Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] it [was/were] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | There will be a Raffle as on previous such occasions and to raise funds for this it was suggested that we hold a ‘ Bring and Buy ’ home produce and cake sale at the October Q.T. Day . |
| 2 | and about two weeks after that it was diagnosed that she had cancer of the ovary . |
| 3 | After that it was supposed that the others would merge with them . |
| 4 | The colonies had at first been left to look after themselves because the king had no money to spare for defending them nor any forces he could send across the Atlantic , but after 1650 it was accepted that the colonies had a right to expect to be protected against European attack , though not against Indian or other local problems . |
| 5 | Despite this it was found that in all three areas of Wales the amount of land owned was almost the same . |
| 6 | Out of this it was agreed that services ( unemployment relief , pensions , education , etc. ) were provided at a similar level to those in Britain and if there was any money left , an ‘ imperial contribution ’ was paid towards the cost of common services such as the armed forces and the cost of conducting foreign policy . |
| 7 | At the Essex Forest Eyre of 1277 it was presented that Alexander Not of Havering had entered the Abbess of Barking 's wood and felled an oak . |
| 8 | In the budget of 1992 it was announced that from 1993/4 onwards any extra married allowance can be claimed in its entirety by either husband or wife , or it can be shared equally between them , thus making the tax system fairer to married women . |
| 9 | With the advent of 1992 it was felt that we have a lot of ‘ catching up ’ to do with other European countries . |
| 10 | Their cultural as well as their economic life could be broadened : in the winter of 1922–3 it was found that more peasant children from families owning draught animals attended school regularly than those without any . |
| 11 | During December of 1847 it was decided that the inhabitants deserved toilets and Joseph Braithwaite was given the contract which included 10 peat houses . |
| 12 | Freeth stayed on to become the first lifeguard too , and when he died during an influenza epidemic at the age of thirty-five it was said that he had exhausted himself rescuing swimmers . |
| 13 | In 1934 it was shown that pyloric stenosis could be confirmed by barium meal examination , and in 1977 Teele and Smith first described the use of ultrasound in the diagnosis . |
| 14 | Apart from that it was observed that the left hand edge appeared not to be very sensitive . |
| 15 | In a separate study of 17,000 Harvard graduates in 1986 it was determined that moderate exercise could add up to two years to a person 's life . |
| 16 | In 1986 it was decided that it would take three years to complete the job , twice as long as to construct a new building . |
| 17 | In 1986 it was decided that those paints , even the treated ones , that contained lots of nasty chemicals could not be buried at all , but had to be burnt . |
| 18 | The change in price has been dramatic — in 1986 it was estimated that it would be impossible to distribute imported whisky free of charge at a cost of less than Y 2,600 a bottle . |
| 19 | In 1893 it was estimated that 60 000 organic compounds were known . |
| 20 | In 1933 it was suggested that Mosley should visit the new German leader , Adolf Hitler , and discuss with him the future of Fascism in Britain . |
| 21 | In another it was said that the legitimate expectation of a prisoner that he would be allowed maximum parole if no disciplinary award of forfeiture of remission of sentence had been made against him , gave him sufficient interest to challenge the award . |
| 22 | In 1972 it was realised that this property depended on a separate histamine receptor ( H2 ) which was different from histamine ( H1 ) receptors in the lung and elsewhere , which were responsible for the allergic action of histamine . |
| 23 | From this it was concluded that , although the principles of identifying systemic information links by this method appeared sound and it could be achieved to a limited extent by using the facilities of a flat-file database , it would not be cost-effective to pursue without access to more sophisticated technology . |
| 24 | In 1250 it was discovered that the lands which Aubrey , a forester of fee of Whittlewood Forest , held by serjeanty in Northamptonshire , had been alienated in part , and that ‘ the serjeanty of Peter of Minton in Shropshire , for which he ought to keep the forest of Long Mynd and the hays of Bushmoor and Haycrust ’ had been ‘ alienated in part by divers parcels ’ . |
| 25 | Founded by William of Waynflete in 1484 it was intended that it should act as a feeder to Magdalen College itself , which he also founded . |
| 26 | Until 1828 it was thought that only living things could make such molecules — hence the name ‘ organic ’ . |
| 27 | In his Review of the National association of the Citizens advice Bureaux in 1984 it was noted that ‘ for the most part we heard nothing but praise for the comprehensiveness , accuracy and clarity of exposition of the monthly update ’ of the information system . |
| 28 | In 1975 it was believed that a large fleet of supersonic aircraft flying at altitudes up to 25 km would have a ‘ noticeable effect ’ on the ozone layer ( World Health Organization , 1976b ) . |
| 29 | All in all , in 1975 it was estimated that some 145,000 persons lived in a mobile home of some type . |
| 30 | When the present National Insurance scheme was introduced in 1946 it was hoped that the benefits paid under it would be adequate for subsistence . |