Example sentences of "it was [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scope or character of a piece of criticism is naturally related to the magazine or newspaper in which it appears , as we noticed in the case of Dore Ashton 's dismissal from the New York Times because it was asserted that her work could not be understood by the paper 's readers . |
| 2 | In the subsequent exchange of letters it was asserted that there is no evidence that high doses of vitamin A reduce the rate of infection and , as a mechanism was lacking , the effect on mortality was equally suspect . |
| 3 | It was suspected that he wished to abolish slavery , to found schools , to build roads and to modernize the country . |
| 4 | It was suspected that there must be a link between the murders and Dovaston set out to find it by devising a computer programme that could provide a statistical profile of who the murderer was likely to be . |
| 5 | Beyond Postojna the roads became increasingly worse , twisting and turning as we went through at Janene on the Croatian border where it was explained that we would have to pay a reduced fee ( as we were carrying humanitarian goods ) of 13DM in order to acquire the appropriate papers to allow us to enter Croatia . |
| 6 | On being asked what constituted such vulgarity , it was explained that it was because it had ‘ neither vest nor pants to cover his lower limbs ! ’ |
| 7 | It was explained that it was hoped that they would ‘ befriend ’ a life preparation student for craft sessions , working alongside each other on a variety of projects . |
| 8 | Instead , for instance , of saying a plant was ‘ biennial ’ , it was explained that you plant the seeds this year and they will flower next year . |
| 9 | The Prison Officers Association said it was astounding that it was so easy to escape from a building which was supposed to be secure . |
| 10 | Jack was offered voluntary redundancy in late August and it was confirmed that there was suitable accommodation at the Kings Lodge base . |
| 11 | It was confirmed that there had been broad agreement on establishing a ceiling of 6,000 on the overall combined number of nuclear warheads . |
| 12 | After an initial two nights in the sleep laboratory in which it was confirmed that he was continuously awake , he returned with his wife for a five-night stay . |
| 13 | On that basis it was confirmed that he would make the donation . |
| 14 | He was taken to the city 's main hospital where it was confirmed that he 'd had a heart attack . |
| 15 | Staff at Lord Beaverbrook 's estate in Oxfordshire are waiting to learn if their jobs are safe after it was confirmed that he ca n't pay his debts . |
| 16 | I was glad to accept the honour not so much for myself but for the cutter service as a whole when it was confirmed that I was to attend at Buckingham Palace the following summer . |
| 17 | and about two weeks after that it was diagnosed that she had cancer of the ovary . |
| 18 | Not me , no the drivers and conductors and inspectors , they had a uniform and it was seen that they did wear it . |
| 19 | Britain 's position within the international division of labour and its trade balance were examined in Chapter 1 , where it was seen that there have indeed been major shifts over the post-war period . |
| 20 | It was assumed that what was being measured was a property of the personality . |
| 21 | Birds respond to a wide range of sounds but for many years it was assumed that their low-frequency hearing was poorer than ours . |
| 22 | The actual facts ' of who was arrested during the riots , whether black or white , were hardly debated since it was assumed that they were mostly black and mostly unemployed and involved with crime ( Keith , 1987 ) . |
| 23 | It was assumed that they would meet the need . |
| 24 | Until very recently , married women were unable to draw the allowance for the care of invalid relatives because it was assumed that they would do that anyway as they were at home all the time , despite the fact that two-thirds of married women work . |
| 25 | Since the carriers risked their ships , it was assumed that they would select and supervise their crews with enough care to prevent the damages that could result from improper management and navigation of the ship . |
| 26 | If there were general laws governing the history of life , it was assumed that they would be revealed by the fossil record . |
| 27 | Until recently it was assumed that they all persisted as adults , but is has now been shown that the chilling of infective larvae before administration to calves will produce arrested L5 ; hypobiosis at this stage has also been observed in naturally infected calves in Switzerland , Austria and Canada , although the extent to which this occurs naturally after ingestion of larvae in late autumn and its significance in the transmission of the infection has not yet been fully established . |
| 28 | certainly it was assumed that there was some kind of organized network |
| 29 | It was assumed that she had eloped with her boy friend . |
| 30 | It was assumed that she would do so on the arm of one of her sons , but they followed behind in a somewhat passive procession . |