Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was successfully argued that the phrase " is or " could only relate to a customer when the soliciting is taking place . |
| 2 | Some of the drafters of the constitution wanted specific guarantees of press freedom , but it was eventually decided that the press should enjoy the same freedom of any Nigerian citizen , there being no need for special treatment . |
| 3 | At first reluctant to agree to any changes , she was eventually persuaded that the riders would benefit . |
| 4 | It was eventually agreed that the company would be allowed an overdraft facility of £135,000 , reducing to £120,000 after three weeks . |
| 5 | It was eventually agreed that the issue of Li Un Hye would be dealt with separately from the normalization talks . |
| 6 | She soon became absorbed , oblivious to the passage of time , and was startled when she was politely informed that the doors would shortly be closed for the midday break . |
| 7 | Moscow was thereby reassured that the situation in Cuba was under control . |
| 8 | Following the decision to commit US ground-based forces , estimates as to the numbers which might ultimately be deployed rose quickly and , on Aug. 10 , it was widely leaked that the administration had adopted a " contingency plan " involving the use of 250,000 ground troops should full-scale fighting break out with Iraq . |
| 9 | ‘ It was widely recognised that the magic of the goddess dwelt more in the reality of her flesh than in her garments , ’ says the Encyclopedia Of Women 's Myths And Secrets , ‘ since creation was a function of the female body . |
| 10 | The report of the Third Committee that dealt with the topic , Population and the Family , for instance , while noting that " high infant mortality was especially recognized as a deterrent to fertility decline " and , consequently , two recommendations to this effect were adopted by the World Population Plan of Action , also mentioned that " It was widely acknowledged that the ability to determine the number and spacing of children influences family well-being , partly because of the effect upon the health of both mothers and children . " |
| 11 | It was widely suspected that the Tucayana had links with the military and had been involved with anti-insurgency operations against the Jungle Commandos and that they feared the establishment of a police force for the interior composed mainly of former Jungle Commando members . |
| 12 | It was widely believed that the Conservatives ' heavy defeat in the Vale of Glamorgan by-election in May 1989 was partly due to the campaign of local general practitioners against the government 's health plans . |
| 13 | Hitler 's confidence in early victory made a deep impression , and it was widely believed that the final push would begin in March or April . |
| 14 | It was widely believed that the courts were used to further disputes which were not necessarily related to the ostensible complaint . |
| 15 | For a few days at the beginning of August 1920 , it was widely believed that the Government was preparing to send a new British Expeditionary Force to relieve the Polish Army . |
| 16 | Similarly , explaining the use of the term sexual assault in the New South Wales legislation , Woods states : ‘ It was widely believed that the term ‘ rape ’ involved an unacceptable stigma for victims . ’ |
| 17 | In France and Spain , and to a lesser extent in Britain , it was widely believed that the most important function of a fleet was not to seek out and destroy that of the enemy but to protect the colonies and seaborne trade of the State to which it belonged and capture or harass those of its opponents . |
| 18 | It was widely believed that the DLP would use its two-thirds majority to alter the constitution prior to the 1992 elections . |
| 19 | It was widely believed that the financial records supplied by Hakim were instrumental in supplying evidence for the charges against Clines . |
| 20 | Although there was no official statement concerning the content of the agenda , it was widely believed that the two sides would begin detailed discussions for the first time since the negotiations began in July 1990 . |
| 21 | With a net population gain in the South and West — regions where the Republicans had polled strongly in recent elections — it was widely believed that the effect of reapportionment would be to cost the Democrats at least 25 seats in the House . |
| 22 | It was widely assumed that the pattern of administration in the new NHS hospital would follow that at the County , the voluntary hospital . |
| 23 | It was widely assumed that the assailants had mistakenly believed their victims to be of Korean extraction , and that the assault was connected to a black boycott of two Korean-American grocery shops in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn . |
| 24 | The final total was 606 , scored in only ten hours of excellent batsmanship , although it was widely felt that the England selectors had helped them along by omitting Foster and playing two spinners , Cook and Miller , on a pitch of low bounce . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , on the other hand it was widely felt that the system itself denied young people opportunities and circumstances in which they could have control over their own lives and education . |
| 26 | It was widely felt that the police were failing to take adequate measures to check the growth in crime and violence , and on May 12 , following a meeting with representatives of the Romany community , Havel criticized the Czech Ministry of the Interior for handling the situation badly . |
| 27 | There was guarded optimism that all Cambodian factions ( the three NGC elements and the State of Cambodia ( SOC ) regime based in Phnom Penh ) would accept the UN framework , as it was widely expected that the five states would put pressure on the respective factions they supported . |
| 28 | It was widely expected that the formal ban on direct trade with the Soviet Union would be lifted in 1990 leaving only mainland China , Albania , Cuba and North Korea on the prohibited list . |
| 29 | It was widely agreed that the episode had damaged the public image of Congress and had discredited the confirmation process . |
| 30 | It was widely reported that the UK Ministry of Defence had reserved the right to dispose of its decommissioned nuclear submarines at sea , although the UK finally voted for the proposal . |