Example sentences of "that it was [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When in August 1986 GM announced that it was merging its North American heavy truck operations with Volvo , under Volvo 's control , the future of Bedford looked bleak . |
| 2 | The United Democratic Front ( UDF ) , the umbrella organization for some 600 anti-apartheid organizations since August 1983 , announced on March 4 that it was to cease its activities immediately and would formally disband in August . |
| 3 | His emotional and intellectual development in Aden was such that it was to lead him inevitably back to France , back to emotional security with Rirette , and back to the political and social struggle from which he had escaped in a state of total disorientation a few months earlier . |
| 4 | It was only in late October this year that it was discovered there were discrepancies between the cash the trustees were holding and the cash the managers thought the trustees were holding . |
| 5 | It was only in late October this year that it was discovered there were discrepancies between the cash the trustees were holding and the cash the managers thought the trustees were holding . |
| 6 | and used steel cans and that it was costing them less to use that than it was to use |
| 7 | The Department of Defence announced on Jan. 11 , 1990 , that it was to streamline its weapons procurement system in a move to save $39,000 million over a five-year period ; the changes , it said , would involve some 42,000 job losses among the 600,000 staff currently engaged in some 15,000,000 transactions a year . |
| 8 | ‘ I was saddened that it was felt I had to go but I suppose it was unsurprising , ’ he said . |
| 9 | In 1860 Benjamin Disraeli thought she had such a hold on Lytton that it was affecting his attendance at the House . |
| 10 | THE shares of Quicks Group raced ahead 22 to 90p yesterday after the Manchester-based car distributor announced a return to the black in 1991 and that it was maintaining its dividend total at 3p , with a 2p final on July 10 . |
| 11 | Gradually she came to realize that it was reminding her of her father — her father and the allotment . |
| 12 | Such was the response from readers who wrote to me with their amazing success stories , that it was decided I should write an extended version of the book and the Complete Hip and Thigh Diet was published last January . |
| 13 | The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct , the Ethics Committee , announced on March 8 that it was dropping its inquiry into the financial affairs and conduct of minority leader Newt Gingrich ( Rep. , Georgia ) . |
| 14 | Of course , she had known it was there , but apart from testing that it was locked she had taken scant notice of it . |
| 15 | erm in general we must remember that Iran was erm stating very clearly that it was exporting it 's revolution and there were statements which came out from the Iraqui from the Irani revolutionary committee that they were against the Arab states at the time and that they were very committed towards liberating Israel through Baghdad and such statements was coming , so obviously erm the Arabs had to stick together according to charter of the league of Arab states , which everybody was a member of , and Iraq being subjected to war it was natural for the Arabs to give Iraq support . |
| 16 | The substance of this report was that , almost 300 years after it had condemned Galileo for saying that the Earth revolved around the Sun , the Roman Catholic Church announced that it was to re-examine his case ‘ with full objectivity ’ . |
| 17 | The Socialist League defended itself against any suggestion that it was exceeding its limited aims . |
| 18 | Security officials feared that it was re-establishing itself in the region , possibly with the help of the small Catalan secessionist group Terra Lliure . |
| 19 | This demand was supported by the United States government , while the Netherlands government said that it was stopping its annual US$120,000,000 aid payment to its former colony . |
| 20 | The International Energy Agency ( IEA ) , set up in 1974 by the Council of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) to co-ordinate energy policies among its participating countries , announced on March 6 that it was to withdraw its plan to release oil from its stockpiles , a measure introduced in January to boost the volume of oil available in the world market during the Gulf war [ see p. 37943 ] , since the ceasefire agreement ending Gulf hostilities would assist in the prospective restoration of normal suppliers from most oil producing nations . |
| 21 | In March 1982 , matters came further to a head when the ILEA informed the polytechnic that it was withholding its block grant for 1982–3 until the financial crisis had been resolved . |
| 22 | The French government announced on April 8 that it was suspending its nuclear weapons testing programme for the remainder of the year as a gesture towards halting the process of nuclear proliferation . |
| 23 | The UN had announced on Sept. 30 that it was suspending its humanitarian operations in southern Sudan . |
| 24 | On Nov. 18 the German government said that it was recalling its ambassador as a protest at the " increasing brutality " aimed at the opposition movement . |
| 25 | France said on Nov. 28 that it was recalling its ambassador for consultations . |
| 26 | This is often misunderstood as cleaning oneself of contamination , but is obviously not the case as is proven by the fact that they had to clean themselves carefully before going into the bath , or mikva as it is called , so it becomes clear that it was to purify themselves spiritually , not physically . |
| 27 | His wife , Elizabeth , has told Mollie that they did not really get the view that it was coming their way until the next week ; but , in fact , it was . |
| 28 | On Nov. 16 Germany announced that it was disbanding its branch of a clandestine anti-communist network . |
| 29 | The meaning that they gave it should send cold shivers down the spine of any parent : fully a half thought that it was an instruction to cross the road , and half of these thought that it was showing you how to do it — by running ! |
| 30 | The Government announced on 19 February that it was abandoning its plan to abolish legal aid in asylum cases . |