Example sentences of "[subord] it was [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | American news coverage of the 1960s riots first came under academic scrutiny in the aftermath of the Watts riot , where it was generally felt that media reporting had exacerbated the conflict . |
| 2 | The hearing was held at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court where it was eventually decided that there was a case to answer , and Bogdanov was committed for trial . |
| 3 | Glanville Jones ' ideas were based initially on studies of medieval Wales , where it was formerly assumed that a dispersed settlement pattern of pastoral farms had been the norm . |
| 4 | This was forgotten by the draftsman in British Railways Board v Elgar House Ltd ( 1969 ) 209 EG 1313 , where it was nevertheless held that for the purposes of the rent calculation parts of the demised property occupied by the headtenant should be deemed to be let at a rack rent . |
| 5 | Clashes and scores of casualties continued elsewhere in south-east Turkey , where it was now estimated that about one-third of the Turkish army , or 150,000 troops , were deployed . |
| 6 | Rob Andrew went off with a bang on the nose which needed an X-ray , although it was later revealed that there was no fracture , while his replacement Stuart Barnes had 12 stitches in a head wound caused by a stray boot . |
| 7 | The final total was 606 , scored in only ten hours of excellent batsmanship , although it was widely felt that the England selectors had helped them along by omitting Foster and playing two spinners , Cook and Miller , on a pitch of low bounce . |
| 8 | The need for war , then , was fairly generally accepted , although it was widely recognized that it brought destruction and death . |
| 9 | Whether they had taken such action with the explicit authorisation of President Gorbachev remained unclear , although it was widely agreed that he had failed to respond adequately to the loss of life that had occurred . |
| 10 | It was hoped that the fund would raise some 6,000 million forints ( about US$80,000,000 ) in 1991/1992 , although it was widely predicted that this would be insufficient to provide for the estimated 300,000 unemployed in Hungary . |
| 11 | Interior Minister Carlos Hurtado , had resigned on April 2 citing personal health problems , although it was widely known that he was hostile to Chamorro 's and Lacayo 's policy of co-operating with the Sandinistas . |
| 12 | Set up in 1983 under the Finance Act , the BES has been a major facilitator of the channelling of funds to businesses ( Peat Marwick 1986 ) , many of which would apparently not have been able to raise capital without the help of the BES , although it was also reported that very little of the funds were provided for seedcorn businesses . |
| 13 | Delegates voted in favour of the " strengthening " of " existing settlements " on the Golan Heights , although it was also resolved that the future of the Golan was negotiable . |
| 14 | Although it was always recognized that er there were limits to which a person could go . |
| 15 | First , although it was always assumed that many from the older urban cores would be rehoused in the new towns , early evidence ( Heraud , 1966 ) shows that it tended to be the better-housed suburbanites who moved , few from the inner cities even knowing of the programme . |
| 16 | Although it was always assumed that the Urban Programme would aim to initiate innovative projects , there must be some doubt whether this has always happened . |
| 17 | Although it was initially believed that lowering mucosal prostaglandin values in ulcerative colitis would be therapeutic , and that the beneficial effect of therapeutic agents sulfasalazine and 5-ASA analogues is through their ability to inhibit cyclo-oxygenase , it isnow believed that a simple decrease in prostaglandins does not elicit a beneficial effect in ulcerative colitis and may even be harmful . |
| 18 | Although it was initially considered that these endoscopic signs were features of disease recrudescence , careful perioperative and postoperative surveillance studies have established that the lesions represent true disease recurrence . |
| 19 | If it was clearly intended that the ex gratia sum should include an element to cover the basic award , it will be set off against that award , but not otherwise . |
| 20 | The accession of the new king , William IV , in June 1830 brought some slight relief , mainly because it was widely believed that His Majesty favoured the destruction of machinery and the payment of 2 shillings a day to men of the labouring classes . |
| 21 | The time when scruples about extrapolating from studies on animals to humans would have seemed absurd , because it was widely held that basic behavioural processes were common to all species and that the complexity of behaviour was simply a function of the capacity of the organism to learn , is long since past . |
| 22 | It was only because it was repeatedly interrupted that it did not become all-pervasive , and ultimately intolerable . |
| 23 | Quite , providing there was only one representative , and we were n't overburdened , providing it was clearly understood that they were there almost in the same way that a local member would be , to speak on a given item , and not to vote , then I do n't think we 'd have any objections , but it 's entirely up to the Committee , how do you feel ? |
| 24 | But then Mrs Lawler came from a ‘ good ’ background , while it was well known that Lawler was an entirely self-made man . |
| 25 | While it was widely felt that CPA formalised good practice , some respondents said it included too many patients , impinged on clinical judgement , and required more resources to implement properly . |
| 26 | While it was widely believed that Bush was not as emotionally committed to the SDI programme as Reagan , his administration was proceeding with the development of revised versions of the concept , notably " Brilliant Pebbles ' . |
| 27 | While it was widely accepted that by the end of the month few visible signs of the disaster remained , environmentalists warned against deceptive appearances and claimed that marine life could be affected for years to come . |
| 28 | While it was generally accepted that the country was economically near bankruptcy and would need time and a continuation of generous American aid to effect recovery , few people doubted the economy could be rebuilt faster than that of devastated Europe and Japan . |
| 29 | While it was generally recognized that the new novelists drew a great deal on their eighteenth and nineteenth century predecessors , this was regarded not as a fault but , on the contrary , all the more reason for admitting them as new bearers of the old standard ( Hansford Johnson 1949:235–3 , Wilson 1958:viii ) . |
| 30 | While it was generally agreed that these broad aims were appropriate , there were considerable difficulties in their detailed implementation , often arising from conflicts over land use . |