by running against one another , or throwing further than another man , it was obvious that with the advent of the motor car in the 19th-century , another form of rivalry would soon start . |
| 16 | An ex-amateur racing driver , Oscar was confident that after the ‘ accident ’ he could execute the necessary U-turn to head south again . |
| 17 | By Colin Gibson Liverpool 2 Wimbledon 3 MAYBE it was predictable that at the end of a week of distractions for Liverpool , Wimbledon should benefit at Anfield last night . |
| 18 | It was evident that by the end of the seventies Britain would be self-sufficient in oil and was likely to remain so , depending on depletion policy , until at least the end of the century . |
| 19 | Like other fair-minded people , we wanted to see more help given to these parents and their children ; and it was plain that over the next ten years or so Parliament would be doing that , and our scheme would be one of the instruments used for that purpose . |
| 20 | He was concerned that under a new scheme announced earlier this month only successful schools would be given extra funding . |
| 21 | The earnest audience was concerned that despite the United Nations condemnation of torture in 1982 , it was now epidemic . |
| 22 | The US administration was concerned that in the summer of 1991 Housing Minister Ariel Sharon had continued with the construction of housing for Israeli citizens in the occupied territories [ see pp. 38213 , 38358-59 ] . |
| 23 | Instead , he felt , it was important that inside the school , inside the pupil and inside the minds of parents , a belief in justice and the importance of education and self-esteem should be genuinely stimulated and sustained . |
| 24 | Lydon was adamant that under no circumstances would he rejoin the group . |
| 25 | Margaret Llewelyn Davies was adamant that in no circumstances would the Guild surrender its independence and the branches raised sufficient funds to carry on the Guild 's work until a compromise was reached four years later . |
| 26 | So we arrived on good time , Mala and I , was pleased that in a new hairpiece and fresh clothes — a long sleeved short-robe over loose trousers and soft boots , in shades of chartreuse and cinnamon — my injuries did n't show at all . |
| 27 | She was thankful that from an early age she had taken up sports and , latterly , exercise classes , which meant that her body was in good condition . |
| 28 | It was probable that with a type of aggravated libel , and a defence that was blatantly bogus and came apart during the trial , they decided to add a nought to the amount of damages . ’ |
| 29 | It was notable that in the Peruvian forest some four genera of marsupials were involved , members of the group that comprises the non-flying mammalian pollinators of Australia . |
| 30 | Above all , however , de Gaulle was worried that under the terms of the Treaty of Rome , the EEC was supposed , in January 1966 , to take more of its decisions by majority votes , which could force France to accept policies she did not want . |