Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] [that] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Auguste failed to see the hidden tensions and passions behind these simple manoeuvres ; to him it only signified that the banquet had acquired a reality . |
| 2 | It only shows that the brain is implicated in the process by which the inner mind structure in the subtle energy fields seeks outward expression . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , it so happens that a number of people have dropped out of the scheme for one reason or another , and there 's now a place for you at the end of the team . |
| 4 | Now it so chanced that the king of the country passed through Marko 's village , and he saw the golden-fleeced ram and set his heart on it . |
| 5 | It so happened that the firm I had been working for ( manufacturers of rubber-coats , ground-sheets , etc. ) had closed down the Glasgow Office and factory , and I was without work . |
| 6 | It so happened that the crossing sweeper had blood of the same group as this rich Brahmin lady . |
| 7 | It so happened that the dresser at the Shield gave notice , and Dinah decided that she herseelf could teach Lilian to make herself useful in that and other ways . |
| 8 | It so happened that the summer was an exceptionally hot one , the yield of tomatoes in the region was unusually high , and " taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity , two thousand 2 kilo cans of crushed tomato were manufactured and despatched at once to the Savoy Hotel . " |
| 9 | It so happened that the string hung on a sprig of an elder that grew out of the mote , and this confirmed them that ‘ t was the Devill . |
| 10 | It so happened that the mainspring of my clockwork mouse had broken that very morning . |
| 11 | The forces of evil must have been working smoothly that day because it so happened that the spot he chose was the position within yards of the epicentre of terror that had frightened the railwaymen so many years earlier . |
| 12 | It so happened that the novelist 's wife had a younger brother at this Academy who knew Ivanov . |
| 13 | It rightly adds that the exercise of such a right must be done ‘ while keeping in mind the necessary unity of the whole Church ’ , but also that a ‘ strict observance of this traditional principle is among the prerequisites for any restoration of unity ’ . |
| 14 | It swiftly transpired that the document handed to the fathers for discussion was not that drawn up by the Preparatory Commission , but one revised by members of the Commission who were also members of the curia . |
| 15 | It obviously believes that an emphasis on its citizens ' common humanity is essential to the Community ( it is very premature to say nation or State ) ; that is an old-fashioned belief , dating back to the nineteenth century , but it is consoling in these jarring , mean-spirited , unidealistic times . |
| 16 | The Grammar School at Wigan was almost equidistant between London and Glasgow , and it naturally followed that the bulk of the passenger traffic passed in the middle of the day . |
| 17 | As it happened , it merely meant that the monster had sprouted two heads . |
| 18 | It merely said that the president had never told it to question Kenya 's one-party system . |
| 19 | It merely hints that the world will be a better place if we support it because the unquantified benefits which will flow from it will put us on a level with Germany and France , assuming of course that we wish to be on a level with Germany and France . |
| 20 | It merely reveals that the triangle does indeed have it . |
| 21 | It pointedly says that the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh had been supportive and sympathetic to the couple . |
| 22 | Of course that does n't mean that she does n't leave her home to work , it just means that the home is where she visualizes herself , wherever she is … |
| 23 | ‘ It just shows that the level of racial sickness was pretty deep in some circles , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ For example , we recently looked at one that had come in where it just happened that the course staff needed two dozen luxury executive residential homes to accommodate them , with a lovely view of the 18th , of course . |
| 25 | Although the leaked Catechism concedes that ‘ non-violent measures are preferable ’ as forms of punishment , it nevertheless declares that the death penalty ‘ is legitimate ’ . |
| 26 | But it soon emerged that a proportion of the women who came forward had been abused as children , ‘ and this was their first chance to talk about it ’ . |
| 27 | And it soon emerged that the government had systematically arranged breaches of the Drinking Water Directive that would stretch into the next century . |
| 28 | Where the Act applies a reasonableness test it generally provides that a party can not exclude or restrict liability " except in so far as the term satisfies the test of reasonableness " ( ss2 , 3 , 4 ) or that liability can be excluded or restricted " but only in so far as the term satisfies the test of reasonableness " ( ss6 , 7 ) . |
| 29 | It thus recommended that the age should ultimately be raised to 68 for men and 63 for women . |
| 30 | It thus appears that the OALD definitions contain more information of direct use to a text recognition system , and the results of this investigation reflect this difference . |