Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A light came on whenever a subject paused for longer than 600 milliseconds , although subjects were merely told that the light indicated when their story-telling was poor . |
| 2 | Looking back on that period , Mr Li lamented , ‘ Some sectors of the economy were so decentralised that the state 's ability to exercise macro-control was weakened . ’ |
| 3 | Alternate benches were so made that the back could be swung over so that by a simple movement you had two benches facing each other instead of one behind the other and back-to-back with the adjoining classes , the teacher sitting on a chair between the ends of the benches . |
| 4 | Delegates were generally agreed that the ideal solution was to remove migrants ' reasons for wanting to leave . |
| 5 | Rose 's family was told that the operation was a matter of life-and-death , so they gave the surgeons permission , even though they were also warned that the operation could result in further bleeding and disability . |
| 6 | We were also told that the fire was started in June , and was not expected to be extinguished until the start of the rains , normally in October . |
| 7 | Finally an announcement was made that there was trouble with the rear power car ; we were later told that the train would be terminated at Wolverhampton and a bus laid on to take us to Shrewsbury . |
| 8 | In yet another school we observed science lessons using a topic approach in the library and were reliably informed that the proposed project purchase in this subject was precisely for this kind of use . |
| 9 | Nevertheless the Foreign Office in London and British diplomats in Washington , unlike those directly involved in the running of the empire , were increasingly persuaded that the Americans might prove less impatient and dogmatic than their rhetoric suggested . |
| 10 | I like I 'm sure others , once the issues were published for the E I P , took advice from the Home Secretary and were simply advised that the location that that we should give evidence on locational matters to the E I P and that is what we have done . |