Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] that in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was disappointed that in his opening speech the Foreign Secretary did not even mention the horrific growth in racial attacks and neo-Nazi bands that are now rampaging around the eastern part of what is now the unified Germany . |
| 2 | I was aware that in some circles there was a market for less innocuous pleasures , for there was a great deal of poverty that winter , and the occupying armies , with their apparently endless supplies of food and tobacco and warm clothes , could buy more or less whatever they wanted . |
| 3 | I was glad that in the course of the night of 8/9 October it became clear that it would not be necessary to trouble Your Majesty to return to London . |
| 4 | Even if the messages were not true ( and she had no hope that they might be true ) at least somebody believed sufficiently in their truth to pay cash for them , to rent hoardings and to put up posters for them , and that in itself offered some kind of alternative : Christianity meant nothing to her , but she was glad that in despite of her mother 's defection , it existed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 'll repeat what I said chairman , and I hope it was helpful that in terms of er er demand , I think all sectors would indicate that there is erm er demand er development demand , marked demand erm right the way er around Greater York . |
| 8 | If it was sad that in England in 1963 his form finally drifted away , he did at least give his last fine Test innings , an unbeaten 74 , to the Manchester crowd , a happy choice of venue in view of his connection with Radcliffe and the university . |
| 9 | It was apparent that in many cases the Board 's advertising had been ineffective or unattractive . |
| 10 | It is impossible for the outsider to appreciate what this meant to a man as proud as Richards , but it was noticeable that in the Test series against Pakistan and New Zealand which followed his form was very ordinary . |
| 11 | But more than that , it was evident that in struggling to attain a communal harmony which was in all likelihood unattainable , Britain ran the risk of throwing away her only chance of retiring from India in good order . |
| 12 | It was evident that in neither the ECSC nor EDC could the supranational agencies have powers commensurate with their responsibilities : the ECSC was already giving indications of the resilience of national governments . |
| 13 | 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 … |
| 14 | It was important that in my visit to Vietnam , for example , I was accompanied by British business men from British Petroleum , Enterprise Oil , Shell , Lasmo , British Gas and Barclays bank . |
| 15 | Victorian culture , with its concentration on individual responsibility and the primacy of the family , had played the dominant role in shaping much of Nonconformity ; it was inevitable that in its turn Nonconformity should absorb much of that culture into its way of thinking . |
| 16 | I suppose it was inevitable that in 1918 he should capitalise on his expertise at a time when the post-war craze for the new-fangled wireless sets was at its height . |
| 17 | He said it was inevitable that in 5pc of instances the response times may be longer . |
| 18 | Mr Threlfall , who has promised an investigation , said it was inevitable that in some cases response times were longer . |
| 19 | It was remarkable that in the Archidamian War the Peloponnesians abstained from destroying those Attic olive trees which were regarded as sacred to Athena ( Androtion F 39 ) . |
| 20 | It was true that in the 1880s youth work had meant philanthropy and religion , whereas in the 1900s it was felt to be the responsibility of local education authorities , juvenile employment committees , after-care committees and part-time day continuation classes in liberal and vocational studies . |
| 21 | It was true that in such a solitary place anyone within a dozen miles must have heard him . |
| 22 | It was notable that in the Peruvian forest some four genera of marsupials were involved , members of the group that comprises the non-flying mammalian pollinators of Australia . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | Judge Cox said that he was satisfied that in the summer of 1990 there was foam on the surface of the River Creedy for significant periods and it damaged the fishing rights . |
| 29 | I 'd asked him if he was embarrassed that in 1966 he was saying he would be with Suzy Kendall forever , and then in 1969 it was all over , and then he was saying he would be with Tuesday Weld forever , then in 1981 it was all over , and so on . |