Example sentences of "that [conj] [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas the problem of payment of compensation by local authorities to a developer refused planning consent had always proved a great obstacle to effective control , the new situation was that where land was developed , the increase in its value resulting from the grant of planning permission was secured for the community by the imposition of a development charge ( equivalent to 100 per cent of the increase in value ) , to be assessed and collected by a Central Land Board . |
| 2 | Schedule 13 , para 7(i) , Local Government Act 1972 required that where expenditure was defrayed by borrowing , a sum equivalent to an instalment of principal and interest was debited to the relevant operating statement so that the loan was repaid over a specified period of years . |
| 3 | The majority accepted Woolwich 's primary submission that where money was paid under an illegal demand for taxation by a government body the payer had an immediate prima facie right to recover the payment . |
| 4 | In her authoritative study , José Harris tells us that where unemployment was concerned , Liberal policy dealt with ‘ only an ice-berg tip ’ of the problem as it had been defined by Booth , Llewellyn Smith , Beveridge , and the Webbs . |
| 5 | A remark by Behrens suggests a modification of the statement that is extremely significant : ‘ The late Professor Coleman used to observe that where talent was united with an early knowledge of the horse , the sons of these men ( namely farriers and grooms ) proved the best veterinarians ’ . |
| 6 | Under this heading one must include a capacity for malevolent violence which , in Duiker 's rather chilling and non-committal words meant that where power was seized , people 's liberation committees were established and ‘ class enemies were punished ’ . |
| 7 | Wilkins even argued that where Scripture was silent on a given issue — the plurality of worlds , for example — this was license to consider the possibility , not to exclude it . |
| 8 | We have some sympathy , however , with those who have said that where property was settled before 26th March 1974 the trustees should have the opportunity , for , a limited period , to distribute the capital absolutely to individuals or create an interest in possession so that the rules set out for discretionary trusts will not apply . |
| 9 | It was firmly stated that where review was based upon breach of natural justice , the court should only be concerned with the manner in which the decision was reached and not with the correctness of the decision itself . |
| 10 | Scott later said that although Burn was ‘ a perfect stranger ’ , he was pleased to find he ‘ approved distinctly of my appointment ’ . |
| 11 | They gradually demonstrated more and more evidence of a defocusing of attention as the task went on , consistent with the view that although performance was not disrupted by lapses , habituation was leading to a marked drop in arousal level in these subjects . |
| 12 | He said that although speculation was mounting that a bid for B&C was on the cards , there was no evidence , so far , of stake-building and no offers had been received . |
| 13 | The effects of evacuation were perceived in terms of social pathology , so that although evacuation was pronounced less harmful than had been feared the effect of the analysis was to see the normal development of children as problematic , and to emphasise the compensatory role of agencies outside the family — school and its directing bodies in particular . |
| 14 | Four papers discussed some criteria and concluded that although screening was not recommended , ‘ widespread testing ’ was probably of value . |
| 15 | An influential official argued in January 1860 that although glasnost was laudable , " it must always have an indissoluble link … with the bases and forms of the State and civic structure " . |
| 16 | Booth 's conclusion from his great survey was , reassuringly , that although poverty was severe it was diminishing , and the capacity for self and mutual help among the masses was improving . |
| 17 | In re Polemis [ 1921 ] 3 KB 560 was wrongly decided because it had held that once liability was established , a person was responsible for the direct consequences of his acts even though these were not foreseeable . |
| 18 | Even so , Piladu knew that once milking was over the facts had to be faced , and faced in the kitchen where his wife would be listening . |
| 19 | Having reached this conclusion Marx and Engels then realized that if kinship was the system which organized primitive societies , then , kinship in these societies , had to be completely different from what it was in capitalist society . |
| 20 | Capricorn applied for the service of the writ to be set aside on the ground that the London address did not consitute a place of business in Great Britain or that if service was good , Capricorn sought a stay on the ground of lis alibi pendens in Ohio . |
| 21 | There is nothing new in the notion that if discrimination was replaced with a better understanding of the needs of older consumers , it would reap its own rewards . |
| 22 | This no doubt guaranteed their trustworthiness to their new comrades and may well have persuaded them that if communism was for their brothers then it would do for them too . |
| 23 | They do show , though , that the world even now is not quite as crowded as it seems ; that if agriculture was better organized , then it probably would be possible to feed the present human population , and still leave plenty of room for the rest of nature . |
| 24 | It seemed to her that if love was to be great it had to be paid for with a terrible price . |
| 25 | An Israeli diplomat quoted in the Independent of March 6 said that if progress was made on wider peace negotiations " it could become a case of eight plus one rather than eight against one " . |
| 26 | I told her no messages had been sent and suggested that if Uncle was a businessman — I thought it better not to mention that we already knew he was a multi-millionaire businessman — he might naturally tend to be secretive and that he might also be reluctant to broadcast the fact that he had lost his yacht through what might have been his own fault . |
| 27 | The court and the court clerk accepted that if evidence was to be called and witnesses cross-examined , then the hearing was , in effect , a trial , and that two justices would be necessary . |
| 28 | John Lindsay , vice-chairman of CIPFA 's Scottish branch , said that if cost was a factor which was driving local government reorganisation then it was important that ministers and officials of the Scottish Office had the best information available . |
| 29 | He went on to say that if energy was then introduced into such a system , these shape-specific groups of water polymers could be stabilized and could join together to form long chains of water polymers which would retain the original solute imprint and shape specificity . |
| 30 | Informally , the bank admits that if sterling was still in the ERM , the underlying rate of inflation could be down almost to zero now , but base rates would still be at 10 per cent , and the prospects for the economic growth and unemployment scarcely bear thinking about . |