Example sentences of "it was [verb] that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a report in The Times of Aug. 28 it was confirmed that police had filed criminal charges against Bhutto 's husband , Asif Ali Zardari , on grounds of illegal possession of arms , as well as on corruption charges . |
| 2 | But it was confirmed that aides urged the media to concentrate on the royal couple 's four-day tour rather than speculating on their relationship . |
| 3 | But it was confirmed that aides urged the media to concentrate on the royal couple 's four-day tour of Korea rather than speculating on their relationship . |
| 4 | As heads cleared , it was seen that dangers remained : a potential flood of refugees from the Soviet Union or the Balkans , the internal tensions of poverty and ethnic division , the giant still next door . |
| 5 | It was enacted that offenders were to be brought before a member of the King 's Council or a Justice of the Peace for examination ; hunting in disguise or by night , and wilful concealment of such offences were to be punished as felonies — that is , by death and forfeiture of property . |
| 6 | It was assumed that projects exist either with easily specified cash flows or with easily specified underlying factors which give rise to those cash flows . |
| 7 | It was assumed that shareholders would have a long-term commitment to their company and that if there was a problem , it would be the directors rather than the shareholders who would change . |
| 8 | Only the unmarried mother was given specific mention ; for the rest it was assumed that women would follow their husbands . |
| 9 | Until now it was assumed that sites deep underground provided a stable environment for buried waste . |
| 10 | It was assumed that schools would be using the materials and theme for about twelve periods a week for six weeks , as Miss Garnett noted : " This is probably as long as the steam stays in a theme for this age , and nobody should feel embarrassed about pulling out of it quicker if it seems right to do so " ( Leicester/Leicestershire Curriculum Development Project 1970 : I ) . |
| 11 | Until such pioneers as Marjorie Warren began to demonstrate otherwise in the 1930s , it was assumed that victims of strokes , for example , were incapable of rehabilitation . |
| 12 | It was assumed that parishes , very largely the agricultural villages of the southern and eastern cereal regions , who were using Speenhamland-like systems of poor relief , had placed themselves on a vicious spiral of soaring poor rates and were progressively increasing the very poverty they sought to relieve . |
| 13 | It was indicated that discussions would initially be held at Stormont Castle , near Belfast . |
| 14 | In a review of studies on the ability of the older worker to learn , going back as far as the 1920s , it was concluded that changes in learning ability with age are generally small . |
| 15 | It was argued that users of financial statements should be aware that the performance of complex organisations can not be summarised in a single number and that to obtain a proper understanding of such performance , knowledge of a range of important aspects is required . |
| 16 | It was argued that industrialists are not encouraged to come into West Belfast by various Government agencies . |
| 17 | In the first edition of this book it was argued that levels of controversy over social policies since 1951 had not been particularly high . |
| 18 | On this basis , it was argued that workers in the Royal Victoria Hospital and in other public sector agencies should be supported in their campaigns to save their jobs and against privatisation . |
| 19 | The panel apparently chose not to have a permanent chairman on two grounds : first because it was believed that subgroups would quickly emerge to focus on particular issues and events and that these would evolve their own arrangements , and secondly to avoid the possibility of particular individuals dominating proceedings . |
| 20 | On the economic side it was believed that customs union , by creating healthy competition and allowing for large-scale production , would have a dynamic effect , leading to higher growth and better living standards . |
| 21 | ‘ It was understood that women dated , went to college and married . |
| 22 | But once it was understood that Europeans might hope to reach the fabled East by travelling West , then explorers could reasonably hope that before very long they would have mapped the whole surface of the globe . |
| 23 | Although the FIS had refused to participate in the conference without prior acceptance of its demands , which included the release of FIS leaders arrested in June [ see p. 38312 ] , it was understood that channels of communication between the government and the FIS had remained open . |
| 24 | However , it was recognized that prices would have to be raised to supply the necessary funds . |
| 25 | Decades ago , it was recognized that managers do n't ‘ do . ’ |
| 26 | Only in the latter half of the last century did these ideas begin to emerge and it was recognized that embryos developed by epigenesis . |
| 27 | It was recognized that groups of artefacts , such as pots , could be arranged in a sequence according to these changes . |
| 28 | Once it was recognized that animals orient themselves in a variety of ways , the engineering approach was extremely successful in identifying the underlying mechanisms . |
| 29 | It was recognised that companies should implement a company- wide policy to address the specific professional needs of company personnel and that the LXs had established an effective model in skills auditing and needs analysis . |
| 30 | At the time when this scheme was introduced it was recognised that schools would be required to have some such arrangement in the future . |