Example sentences of "that there were [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Nana denied that there were such things as duppies and forbade Martha to look under her old iron cot for them before she went to bed , Mada Joyce was expert on ghouls , ghosts , spirits and apparitions of all kinds , and had known a woman in another village who had actually seen the skinless old hag who sucked babies ' blood reach into the cradle of her new-born child and disappear with a shriek when she touched the Bible on the infant 's pillow . |
| 2 | Before that there were many generations of cumulative selection , based upon some quite different replicating entities . |
| 3 | Of course the two regimes , of legacy and trust , were assimilated to each other in certain relatively minor respects ; but Gaius was still able in the mid-second century to state that there were many differences between legacies and trusts ( multum autem differunt ) , and this was after the rules on capacity had finally been brought into line by Hadrian . |
| 4 | That there were many factors to be considered is shown by the fact that in 1880 the depression was only just beginning to be felt by industry , while it had already hit agriculture badly . |
| 5 | In approaching this case the court first stated that there were many cases where a court has to construe a standard clause in , for example , a charter party , and there may be some earlier decisions on the same clause or on a clause which is in terms which are indistinguishable . |
| 6 | Not that there were many burnings these days because the Queen was too intent upon popularity for that . |
| 7 | Lord Geraint , the former MP who has had a lifetime 's experience as a sheep farmer and dealer , warned however that there were many things to be done again to safeguard the interests of those about to start farming . |
| 8 | He saw that there were many stars invisible to the naked eye . |
| 9 | It has also been suggested that there were many signs available to Mrs Whitehouse that , in her terms , all was not well within the Church , and that this reinforced her view that the established order was under threat , and that urgent action was necessary . |
| 10 | Enough has survived for us to be able to trace the developing skills and aspirations of some groups of craft workers , but we can be sure that there were many crafts and other activities in the city of Knossos which have left no archaeological trace . |
| 11 | ‘ I reached such a low ebb that there were many times when the last thing I wanted to do was to go out and play golf . |
| 12 | Elcho explained that there were many others , such as Stirling and Buxton , who felt the same , but were unable to attend . |
| 13 | Mr Barter said that there were many shortcomings in the valves , heat sensors and hot water system at the centre , which had been open for only six weeks at the time Mrs Ormerod was treated in it . |
| 14 | However , I pointed out that what I was asking for was no more than would comprise a normal police station in a provincial town and that there were many economies to be made by giving up our offices in central London . |
| 15 | He said that there were many doors and many smells . |
| 16 | We had always known that there were many people looking for a historic building to restore but had not realized the extent , which was very encouraging . |
| 17 | And therefore it was a system the the employer encouraged but of course er I do n't think you could say that there were many people who were happy with the system . |
| 18 | We knew , from our travels around the country , that there were many buildings standing empty and derelict , and we decided to start a register , firstly to try to assess the scale of the problem and secondly to try to foster interest in their repair and restoration . |
| 19 | But it soon became evident that there were many kinds of interferon , all produced when cells were exposed to particular viruses but varying in their exact nature according to the cells which produced them and the species of animal from which the cells originated . |
| 20 | The analysis showed that there were many similarities between the activities that are systemically desirable and those undertaken at the time of the study , but highlighted certain aspects of the organisation that needed strengthening to allow the Colleges to become more self-supporting once the ERA took effect . |
| 21 | But one should not ignore the fact that there were many Catholics who found themselves opposing Franco because of their support for the independence movements . |
| 22 | Suddenly I realised that there were all sorts of things that I wanted to do that I had n't done . |
| 23 | An earlier attempt to extend President 's rule , on March 30 , had resulted in an embarrassing debacle when the government failed to ensure that there were enough members present to constitute a quorum for a constitutional amendment . |
| 24 | Professor Ivan Tolstoy , himself a geologist , was one of the scientific experts who argued that there were enough uncertainties — from the cracking of rocks during an earthquake to the build-up of subterranean water channels — to make the choice of a burial site both unquantifiable and unpredictable . |
| 25 | WHEN THE originators of the Dart Valley Light Railway plc formed it in 1965 they always intended that it should be a commercially operated line rather than a ‘ preserved ’ railway , for having looked at the then contemporary scene they felt that there were enough preservationists at work already and that their nice for survival in an essentially holiday area should be revenue-earning profitability . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're confident that there were enough clues , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 27 | ‘ . Of course , had the wind been very gusty before , they would already have stopped flying , or they would have taken extra precautions to make sure that there were enough people to prevent an incident . |
| 28 | Not that there were any problems until we got to Preston . |
| 29 | Yeo Davis 's business was concerned with representing people who did not know the ropes , or even that there were any ropes ; Hutton 's predominantly with fellow professionals in other fields who just wanted the best and swiftest way through . |
| 30 | Woodie was surprised to learn that there were any plates on Dreadnought . |