Example sentences of "was that [pron] had [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when the study appeared , there was a great deal of scepticism within NoS , but the attitude was that they had consulted the experts and got the evidence . |
| 2 | The tragedy of the industry was that they had won the battle only by turning their back on the price mechanism : a procedure for resource allocation which , arguably , is the best medium for the decentralisation of decision making to firms in the modern economy . |
| 3 | All that mattered was that we had reached the summit , and more importantly had a good day out . |
| 4 | However , at the moment my only concern was that we had completed the circuit of the park . |
| 5 | One of those lessons was that we had to align the needs of the platform with those of the systems . |
| 6 | The fact was that she had lost the six square inches of canvas allocated for the kettleholder when it was first given out to the class . |
| 7 | Carole 's first , irrational thought was that she had entered the wrong room . |
| 8 | I have always felt that the great truth of the words uttered by my right hon. Friend the former Prime Minister was that she had pierced the bubble of the omniscience of the social worker — the concept that every problem in society can be resolved by the intervention of a bureaucrat — and had identified the fact that the real core of social development is an individual 's self-reliance and reliance upon the family . |
| 9 | What Peter did not realise was that he had aroused the directors ' suspicion . |
| 10 | Marcellus ' defence was that he had taught the ignorant to respect and wonder at the beautiful and marvellous works of Greece ( Marc . 21 ) . |
| 11 | It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser . |
| 12 | And how it was that I had rediscovered the gift in pubescence , as if prompted by my burgeoning sexuality . |
| 13 | One of the unpleasant by-products of this affair was that it had blighted the beginnings of a friendship . |
| 14 | Though there were some criticisms of the new technology , the general consensus was that it had improved the quality of the jobs people did . |
| 15 | Her argument was that it had offered the women of rock ‘ much worship with little esteem … choosing their image from among the already available fantasies and maybe undercutting it with a little irony . ’ |