Example sentences of "[was/were] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although all the early indications were that the new 3-series was very much an evolutionary product , getting to know the 325i has convinced us otherwise . |
| 2 | Everywhere the signs were that the British film industry was overheating . |
| 3 | All the predictions were that the meeting at Downing Street between newly elected political opposites would be difficult . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The terms of the agreement were that the sovereign would be elected , initially but not necessarily , from the house of Árpad . |
| 6 | The further conditions were that the assembly of the people constituted that national will , and that land was held in common right by the nation . |
| 7 | The significant features of Arazi 's victory over Supermec and River Majesty were that the knee operation carried out last November appeared to have no effects and , this time , the colt was not racing on medication , as he had been when winning the Breeders ' Cup Juvenile . |
| 8 | Intriguing but unimportant differences were that the Earth spun much faster in those early days — so the days and nights were much shorter ; and the moon was much closer , so it would have appeared vast in the sky ( if there had been any creature to observe it ) and the tides would have been far more dramatic . |
| 9 | They were joined , like most of the other foreign armies that came to Lebanon , by a retinue of Lebanese acolytes , of leftist militiamen and Lebanese Baath party functionaries , all of them desperate to explain how delighted they were that the peace-loving Syrians had arrived to save their country . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The reasons for the new tunnel were that the old one was a terrible bottleneck , and that it was unsafe . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The main findings were that the continuations were judged less acceptable when the pronoun 's antecedent was introduced by the verb ( 54 versus 92% ) and that even when the continuations were judged to be acceptable the judgements were made more slowly ( 2281 versus 1871 ms ) . |
| 14 | Pembrey 's findings were that the role model was important in helping a sister to develop a good management style . |
| 15 | Early reports were that the four-litre V8 , to be produced at the same factory as Ford 's Zeta range of 16-valve fours , could produce as much as 290bhp when fitted with Jaguar-designed cylinder heads . |
| 16 | The two great strengths , he thought , were that the mystery plays were the beginning of drama in this country and that , although a modern audience would not have the universality of faith of a medieval one , the plays held the power of universal mythology , everyone knowing the stories being retold . |
| 17 | The implications were that the dinosaurs were not stupid , slow , cold-blooded animals , said Angela Milner of London 's Natural History Museum . |
| 18 | The indications were that the Sheriff would uphold the decision of the Children 's Panel , and would support the Place of Safety orders . |
| 19 | Rumours over the weekend were that the food manufacturers who supply more than £50m worth of goods to Gateway each week are concerned about extending further credit . |
| 20 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 21 | The [ student ] social worker was not available that day , and the indications were that the client could not last the weekend . |
| 22 | Recently the International Secretariat of the Golden Oldies was in Dublin to run the rule over the arrangements and all the indications were that the officials were pleased with all they saw . |
| 23 | Were that the end of the story , the eastern wage deal might indeed strangle Germany 's economy gradually . |
| 24 | Other issues were that the potential of the day hospital was not being fully exploited and that the mental health centres were evidently not properly integrated with the general hospital unit . |
| 25 | ‘ A number of people remarked to me how lucky we were that the first Green Shopping Day coincided with publication of the Green Consumer Guide , ’ she says with amusement . |
| 26 | All the indications were that the reply would argue , in tones of hurt pride , that it was all a technical hiccup , Britain had acted in good faith and so on . |
| 27 | Other variations in the questions were that the shapes were presented with or without square grids and with all four or just two lengths labelled in the diagram . |
| 28 | The only conditions were that the person receiving the pension had to retire and agree to spend the money within the month . |
| 29 | they use er , a very sort of sparse unpopulated area obviously and so you do get erm plants and animals having to , well change it so that they , er you take as it were that the genes changed , some does mutation probably alright , some probably not . |
| 30 | These were that the House would be inundated with appeals relating to the interpretation of statutes and that the House would not have the benefit of the careful consideration of the case before it went up to the House ( Drewry , 1973 ) . |