Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , in April 1948 , West European states met in Paris and created the Organisation of European Economic Co-operation ( OEEC ) to supervise the Marshall aid programme , the Americans were upset that it was an inter-governmental body , working on a basis of unanimity . |
| 2 | It would be sensible to cut off most of her hair , but so much of it had grown when her parents were alive that it seemed somehow unfaithful to their memory to scissor it all away . |
| 3 | The , we did er our baths were dating from the nineteen fourteen period and they were getting rather old the , the , the boiler was n't too good and we were afraid that it might burst at some time . |
| 4 | The agreement recited that John had left all his estate to his executors by his will but that , shortly before his death , he had declared in the presence of several witnesses that he wished his widow to have the cottage for her life or so long as she continued a widow ; and that , though this wish was never put into writing , the executors were convinced that it was his desire and were willing and desirous that it should be put into effect . |
| 5 | The opponents of PERT were convinced that it was too sophisticated , inflexible and expensive . |
| 6 | The opponents of PERT were convinced that it was too sophisticated , inflexible and expensive . |
| 7 | Cabinet members were tight-lipped and unsmiling as they emerged from Downing Street , but MPs were convinced that it had been a stormy session , with ministers bitterly fighting their corners in what has been described as the most stringent public spending round for years . |
| 8 | They were confident that it was possible to make general statements about improvements across a year group , despite individual differences . |
| 9 | We had observed that older people in the area seemed to die like flies in the winter from heart attacks and cold-related illnesses and we were confident that it was the inside of our houses that were killing them , not the outside . |
| 10 | The process of identification was expected to take several months but human rights groups were confident that it would provide evidence of indiscriminate killing . |
| 11 | They were sure that it would be better for Eileen to be back among her loving family who could help her to bear her loss . |
| 12 | They both knew that no timer could be relied upon to be that sensitive , that when he activated it , the chances were reasonable that it would detonate instantly — before he could throw it . |
| 13 | Others , including the Queen herself , by her own later account , were happy that it was so French and had so little Iranian personality to it . |
| 14 | As finance director David Nash stated : ‘ In view of the short time since the standard was issued , and the fact that most forecasts have been prepared on the existing basis , we were concerned that it might be confusing if this presentation was based on the new format . |
| 15 | They were adamant that it had been clear all along , they 'd suspected something from the start . |
| 16 | Returning to the status of such an expression of view , it is probably the case that if the doctor were satisfied that it truly represented the patient 's view and was executed while he was still competent , then the doctor ought ethically to respect its intent . |
| 17 | If they were satisfied that it was truly a consequence of dishonesty which brought about the further charge and there was , in substance , no difference between that and the first charge , plainly there had been an abuse of process . |
| 18 | The magistrates , they , if they were satisfied that it was , I do n't sound very |
| 19 | You mentioned er , earlier about yo , the fact that you were surprised that it was fifteen year olds , and that was quite young |
| 20 | A later subsection was emphatic that it was ‘ immaterial whether a belief [ was ] justified or not if it [ was ] honestly held ’ . |
| 21 | The Air Ministry was emphatic that it " was suicide to attempt air delivery — more especially in winter time " . |
| 22 | It was odd that it lay so far from the house . |
| 23 | It was ironical that it was Matthew 's kindness in mentioning the school to Fairfax for his daughter Sandra which had brought about their meeting . |
| 24 | It was interesting that it had once belonged to the Ballaters . |
| 25 | I thought it was improper that it should be used . |
| 26 | Yet by 1956 it was clear that it could not live safely either with the West Bank re-incorporated into Jordan or with a Palestinian state in the West Bank . |
| 27 | Watching the event on TV it was clear that it was n't his putter that was the problem . |
| 28 | When it issued its first interim report in the autumn of 1955 , it was clear that it had narrowed its focus to the two core projects raised before Messina , the Netherlands proposal for a common market and Monnet 's ideas for a nuclear energy community . |
| 29 | The effects were felt beyond Inverkeithing , for the manager of the Cunningham interest in the eastern burghs of the district , Captain James Cunningham , was clear that it was essential to have John Main and Colin Sharp back in their places before the election and Haldane 's friends removed , as ‘ it not only does harm in that one town , but in all the rest ; Haldane 's interest is cryed up , & the Haldanes can do every thing is the general talk … ’ |
| 30 | When UNTCOK began to assess the situation in January 1948 it was clear that it was impossible to fulfil the conditions of the UN resolution . |