Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First of all , I think it would be useful if we were clear that with the new , ministry was a waste ! |
| 2 | Naturally they were anxious to fire this destructive load before it was too late ; the angle of the chase was depressed to such an extent that they were afraid that in spite of the wadding the contents of their canister might dribble out … already a fountain of glass marbles commandeered from the children had cascaded about the ears of the defenders . |
| 3 | Its great expectations were such that in 1975 it produced what it called a ‘ Reference Programme ’ of future development based on a dramatic growth in electricity demand . |
| 4 | His methods and his diligence were such that in less than six months he had completed the work which had been expected to take 2 to 3 years . |
| 5 | Although the practical difficulties of time measurement were such that until the middle of the seventeenth century most clocks had but one hand and the dial was divided only into hours and quarters , the abstract framework of uniformly divided time gradually became the new medium of daily existence . |
| 6 | try and get some information on this they felt that they were confident that at the end of the day that erm , approval would be given but erm I I I asked for it in writing and they said we would n't be getting that . |
| 7 | The mullahs were concerned that in a republic the Muslin clergy might be disestablished , as had recently happened in Turkey . |
| 8 | All three teachers were adamant that despite the lack of time for consultation , the lack of space and resources and other problems that had nothing to do with the curricular rationale behind the project , it had been a great success . |
| 9 | It was understood that Berisha and his second-in-command Gramoz Pashko ( who had from June to December 1991 been Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister ) , were hopeful that in the longer term the USA , with its 600,000 Albanian Americans , might be a source of such aid and investment . |
| 10 | Both Child and Douglas-Hamilton were worried that in rushing to beat the rains the task force was not allowing itself enough time for preparation . |
| 11 | Morant , Chambers and others were aware that for ten years or more several LEAs including Sheffield , Nottingham , Wigan , Liverpool , Carlisle , Finchley , Bolton , Cambridge , and Edinburgh had been experimenting with their own employment schemes . |
| 12 | Even before the abject failure of the People 's Will conspiracy , many radicals were aware that on their own they could not overthrow the existing order . |
| 13 | They were aware that in a deep way Jesus had dealt a death blow to sin and death , but they believed there was more to it than that . |
| 14 | St Paul was emphatic that by receiving the broken bread and poured out wine , the believer is participating in the self-offering of the Son to the Father in his broken body and shed blood . |
| 15 | I suppose it was possible that after being handled they would forsake their young anyway . |
| 16 | Since Dysart too had been to Oxford , it was possible that by taking Morpurgo on at Tyler 's Hard he had merely been doing an old chum a favour . |
| 17 | I used it this morning on one of Slash Harry 's victims and the edge is rather blunted " — his mania for self-advertisement and his intolerable bucolic laugh , and was grateful that at least he would n't be interrogating that redoubtable old phoney . |
| 18 | For it was proper that in matters of sacrifice the ruler should fare better than the commoner and the nation than the ruler , since the whole should always be superior to the part … |
| 19 | Although the number of cases of sudden infant death syndrome ( SIDS ) in the UK in 1992 was half that in 1991 ( 456 vs 912 , respectively ) , SIDS remains the commonest cause of death in babies older than 1 week . |
| 20 | Still , Thomas Brassey the railway entrepreneur , speaking with the voice of business common sense , observed of serfdom that the crop yield in servile Russia was half that in England and Saxony and less than in any other European country , and of slavery that it was ‘ obviously ’ less productive than free labour and more expensive than people thought , bearing in mind the cost of purchase or of rearing and maintenance . |
| 21 | It was interesting that at the controversial Chequers seminar on Germany six British and American experts voiced overwhelmingly favourable opinions about Germany and the Germans ( ‘ If Chancellor Kohl had sat in , he would have agreed with or accepted as fair comments 90 per cent of what was said ’ , commented one of them ) . |
| 22 | For him it was clear that with the expropriation of the property-owning classes , the nationalization of the means of production and the formation of a planned economy , the ruling class was the proletariat . |
| 23 | Decision : it was clear that under Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 , s.16 ( 5 ) ( b ) a court dealing with an offender for breach of a community service order must consider his age and position at the time when the order was made ( considering R. v. Wyre Magistrates ' Court ex parte Boardman ( 1987 ) 9 Cr.App.R . |
| 24 | There was mention of some art history work , a few articles for various journals and a cataloguing job for one of the museums but it was clear that for Maidstone these were of little importance and did not really qualify for the title of job . |
| 25 | It was clear that in spite of the NSDAP 's grip on the local population and the conciliatory attitudes of British and French politicians , he would be unable to bargain Danzig back into the Reich . |
| 26 | Repeatedly the theme of making the work place like a family was touched upon , and while higher management were not referred to as ‘ parents ’ it was clear that in feeling they were so regarded . |
| 27 | By sweeping aside the common law doctrine of privity in this way , it was clear that in theory insiders would be potentially exposed to vast liability . |
| 28 | Moreover , from such analysis it was clear that in fact companies had responded in a whole range of different ways to the pressures upon them , and indeed that the nature of those pressures varied between industries and between firms . |
| 29 | It was clear that in the preceding year share prices in global financial markets had risen in such a way as to force yields down several points below gilt yields ( see Fig. 17.7 ) . |
| 30 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending which I think is what is about is suggesting , if carried on properly on the market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the Financial Institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |