Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A light came on whenever a subject paused for longer than 600 milliseconds , although subjects were merely told that the light indicated when their story-telling was poor . |
| 2 | Morrissey and the lads were apparently miffed that their last two singles were n't as successful as they had hoped . |
| 3 | The Library Association took legal advice on whether they could take action , but were apparently advised that they did not have the ‘ locus ’ to intervene in this way . |
| 4 | The electrodes were so positioned that current flowing through them caused a particular pleasure . |
| 5 | Looking back on that period , Mr Li lamented , ‘ Some sectors of the economy were so decentralised that the state 's ability to exercise macro-control was weakened . ’ |
| 6 | And Elizabeth Williams , who lived at a time when universities were so enlightened that they would actually permit women to sit examinations ( but not , alas , be awarded a degree ) . |
| 7 | As expected , most ulcers were so sited that venous insufficiency was immediately suspected : 392 ( 85 per cent ) were situated in the classic gaiter area . |
| 8 | Alternate benches were so made that the back could be swung over so that by a simple movement you had two benches facing each other instead of one behind the other and back-to-back with the adjoining classes , the teacher sitting on a chair between the ends of the benches . |
| 9 | But matters were so arranged that for most the outlook was not completely bleak ; almost everyone could arrive eventually at a state of relative freedom from intimidation and enjoy a measure of authority over others . |
| 10 | Before the worst was over and the pound began to depreciate again , some twenty per cent of them had gone for ever , and a further ten per cent were so weakened that they too shut down in the next two years . |
| 11 | These were furnished with fountains , seats , grass and trees and were so organized that nearly every quartier of Paris could give its inhabitants a place for relaxation . |
| 12 | The tinc benz and zinc oxide plaster treatment is the cornerstone of blister therapy ; however , the sergeant 's feet were so damaged that a layer of ‘ moleskin' had to be applied . |
| 13 | The Bishop of London , Tait , agreed , adding that ‘ Any pity called up for the unfortunate Charles I was likely to be dissipated by statements in the services which were so exaggerated that it was likely when read to turn the staunchest Royalist into a parliamentarian . ’ |
| 14 | Consequently , after Frederick 's burial , some of his followers were so devastated that they committed suicide . |
| 15 | Methods of cultivation were so improved that even relatively poor land could be intensively exploited ; new crops were introduced , which involved new systems of rotation and made large units of farmland more economic than small-holdings . |
| 16 | But I thought you were so experienced that it would n't have affected you as it did me . ’ |
| 17 | Changes of character brought about by the fluctuation of material conditions were so marked that they were noticeable even at the time from within the camp . |
| 18 | She was near the east bank of the River , five hundred paces south of the town , lying on a flat white rock where the crocodiles could not get her , though by the time she was discovered by a Medjay patrol at the sixth hour of day when the sun was at its highest , the vultures had eaten her eyes and part of her face , and the flies were so glutted that they could not leave the feast unless they were picked off . |
| 19 | Our link with Civil Affairs Service ( Burma ) in Delhi was Colonel Leslie Glass , and plans were so laid that when the civil government took over from the military , there should be an easy transition from the initial operation under the military . |
| 20 | Bacon and Bungay were so exhausted that they set their servant , Miles , to watch it whilst they were asleep , under the instruction that they should be woken if the head started speaking . |
| 21 | His pupils were so enlarged that his eyes looked black . |
| 22 | Then he got peevish and decided on a rain storm and the dinosaurs were so overgrown that they would n't fit into the ark so the flood destroyed them all . |
| 23 | Prices and conditions were so controlled that there was little scope for initiative . |
| 24 | Sir James Graham of Netherby Hall rebuilt the trap and the Scots were so enraged that they gathered a small army of local people and set out to tear it down . |
| 25 | Delegates were generally agreed that the ideal solution was to remove migrants ' reasons for wanting to leave . |
| 26 | Fears were thus expressed that , while the ratio of all dependents to the total population might be no greater in the immediate future than in the past , the cost per dependent had grown and would continue to grow . |
| 27 | While the Danzig Poles were not keen for the city to come under Polish rule , they were nevertheless determined that they should not be penalised for being Polish , and in their own way they were proud of their identity — even if it did not quite amount to ‘ nationality ’ in a conventional sense . |
| 28 | That " of course " tells us that even if women were in reality doing other things besides typesetting , almost all commentators were nevertheless agreed that there was such a thing as a " true compositor " who could handle every process of the trade , and that women were being trained to do essentially the simplest part of the work . |
| 29 | Conversely those who read left-wing papers were largely agreed that they were anti-Conservative and pro-Labour but more divided on whether they had an anti-Alliance bias . |
| 30 | But this was Vadinimia , where no questions were ever asked that did n't concern anti-theft procedures . |