Example sentences of "[adv] and it was [verb] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the report members of the police were accused of acting illegally and it was suggested that they were biased in favour of Inkatha . |
| 2 | Of the 750 men who had originally walked out , 450 were still in Edinburgh ; of these 200 were still unemployed a week later and it was thought that full absorption would take up to six months ; in fact by early April , only 20 strikers were still without work . |
| 3 | At a strained board meeting held on 18 June , four days before take-off , Douglas Paul 's report on the reservations situation was read out and it was agreed that Fields should leave the Woodstock Street offices immediately and relinquish personal control of the reservations . |
| 4 | Many mujaheddin leaders were reported to be abroad and it was thought that Mujjaddedi , leader of the smallest mujaheddin group as well as of an influential Sufi brotherhood , was trying to delay stepping down in the hope that on their return they would support his continuation in office . |
| 5 | Fleet operators appear to have felt that the raids had not had much effect on operations there and it was rumoured that the National Iranian Oil Company ( NIOC ) was managing to improvise , using storage tanks on the mainland . |