Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] that [pron] have " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But do n't you think Sunil might have been in danger had it been realised that he had the run of the Admiral 's computer ? ’
2 Nor can it be denied that he has done nothing .
3 On the one hand , you wanted to play down the sleaze factor , not let it be thought that you 'd been involved with hundreds of men , that you slept with just anyone .
4 ‘ Prof. Francis ’ was tolerated because he was so amiable ; he had let it be known that he had taught piano in an unnamed music conservatory somewhere , hence the professorship .
5 He would also have known that Palmerston , having let it be known that he had asked Scott to submit a new design , was very unlikely to change his mind , and it was perhaps to give the appearance of some purpose to the delegation that he and Tite made their request for another competition .
6 Long before Neil Kinnock let it be known that he had let his membership of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament lapse , the Labour Party and CND had been growing apart .
7 Clearly , there is an element of political value judgment in such decisions : in 1921 a judge held that reasonable citizens would not think less of a trade unionist if it were claimed that he had worked during a strike : some juries might reach a different decision today .
8 Much as I sympathise with the plaintiffs , it would , in my opinion , be extending the implications based on the maxim … to an unreasonable extent if it were held that what has been done in this case was a breach of an implied obligation .
9 It 's understood that he has now been twice to complain to the Prime Minister that ministers are trying to make his staff do things he finds improper .
10 Occasionally it is explained that they had already died — and given the still short life-expectancy of the period this must have been so in many cases .
11 This is not to say that all theories of legitimacy are only or merely ‘ rationalizations ’ ; rather , it is to say that they have an element of rationalization in them .
12 7.1 Once it is acknowledged that it has to respond to the problem of its employees experiencing violence and aggressive behaviour in the course of their work , it is of vital importance to initiate a formal reporting process .
13 One very small point of procedure is worth noting : at a first glance at this example there appears to be a redundancy of the indication pp , but on closer examination it is seen that it has never been used unnecessarily , for where it appears on the same line of the score in two successive bars the first of the pair of instruments whose parts are written on that line enters alone , and the second joins him in the next bar .
14 Examples of these have been sent to employers , and it is hoped that they have had wide distribution .
15 It is understood that there has been a difference in practice within the profession in relation to this matter .
16 It is understood that there have been further changes to the company 's management structure : ‘ Alexon is undergoing a review of its management and cost of structure , ’ says a company spokesman .
17 PULSARS that are members of binary systems in globular clusters are all rapidly rotating , and it is assumed that they have been spun up by accretion from binary companions .
18 For all these species , therefore , it is assumed that there has been no preferential loss of jaws or teeth and that the numbers would be equivalent except for sampling errors .
19 Instead of assuming that their development progresses along a smooth and unproblematic path it is assumed that there have to be mechanisms and policies to overcome constantly recurring disequilibria and attempts to gain some sort of balance ( for example , between agriculture and industry ; between the amounts available for consumption and for investment in new capital ; between money and financial capital on one hand and production on the other ; and , especially , between capital and labour ) .
20 If it is maintained that there has to be an independent criterion of truth , then the difficulty we are confronted with is determining precisely what that criterion might be .
21 if their dividends are in arrears ) it is implied that they have no vote in other circumstances .
22 It is estimated that they have fallen from a peak of £62 a square foot to £38 .
23 It is estimated that there has been about 1000km of lateral movement along the fault system over the past 25 Ma .
24 It is recommended that you have separate command files for these actions , which you then call as appropriate from the standard VMS command files .
25 Where it is forgotten that we have been forgiven , little love is shown .
26 One , who had an electric prod inserted in her vagina , has disappeared since their release and it is feared that she has committed suicide .
27 ( d ) If , on the true construction of the articles , the directors are entitled to reject only on certain prescribed grounds and it is proved that they have rejected on others , the court will intervene .
28 It is thought that there has been some element of a share dealing ring in the Dunsdale case .
29 In starting a negotiation it is suggested that one has a clear plan from the start identifying :
30 With the changing balance of power between the working and middle class , it is suggested that we have witnessed the destruction of traditional codes which have yet to be replaced by a similarly coherent new set :
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