Example sentences of "[was/were] that [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another difficulty with the idea of a static universe was that according to Newton 's law of gravity , each star in the universe ought to be attracted toward every other star . |
| 2 | Almost the only thing he could think of coherently as he peered at the Dutch tiles and crazy paving was that according to his last statement of account he had 67 12s. 9d. in the bank . |
| 3 | The flea — or whatever variation in that species it was that crawled in him — had reached his elbow , and his arm below that pain was now completely numb , the skin of his hand wrinkled and flaky . |
| 4 | The model being erected was that made for the Olympia Aero Show in 1929 . |
| 5 | Perhaps the most significant contribution to the debate was that made by a member of the TBC board , the former Mwafrika editor Mr Bagdelleh . |
| 6 | The best-known effort of this kind was that made by Torcy in 1712 to prepare a small number of young men for the French diplomatic service by the creation of a ‘ Political Academy ’ . |
| 7 | One important move was that made by the USSR . |
| 8 | The last of the poor man 's gold rushes was that directed in 1896 to the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers , Alaska . |
| 9 | The trouble was that imprinted in Edward 's own mind was a charming array of creatures like a Noah 's Ark procession , from ant to man , that sprang from the illustration in a fatally misconceived nature book he had had himself as a child . |
| 10 | When the bundle of clothes hit the ground it was the dog who realised first that there was something inside , also broken and crumpled , and after the dog came the children , who revolved round the heap , fascinated , until one noticed the blood and began to scream , and adults arrived to remove them from whatever it was that lay on the concrete . |
| 11 | It was indeed a failure of such imagery , but it must be remembered that the very image of society , and in some cases of socialism , the council estate embodied was that imposed by academics and professionals , and never that of the residents , who have neither a place in the construction of that image , nor the means for its appropriation . |
| 12 | In the long run the most fundamental check to the power of the British monarchy was that imposed by the growth of increasingly organized and coherent political parties . |
| 13 | Kalugin 's Congress seat was that vacated by conservative hardliner Ivan Polozkov following his June election as first Secretary of the new Russian Federation Communist Party [ see p. 37539 ] . |
| 14 | One of the earliest patent applications for a stunt kite was that filed in December 1928 for H.De Haven in the USA and eventually sold as the ‘ Air-o-bian ’ fighting kite , with claims for ‘ loops dives and climbs . |
| 15 | The political crisis which created fertile conditions for the growth of the Church was that caused by the conflict between O'Neill 's reformist Unionism and Paisley 's traditionalist stand . |
| 16 | The big difference was that caused by the earlier widespread extinctions . |
| 17 | In other words , rats with hippocampal lesions have difficulty in refraining from punished responses because they can not remember what happened to them the last time that they did whatever it was that led to the punishment . |
| 18 | In both of these lines one central issue was that raised by Lessing of the relation between theology and history . |
| 19 | But the underlying theme was that expressed by a Japanese , Zenko Suzuki , in 1982 — a theme that has since proved an undeniable stimulus to politicians and rhetoricians in need of a new and very positive cause . |
| 20 | Will he now agree that the figure of 380 was that recommended by the review ? |
| 21 | IT IS the Keats time of year again , when inefficiently brainwashed poetasters grope about trying to remember whatever it was that came after the ‘ mellow fruitfulness ’ bit . |
| 22 | However that may be , we are satisfied that the plain natural meaning of section 1(1) was that contended for by the Attorney-General . |
| 23 | The more normal situation , however , was that indicated by a correspondent of a Berwickshire member of parliament , who remarked that ‘ a Member of a County who has served materially … ought to have full credit 'wt a minister to the extent in view ’ . |
| 24 | The true protestant religion , he stated boldly , was that taught by the Church of England . |
| 25 | One course forward was that symbolised by the young activists — perjuangan , or mass action — and at the same time as BKR was being created badan perjuangan , ‘ struggle groups ’ , were formed . |
| 26 | A typical apologia was that offered in 1960 by Frances Stevens in The Living Tradition : |
| 27 | Perhaps the earliest statement of the view that latent inhibition depends upon the relationship between the target stimulus and its consequences was that offered by Mackintosh ( 1973 ) , who argued that the phenomenon was one aspect of a general ability of animals to learn to ignore stimuli that predicted no change in reinforcement . |
| 28 | The most elaborate of the charters of incorporation was that granted to Hull in 1440 . |
| 29 | The approach of the Court was that taking into account the three aggravating circumstances , the responsibility of the offender , the age of the girl and the degree of planning , the proper starting point would have been in the region of eight years : against that were the plea of guilty , the offender 's remorse and the effect on the offender of the double appearance . |
| 30 | Another major area of discussion was that dealing with Participlan and the proposals for increased democratic participation with AI . |