Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [adv] [that] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supplementary Benefit was to give way to Income Support and the much-abused system of single payment was to be replaced by a Social Fund ; Housing Benefit was to be reformed so that it did not discriminate against the low-paid in work ; and the whole social security system was to be simplified . |
| 2 | Theories have been put forward that it had anything from 6 to 24 sides , and even that it may have been circular . |
| 3 | Because it was publicly owned , its activities were restricted so that it did not compete unfairly with the private sector . |
| 4 | Very few people are surprised by the merger , but many were taken aback that it happened so soon after last year 's franchise battle . |
| 5 | A bedcradle was placed so that it relieved the weight of the bedclothes from her legs . |
| 6 | The Chinese also knew another archaic type of water-clock , a floating bowl with a hole in its base that was adjusted so that it took a specific time to sink . |
| 7 | This could be done more effectively if the law was changed so that it became the jury 's responsibility to assess only the actual damage to the plaintiff and the judge 's responsibility to impose an unlimited fine on the defendants according to his view of their culpability . |