Example sentences of "it [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was soon realised that antihistamines did not block all the effects of histamine , and in particular its action in promoting the secretion of gastric acid . |
| 2 | All visitors were exhorted to treat the poor courteously , but in general it was optimistically believed that women would be able to talk to women irrespective of social class : not until the 1900s were the difficulties of cross-class communication acknowledged more honestly . |
| 3 | It was generally felt that partnerships around visitors was a good experience . |
| 4 | In the Middle Ages it was generally accepted that women 's ears turned men on to the same extent as the more obvious feminine attributes ; that is why so may medieval headdresses ensured that women 's ears were discreetly covered . |
| 5 | It was generally agreed that republics were now much more likely than monarchies to use them ; and this belief seems to be borne out by the facts . |
| 6 | It was also noted that patients reported an improvement in their mood if they were woken early or deprived of sleep and so , presumably , exposed to daylight much earlier in the day . |
| 7 | It was also announced that ambassadors ' postings would henceforth be for a maximum of five years , and that their appointments would be approved by the council of USSR and republican foreign ministers . |
| 8 | It was also announced that elections would take place on July 19 for the ninth National Assembly . |
| 9 | It was also announced that volunteers from the US Peace Corps would be going to the Baltic states . |
| 10 | All this created something of a problem , since it was also recognized that cats were useful ‘ for the suppressing of small vermin ’ . |
| 11 | It was also recommended that computers infiltrate bureau work more extensively , with a computer officer appointed in each bureau and the sharing of experience and initiatives . |
| 12 | It was also thought that jobbers would stabilise prices through their short-term speculative activities . |
| 13 | It was also suggested that theologians may need to look at the theology of play in order to gain a more positive understanding of the entertainment role of the media . |
| 14 | It was also suggested that solicitors should display their practising certificates and last accountant 's report in their offices . |
| 15 | It was also alleged that officials in the United Kingdom had searched immigration and naturalization files in an effort to find material relevant to Clinton . |
| 16 | It was also claimed that files were being handed to the Soviet authorities thus countering efforts by a citizen 's committee to supervise the dismantling of the Stasi . |
| 17 | It was also agreed that elections would be held in Liberia within six months . |
| 18 | It was also found that businesses with strong initial positions outperformed those with weak initial positions . |
| 19 | But in yesterday 's papers it was widely claimed that friends of the Prince of Wales are behind a campaign of vilification . |
| 20 | It was widely thought that discussions over his release had been the main obstacle in the talks between Meyer and Ramaphosa . |
| 21 | No one denied the importance of these factors , but it was now felt that others would have to be included . |
| 22 | It was suddenly realized that films dealing with contemporary city life were doing well and the new realism was born . |
| 23 | However , it was always intended that UDCs would act primarily as catalysts , providing a framework within which the prime agency for urban renewal — the private sector — would thrive ( DoE , 1980 ) . |
| 24 | It was always said that water-sellers at Indian stations had to be of a high caste . |
| 25 | But it was never expected that voters would forsake their loyalties in large numbers for an abstract principle . |
| 26 | If there are other servants , he will expose their laziness — in fact , it was once said that brownies were originally created to help relieve men of the burden caused by Adam . |
| 27 | So far as voting is concerned this is a comparatively recent development , for , on the analogy of the partnership rule , it was long felt that members ' voting rights should be divorced from their purely financial interests in respect of dividend and capital , so that the equality in voting should be between members rather than between shares . |