Example sentences of "were [noun] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , so popular were indulgences that during 1498 and 1499 an estimated 2000 English priests were obliged to request plenary indulgences from the pope on behalf of their lay parishioners . |
| 2 | Our rent levels have always been in line in the case of tenants guidelines and I of course there were savings that about is insufficient in in in areas . |
| 3 | That cash aid is due to run out on March 31 and unit organiser Kate Harker said there were concerns that without the Government money it would not be possible to continue the same level of service . |
| 4 | Was there any sense of surprise really that as the quarrier was were Welshmen and most of the workforce were Welshmen that in fact things would come to some sort of agreement , that there would n't be this kind of |
| 5 | Because of the recent declarations of independence by the majority of republics there were fears that without an agreement on economic union the economy would collapse . |
| 6 | International mediation efforts began and there were fears that with the involvement of Turkey and Iran the conflict could spread . |
| 7 | When tested at the end of the first year they were found to have developed on average at about half the rate that is usual , though there were indications that at birth they had been potentially normal . |
| 8 | Worse still , by the end of May there were indications that for the first time German losses might be exceeding those of the French ; within a week one completely new brigade had been as good as wiped out . |
| 9 | Consequently , there were counter-proposals that within the new organisation there still should be some kind of authoritative institution that would represent the interests of the participating states . |
| 10 | In Surere 's province , there had been many transgressions , despite the loss of privilege which was the only punishment he had dared impose , though there were rumours that in some cases he would have preferred to apply the death penalty . |
| 11 | There were rumours that in some cases he had . |