Example sentences of "was that the [noun sg] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that before the election the message was that the recession is almost over . |
| 2 | But all this meeting succeeded in proving was that the centre is falling apart . |
| 3 | The other prime mover was that the slump is now in its dying throes . |
| 4 | One interesting fact was that the extension is supported by over 100 piles , a consequence of the building , as a whole being on the site of an old rubbish tip ! |
| 5 | One possibility therefore was that the Earth is only a few thousand years old , a second theory is that ancient helium-3 trapped inside the Earth is being ejected by volcanic eruptions and the third idea , Palmer 's , was that the Earth is indeed billions of years old and that fusion is taking place even now . |
| 6 | One possibility therefore was that the Earth is only a few thousand years old , a second theory is that ancient helium-3 trapped inside the Earth is being ejected by volcanic eruptions and the third idea , Palmer 's , was that the Earth is indeed billions of years old and that fusion is taking place even now . |
| 7 | I mean one of the points we made there was that the infrastructure is vulnerable . |
| 8 | Crusoe 's fabled isle contained all he needed to sustain life — given , that is , that he had rescued so much of use from the wreck , not forgetting a Bible ; and Defoe 's most compelling point was that the island is a self-sufficient place to anyone who can bring courage to the task of living in it , along with an inherited faith and a few tools . |
| 9 | Well , on the news just now the speculation was that the dosh is needed to pay for the refurbishment of the ground and not for new players . |