Example sentences of "that [noun sg] was the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that burglary was the clincher . |
| 2 | What happened that afternoon was the product of countless details , all of which had to be just right . |
| 3 | The only possible basis for jurisdiction in that case was the service of the writ out of the territorial jurisdiction under Order 11 of the Rules of the Supreme Court . |
| 4 | But that case was the subject of research by Mr. Glick and his team , and was revealed ( from the reports in Lofft 655 and in the State Trials 20 St.Tr. 239 ) to be a cause celebre in which the great issue ( of immense public interest ) related to the power to levy taxes in the island of Grenada following its capture from the French King , it being accepted by the Crown without argument that the relevant taxes , if not duly levied , must be repaid . |
| 5 | What was at issue in that case was the right to acquire , use or dispose of immovable property on the territory of another member state ; the court held that that right was the ‘ corollary ’ of freedom of establishment . |
| 6 | One response to that plea was the convening in London , in March 1989 , of the Saving the Ozone Conference , attended by 124 nations ; among other topics , the delegates discussed possible international cooperation which would strengthen the Montreal Protocol ( Cramb , 1989 ) — a matter obviously requiring political will . |
| 7 | Reserved , enigmatic , a soldier rather than a statesman — it appeared withal that ambition was the protector 's guiding star . |
| 8 | That college was the stronghold of the " child-centred " approach to teaching young children , but the schools in the London area which successfully demonstrated the Froebelian philosophy were few and far between . |
| 9 | In equal isolation at the Intercontinental Hotel , 16 miles away , Lebanese journalists found themselves restricted to the parliament 's two opening statements and a diet of gentle assurances from Prince Saud al-Feisel , the Saudi Foreign Minister , that optimism was the order of the day , but while he had heard of some disputes in the parliamentary chamber , he had every reason to believe the Lebanese would accept the Arab League peace plan . |
| 10 | That card was the ace of clubs and Mr Roebuck won a fortune . |
| 11 | That card was the ace of spades — the death card ! |
| 12 | Popping that question was the nadir of my career . |
| 13 | What price against that suffering was the pleasure that the Commandant had no roof to cover his office ? |
| 14 | The catalyst which provoked that indignation was the appearance in their lives of a wealthy businessman , Peter Shand Kydd who had recently returned to Britain after selling a sheep farm in Australia . |
| 15 | The irony of it is that Hawkeye was the progenitor of every Western hero , down to John Wayne in The Searchers , who by that time is a racist . |
| 16 | NOW that the World Cup is over and we are back to the league games again , I think that all rugby supporters who were able to go to the matches or to watch it on television must admit that rugby was the winner . |
| 17 | The erm onset of that crisis was the attempt made by the Soviet Union to emplace erm medium range missile bases on Cuba . |
| 18 | The erm onset of that crisis was the attempt made by the Soviet Union to emplace erm medium range missile bases on Cuba . |
| 19 | I would say the thing that kept me sane during that period was the fact that I had a part time job , and erm we were able to pay for some home help . |
| 20 | My most vivid memory of that period was the bombing of the Leith Docks . |
| 21 | Of course Galashiels in , in , at that period was the place for everybody to come to . |
| 22 | ‘ That moment was the key , one of those moments when the heavens open and the choirs sing . ’ |
| 23 | By implying that salvation was the responsibility of the individual , by insisting that the only mediator between God and man was Jesus Christ , Luther had posed a political as well as doctrinal threat to the power of the Catholic clergy . |
| 24 | ‘ That job was the adventure , ’ she remembered , but he had deprived her of so much more than just adventure . |
| 25 | On the lips of every child of that town was the story of the day-long battle fought there on November 21st 1921 , between the men loyal to George Tiutiunnyk and the fledgling Red Army . |
| 26 | But , while that event was the climax to date of Richard 's career with the Palace , he has been with us since his schoolboy days , for he is one of the products of the currently highly resourceful youth development programme at Selhurst Park , and his mature performances in defence earned Richard the Palace Young Player of the Year award in 1986 . |
| 27 | One outcome of that event was the announcement that an expanded and updated version of a 1983 regional study , Arts as an Industry , would be conducted by the Port Authority of New York . |
| 28 | The significance of that occasion was the retention of the strings of lights round the new parade for the rest of the Season , thus founding the concept of Illuminations in Blackpool . |
| 29 | That taxi was the catalyst . |
| 30 | That day was the climax . |