Example sentences of "[noun sg] were that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ziegler ( 1978 ) , in his discussion of the Mass Observation records on the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 , records that the two most commonly cited reasons for supporting the coronation were that it created wealth and that it united the nation . |
| 2 | Among the wilder rumours in strong circulation were that Lenin was dead , that the French had chosen Nicholas as their Tsar , and that England had declared war on Russia , so there would be wholesale peasant mobilization once again . |
| 3 | The important points for the surname study were that his name had been spelt both as Fortereshey and Forsteresheigh , as well as Forsey and , perhaps most significantly of all , the name of the estate itself was given as Forstereshey . |
| 4 | The particular benefits of this approach for this study were that it provided quantitative data on important treatment/intervention issues in a population where group-comparison studies alone would be inappropriate , because of the individual nature of each person 's challenging behaviour and the small number of potential subjects . |
| 5 | The general findings of the feasibility study were that a WDF plant could be just profitable , but that at present , neither the quality nor quantity of the feedstock , at an acceptable price , is assured . |
| 6 | The terms of reference of the Committee were that they were to consider , firstly , the law and practice relating to homosexual offences and the treatment of persons convicted of such offences by the Courts ; and secondly , ‘ the law and practice relating to offences against the criminal law in connection with prostitution and solicitation for immoral purposes ’ . |
| 7 | If a person were to announce to a policeman that he was about to go to the house of his sworn enemy and beat the living daylights out of him , it would not make sense if the law were that the policeman had to follow the suspect to the locus in quo and only then arrest him . |
| 8 | Were it to be that Christian orthodoxy were that a man , Jesus of Nazareth , was God ( or we may say ‘ a god ’ ) , then there would be no hope that Christianity and feminism could be reconciled . |
| 9 | He defended himself vigorously in a series of letters , protesting — in this case to the journalist William Archer — that ‘ The very last charges I expected them to bring against a book concerned merely with the doom of hereditary temperament & unsuitable mating in marriage were that it was an attack on marriage in general , that it was immoral , & that characters who recant their opinions & come to a sad end were puppets invented to express my personal views in their talk . ’ |
| 10 | The effects of this move were that in 1990 Hungary 's trade with the European Communities ( EC ) was expected to exceed that with Hungary 's COMECON partners for the first time . |
| 11 | The crucial weaknesses of the South Korean army on the eve of the Korean War were that it lacked the range and quality of the equipment possessed by the North Korean forces and that the leadership of the North Korean army was inspired by a fanaticism unequalled by those fighting for Syngman Rhee . |
| 12 | The desiderata for a good background at this point were that it must be perceived by the measuring instrument as significantly darker than the subject , it must be cheap and readily available , and it must be easy to mould it to the growth boxes , fix it to the wall , etc . |
| 13 | But when I did so , the words I uttered for the record were that I could not accept that the proper constitutional practices , as I understood them , were being observed . |
| 14 | Among the reasons given for this conclusion were that the system imposes long delays in obtaining foreign exchange for essential imports , thus putting a brake on exports ; that the rate of exchange was not adjusted sufficiently ; and that in the absence of retention rights the exporters had lost their motivation for exporting . |
| 15 | The disadvantages of the Article were that it was perceived as dealing with ‘ representational ’ issues that were out of place in the Convention , that it undercut the position of non-liability of member States for treaties concluded by organisations , and that it placed excessive emphasis on the exceptional situation of the European Communities . |
| 16 | The most notable consequences of the new Soviet initiative were that in 1975 Mexico signed an agreement with Comecon , and trade with both Argentina and Brazil reached a peak in 1981 when both countries refused to take part in the grain embargo introduced by Resident Carter as one of his sanctions against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan . |
| 17 | Its fundamental differences to the original Illustrator product were that it simplified the user interface both by the introduction of a freehand tool and the classification of anchor points into line , corner and curve types while simultaneously introducing the benefits of colour . |
| 18 | It might attract visitors , but the study indicated that visitors ' attitudes towards such ostentation were that it would be reflected in the price of the products . |
| 19 | Does the Minister recall telling the House that the four criteria for the reform of Sunday trading were that it should be practicable , enforceable , and acceptable to the country and that it should command the support of the House ? |
| 20 | His rules of taxation were that a tax should be fair , easy to predict , easy to collect and difficult to evade . |
| 21 | Yeah well at the end of the day I mean I I was n't there but a the facts at the end of the day were that they 'd been buggering about with that radio system which they should n't do . |
| 22 | If B 's complaint were that an attempt should have been made to invoke the Gallagher jurisdiction when his appeal was before the House of Lords , then it is long out of time . |
| 23 | The same point would occur if the complaint were that the denial of the right to fair trial arose because of the failure of the Court of Appeal to exercise its jurisdiction to resolve B's remaining arguments . |
| 24 | I inclined my head in acknowledgement ; I understood that the terms of the game were that she was the one with the power , but I was the one being wooed . |
| 25 | His three criteria for identifying the modifications as chemical erosion as opposed to physical abrasion were that the damage was localized and not evenly spread over the whole surface of the bones , there was greater erosion of the tips of the teeth with some teeth not damaged at all , and discoloration spread into the re-entrant angles of the vole teeth . |
| 26 | The reasons for the new tunnel were that the old one was a terrible bottleneck , and that it was unsafe . |
| 27 | The difficulties of this approach were that it was slow , time-consuming and could help very few . |
| 28 | Subjective reports on the effects of reduced sleep were that it produced a chronic feeling of sleepiness ( as measured by the Stanford Sleepiness Scale questionnaire ) , and , perhaps not surprisingly , increased the feeling of needing more sleep . |
| 29 | Signs of Constantine 's new deal for the church were that the council petitioned and obtained from the emperor a degree of tax exemption for the sake of the church 's welfare for the poor , and that exile was imposed on the two bishops who withheld their signature to the creed and canons . |
| 30 | As reported , the terms of Somare 's election were that he would lead the party until March 1993 , whereupon the leadership would then be transferred to former Minister of Forests Jack Genia . |