Example sentences of "was [adj] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She complained to an industrial tribunal that the main reason for her dismissal was that she was pregnant so that her dismissal was an act of unlawful sex discrimination contrary to the 1975 Act . |
| 2 | That is why I am endeavouring to keep Henry Moore 's house and studios at Perry Green preserved as they were when my father was alive so that future generations of students and art lovers can witness the atmosphere and environment in which he created his works ’ . |
| 3 | My mum used to pick my hair off the pillow while I was asleep so that I would n't see how much I was losing , and at that time I was too ill to get up and go and look in the mirror . |
| 4 | It had n't crossed my mind , but I was grateful now that I 'd been too busy throwing up to examine the body too closely . |
| 5 | It was clear here that Barth was very substantially qualifying his earlier Dialectical approach . |
| 6 | Well the fear of boring you because I 've said it before , I think that either a Trustee made up of an equal balance of members from the various interested groups which is very difficult to achieve in practice and additionally independent trustees certainly in our case , we believe would have stopped it happening because the movements in the direction it went was clear now that we have the information in front of us to the Trustees , it was quite clear what was gon na happen and nothing was done about it . |
| 7 | If he failed to come up with explanations to put everything right then , and then only , would he have to face the consequences himself , for it was clear now that she would have to leave — disengage herself from him , as Marc had so succinctly put it — but she had given her word and she would wait until the whole matter could be discussed openly . |
| 8 | It was clear then that Noriega only held on to power by two threads — popular apathy and the loyalty of the Panama Defence Force . |
| 9 | It was clear then that the staff would not only have to work extremely hard , and be at their most alert , they would also have to be unusually flexible . |
| 10 | It was clear then that there are not enough funds , either public or private , to cope with such a flood onto the market . |
| 11 | I was interested too that got the new phonebooks |
| 12 | In my elevated state I was afraid only that the cop might search us and discover the Dexedrine in Dana 's pocket . |
| 13 | He thanked God it was dark so that he could n't see the torn flesh , the ragged pit where the woman 's shot had entered his body . |
| 14 | She was convinced now that her husband had been working on a book about The Hell Fire Club and … |
| 15 | N. B. The third party action between the solicitors and the barrister did not decide that he was negligent merely that if he was negligent he would be liable to the solicitors . |
| 16 | It was fortunate indeed that we had put him in a cell with another person . |
| 17 | There was a thermometer on the wall displaying the temperature , ensuring that it was constant so that the paintings were preserved correctly . |
| 18 | My first ambition was to be a concert pianist , but I come from a long line of actors and I suppose it was inevitable really that I 'd follow them . |
| 19 | It was inevitable therefore that she should have looked for a career in motor racing — at least that was what she told herself . |
| 20 | She was glad now that she had n't put up the lights . |
| 21 | It might have been true once — and she was glad now that she had never succumbed to Hugh 's importuning . |
| 22 | I was glad then that he did not know the subject of the talk I had just given at the conference — the possibility that space-time was finite but had no boundary , which means that it had no beginning , no moment of Creation . |
| 23 | I , I was in when I had a hysterectomy and , but I think I was so ill I was glad really that erm I was on my own then . |
| 24 | She was conscious only that she was now in Rome for the first time in her life . |
| 25 | It was natural enough that those who knew Smart 's recent history should look for evidence of his recent condition . |
| 26 | When English merchants moved out into the world beyond Europe , it was natural enough that the Spice Islands became their ultimate objective . |
| 27 | Hugh was still there , and it was natural enough that Earl Robert should be called into conference as a matter of courtesy where the law of the land and King Stephen 's writ were concerned . |
| 28 | Coleman knew them already — they had been to see him at the University of Alabama while planning the trip — and so it was natural enough that he should now take on the chore of shepherding them around the island during their stay . |
| 29 | The mountainside , climbing steeply from the head of the meadow , was concave so that it formed a natural amphitheatre cupping a quarry face . |
| 30 | It was obvious now that Liza was upset . |