Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [noun] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So convinced were the farmers that in July they delayed the trebbiatura , the threshing of the grain , hoping that they could do it under Allied administration ; they thought they would probably get 700 lire more for each sack . |
| 2 | What was worse for Scotland was the knowledge that in the test they would also be facing Eales and McCall at the line-out plus Lynagh , Horan and Campese in the backs . |
| 3 | Perhaps most challenging of all was the discovery that in these classrooms there was rarely any obligation to work collaboratively . |
| 4 | Collister later commented : ‘ What I was trying to get at was the way that in the alps in particular , the experience of adventure had been swapped for glamour . |
| 5 | One moon was the crescent that until now had claimed sole tenancy of the night . |
| 6 | The second reason for linking the British currency to the Deutschmark was the argument that by so doing Britain would benefit from being inextricably tied to ‘ sound ’ German financial policies , especially those aimed at controlling inflation . |
| 7 | The idea behind the comprehensive was the belief that within a school there should be an absence of privilege , there should be social cohesion and social justice . |
| 8 | What he most liked , so he explained , was the feeling that from that proximate stretch , you felt that you could set sail , if the impulse took you , to any part of the world . |
| 9 | A little late in the day as it happened , but they did and one of the things that helped was the fact that as an Irish citizen I had to be entered on the aliens ’ register by the local police and that required a passport photo . ’ |
| 10 | More important , however , was the fact that for the time being other parties of the right — the Carlists and especially the CEDA — commanded the support of those to whom fascism might otherwise have hoped to appeal . |
| 11 | Worthy of note was the fact that for the first time in over 20 years we had a pensioner member playing in the event and whilst he does not want his name or score noted . |
| 12 | That the economy of Cuzco depended on tourists was not in doubt ; but neither was the fact that to those who did not profit directly from them , the tourists were often treated with resentment and distaste : . |
| 13 | I think one of the most valuable points that emerged from the Felixstowe experience , as far as I was concerned anyway was the fact that with all those people there when we heard their views , erm , it was quite apparent that it was n't the case of local people opposing what the County Council traffic people propose to do , many there were many different and varying interests there and , and we , we could , we can then basically come to a conclusion which satisfied , satisfied I hope most of them , but , we , we , at that meeting among the local people some supporters with some of our road safety and some were very much against them , others were neutral , but it was n't just a question of erm a , a united opposition of what we proposed to do er , and this was very valuable . |
| 14 | Particularly significant was the fact that despite the Nordics ' supposed love of liberty the more authoritarian qualities were emphasized , and there appeared to be a shift from traditional nineteenth-century assumptions of Anglo-Saxon authority over colonial peoples to an elitist anti-democratic control of ‘ Nordics ’ over ‘ Mediterraneans ’ within British society . |
| 15 | What was important was the fact that after 508 the catholic Church defined the Christian community which constituted the regnum Francorum . |
| 16 | The principal catalyst behind this act was the fact that in September the wavering Châtelherault had come to a decision as a result of Cecil 's help in arranging the escape of his son Arran from France , and finally agreed to join the Lords of the Congregation , thus ending the uneasy situation in which the Hamiltons had dithered between two opposing forces . |
| 17 | The reporters were also told that ‘ evidence that fusion was taking place was the fact that in addition to heat [ Fleischmann and Pons had ] detected the production of neutrons , tritium and helium — the expected by-products of fusion reactions ’ . |
| 18 | As suggested above , one of the central planks in Lord Devlin 's argument that the law does not simply exist to protect the individual , but also to protect society , was the fact that in all but a few cases the victim may not consent to the commission of an offence against themselves . |
| 19 | Equally significant was the fact that in both the was held scoreless , though in fairness Manus Boyle and Declan Bonner were only marginally better . |
| 20 | Part of the beauty of this revolution was the recognition that at the level of genes and proteins the mechanisms used by all animals are almost universal . |
| 21 | And third , there was the prospect that in every area of manufacturing , trade and commerce new limited liability companies could be established which would keep existing companies on their toes . |
| 22 | At one extreme was the suggestion that at least 40 weeks of the training period should be spent acquiring the necessary accounting skills ; at the other , that there should be no requirement to record accounting separately on the grounds that it was adequately covered within the auditing function . |
| 23 | Another controversial aspect of the road plan was the recommendation that for half its length it should be routed through land belonging to Manuel Zelaya , a powerful Honduran sawmill owner . |
| 24 | The only interesting thing about the film was the revelation that in one London borough some local councillors owned several of the bed and breakfast hotels where conditions were particularly dreadful . |
| 25 | This was achieved using venture capital and so successful was the product that by 1978/79 some 135,000 machines had been sold . |
| 26 | It was the force that through the green fuse … drove him . |
| 27 | So bad was the situation that on one or two occasions half-hearted explorations of the possibility of selling off the College land and buildings were made . |
| 28 | It was a ballad that since then had been sung and played in the streets and pubs of Ireland . |
| 29 | It was a help that in the same year , 1977 , Robert Fellowes left Harvey & Ross , the discount brokers , to become the Queen 's assistant private secretary . |
| 30 | It was a wonder that with his huge fingers he managed to avoid striking two keys at once . |