Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] that [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 ] . |
| 2 | The ghastly irony was that talking to someone outside helped clarify my feelings and work through some of the guilt I was carrying . |
| 3 | In terms of resourcing , comprehensiveness of focus and perceived impact , the most extensive and successful part of the needs programme was that designed for children with special educational needs , with well-thought-out and systematic procedures for identification and diagnosis , highly regarded INSET courses , and initially generous provision through a combination of enhanced staffing and central support . |
| 4 | The most elaborate of the charters of incorporation was that granted to Hull in 1440 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In both of these lines one central issue was that raised by Lessing of the relation between theology and history . |
| 7 | The big difference was that caused by the earlier widespread extinctions . |
| 8 | One important move was that made by the USSR . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The outcome was that predicted by associative theory . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Perhaps the most significant contribution to the debate was that made by a member of the TBC board , the former Mwafrika editor Mr Bagdelleh . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 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 | Between 1645 and 1660 , the official liturgy of the state church was that outlined in the Presbyterian Directory of Public Worship , which contained shortened and simplified versions of most of the pre-1640 Prayer Book ceremonies , purged of the features that the Puritans had found so offensive . |
| 17 | There were exceptions to this approach , but , given that the most popular form of training was that conceived by boards themselves , perhaps a clearer message is required as to the general value of training . |
| 18 | The old definition of battery was that used in Cole v Turner ( 1705 ) 87 ER 907 " the least touching of someone in anger " . |
| 19 | The first explicit investigation of acquired distinctiveness was that conducted by Lawrence ( 1949 ) , using rats as subjects . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | A typical apologia was that offered in 1960 by Frances Stevens in The Living Tradition : |
| 22 | The most desirable form of employment for many Scots in the eighteenth century was that provided by the East India Company , and a politician with access to this commodity was normally a man of strong interest in his region . |
| 23 | The most recent survey was that organised by the British Trust for Ornithology in 1955 , which recorded c. 100 pairs ; des Forges and Harber considered this to be an underestimate . |
| 24 | Another major area of discussion was that dealing with Participlan and the proposals for increased democratic participation with AI . |
| 25 | 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 ’ . |
| 26 | For each dinucleotide junction of the dodecamer studied the starting conformation was that obtained in our earlier work taking into account constraints to NMR data ( 14 ) . |
| 27 | The fact was that talking to her either in person or on the phone gave him a sort of erection . |
| 28 | 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 . |