Example sentences of "was that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her argument was that the subjects of the old master paintings could be disregarded by a painter who wished to find lessons for the present in the artistic practice of the past . |
| 2 | What changed with the partition of Ireland in 1920 was that the two dominant alliances were internally reorganized . |
| 3 | A main real difference in the experience which marked it off from fundamentalist and some pentecostal forms of conversion experience was that the outcome was not the assurance of being saved , but rather a spirituality of trust in Christ based on repentance and the conviction that God forgives repentant sinners . |
| 4 | An important aspect of the successful implementation of these parts of the constitution was that the political opposition did not object to them . |
| 5 | The result was that the union became subordinated for some time to the hierarchy and a breakaway union of protestant teachers was formed . |
| 6 | Sergeant Bramble and Constable Quince very quickly gave up trying to understand what it was that the experts were looking for . |
| 7 | So it was that the Cohens ' life was very largely circumscribed by the Montreal riding , which had as its most prestigious centre Westmount , where they lived . |
| 8 | The result was that the social pressure had no effect at all . |
| 9 | One result was that the British were the world 's major communications operators . |
| 10 | At the time , most observers believed that the real reason was that the BBC had been unable to persuade the newly-elected Conservative government to contribute towards the cost of setting up ( about £3million at 1977 prices ) or running a dedicated traffic service . |
| 11 | The twist here was that the guitarist was also female ( her guitar was blue ) and the singer had an Australian accent . |
| 12 | The essential point was that the medieval Church was a ‘ sex-negative ’ institution — sex was a bad thing because it interfered with the search for spiritual perfection . |
| 13 | What made the ruling even more surprising was that the Japanese government had pledged to correct bias in school textbooks after South Korea and China lodged diplomatic protests in 1982 , when the book was originally banned . |
| 14 | ‘ The last official reason we received was that the Treasury was unwilling to approve any more sports . ’ |
| 15 | The view on the left was that the Bush administration was more involved in the coup than it has admitted , but decided against a visible or military role for fear of the political consequences of failure and a heavy loss of American lives . |
| 16 | What had changed , he said , was that the association had finally accepted his assurance that patients would get all the drugs they needed under the new system . |
| 17 | The Crown 's case was that the men were found by the police in a public lavatory behaving indecently towards each other . |
| 18 | What apparently made all the difference to the price was that the clock came from a historic house , Cassiobury Park , and that it is illustrated in an important book on the craftsman — Thomas Tompion , His Life and Work by R W Symonds . |
| 19 | ‘ What I said last month was that the US Open was my final Grand Slam tournament . |
| 20 | The only reason that Henry Cecil , Spritsail 's trainer , could give for that poor Ascot run was that the ground there was loose , but the official going was good to firm at Ascot , the same as yesterday 's . |
| 21 | Although yesterday 's increase in rates intensified fears that the economy could come perilously close to recession next year , the instant judgement of most economists was that the worst would be avoided . |
| 22 | It took as long again for their theories to be discredited , despite the fact that almost none of their Hollywood idols would agree that they were the sole auteur of the films they made ; while the greatest weakness of their belief was that the most flawed work by one of their preferred film-makers was of more interest than a major piece by one of those they did not rate . |
| 23 | ‘ The experience we had was that the only people who bought it more or less were the people who used it , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 24 | The first thing the lads noted when the stage lights came up was that the previewers ' obituaries for Pete Townshend are about as wide of the mark as a Birmingham City attack . |
| 25 | What they found was that the river bottom invertebrates which spend their larval stages among the gravel and pebbles on the riverbed plummeted in numbers immediately after the inundation . |
| 26 | The problem was that the EC is split between the smaller countries which want the Commission to review a takeover when combined turnover of the two companies involved exceeds Ecu2bn ( about £1.4bn ) ; and the larger ones , like the UK , France and Germany , who think a Ecu5bn threshold is sufficient . |
| 27 | Mr Laws submitted that ( 1 ) the expectation was that the doctor would in general provide for his patients a full-time service . |
| 28 | But the danger was that the pound would fall further than planned , said Mr Payne . |
| 29 | Mr Thompson said that what marked out the drift to recession was that the service sector would be as badly hit as manufacturing at least , and possibly worse affected , unlike in the recession of 1981 . |
| 30 | All that could be said was that the judges and staff of the court would continue to do all in their power to reduce costs and lead times in the disposal of appellant business . |