Example sentences of "[was/were] [that] [pron] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the sort of er money that wo n't have to pay a reputable alternative theatre it was such that one could n't hope to break even on that capacity with the sort of seat prices that were that we 're charging . |
| 2 | Erm , I ca n't remember the exact conversation but the basics of it were that we were looking for somebody called Lawrence and he was at the present time at erm and that he was in possession of a gun and that the caller was concerned for the safety of the occupants of those premises . |
| 3 | Much as we longed for another child , and overjoyed as we were that we were to have another daughter , we both said that it was the hardest thing we had ever done , to see a lovely young mother say goodbye to her daughter . |
| 4 | ‘ My dad thinks it 's because they were what they were that they were killed . ’ |
| 5 | The terms of reference of the Committee were that they were to consider , firstly , the law and practice relating to homosexual offences and the treatment of persons convicted of such offences by the Courts ; and secondly , ‘ the law and practice relating to offences against the criminal law in connection with prostitution and solicitation for immoral purposes ’ . |
| 6 | I mean the rumours were that he was gon na go to Cheam , he was supposed to be Saturdays for Cheam . |
| 7 | The disadvantages of the Article were that it was perceived as dealing with ‘ representational ’ issues that were out of place in the Convention , that it undercut the position of non-liability of member States for treaties concluded by organisations , and that it placed excessive emphasis on the exceptional situation of the European Communities . |
| 8 | Suggestions were that it was to rendezvous with another English force crossing into the Middle March ; or to meet up with Dunbar on the East March and convince him to join Balliol actively . |
| 9 | When the news did become public , colleagues who had avoided speaking to me when the going got tough reappeared and said how sorry they were that I was leaving . |
| 10 | But he seemed to think because you 'd had your stroke almost a year ago that I should be over it ; his exact words were that I was looking for sympathy . |
| 11 | But she admits there was room for rationalization in other areas ; ‘ at first clothes were never costed properly ; in fact we may have been underpricing ’ , she explained , ‘ but for Laura the most important thing was that everyone was working happily together ’ . |
| 12 | I could not understand how it was that they were discussing so placidly Jean-Claude 's current compositional ideas for the ‘ Chansons de Mani ’ . |
| 13 | What was interesting about the projects was that they were asked at the outset to establish their local objectives , and set criteria for success for themselves . |
| 14 | The rumour was that they were to give up the siege and have their contracts revoked before Christmas . |
| 15 | The truth was that they were lost , there was no smoke in sight whichever way she looked , nothing but the undulating feathery greenness of the forest and the sun rising above the trees in the east , but she wanted to conceal her uncertainty from Allen and even from herself . |
| 16 | The snow continued to fall as the Quattro clawed its way eastward towards whatever it was that they were seeking , whatever terrible things were waiting at journey 's end . |
| 17 | Their appeal was that they were conceived in Keynesian terms as helping to reduce the extent to which measures to alleviate unemployment , in a largely fully employed economy , created inflation . |
| 18 | But what the people who had made the banner were aware of , was that they were exploited , the wealth did n't go to them . |
| 19 | One of the answers which emerged was that they were eating diets high in natural fibre — while we , in the West , were stripping this cell-wall material from our day-to-day diet by refining our cereal foods and sugar . |
| 20 | What they had begun to realize was that they were getting a rough deal and that no one else would take any notice . |
| 21 | The sequel , in which the young bloods of Derby and Oaks night received their rebuff , was that they were distracted from their other responsibilities by a four-day jury hearing which found them guilty of riotous proceedings , but not of riotous intent . |
| 22 | The reason for the preserving and passing on of the traditions in this way was that they were used primarily by the early Church in its teaching of the community . |
| 23 | So the conjunction of these two words effectively prevents the raising of the question as to what it was that they were saying . |
| 24 | They had no desire to progress beyond their barricades : ‘ Their whole rationale was that they were fighting a defensive battle for the protection of their community against arbitrary attack ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 25 | But in the meantime she was unwilling — no — afraid to know what secret thing it was that they were carrying . |
| 26 | Their punishment was that they were to walk bare foot behind the procession on the following Sunday , but instead of one taper they had to carry four tapers ( value 2d ) and there they should offer two at the High Altar , and two at the Altar of St. John . |
| 27 | Tina Brown , editor of Vanity Fair , says , ‘ What no one really explained to women , as they went out on their feminist forays , was that they were giving up something . |
| 28 | Perhaps the furthest idea from their hearts was that they were going to be attacked . ’ |
| 29 | It was a very difficult period in my career , and the problem with the transfer was that everything was done out in the open . |
| 30 | One of the consequences of the questionnaire which we sent to you a year ago was that we are making particular links with alumni who are teachers . |