Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [conj] it [vb past] that " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond bureau was prompted into this action when it felt that it was losing advice workers because of the tensions involved in the work and because insufficient support was given to alleviate it . |
| 2 | York seems to have hesitated over raising men , probably for this reason since it decided that its contingent should wear the city 's badge until they reached Pontefract , and then Gloucester 's as well . |
| 3 | York seems to have hesitated over raising men , probably for this reason since it decided that its contingent should wear the city 's badge until they reached Pontefract , and then Gloucester 's as well . |
| 4 | The TUC ignored this assumption when it denied that the marriage bar was a sex issue , insisting that it was an employment question , caused entirely by the pressures arising from male unemployment . |
| 5 | The Roslavl' Party report for 15 March hinted at the reason for this order when it revealed that peasants were of the view that the volost' authorities were imbued with self-seeking ( shkurnichestvo ) ; Soviet Russia was turning into a ‘ purely bourgeois republic ’ . |
| 6 | The Arts Council gave a substantial grant to this scheme as it felt that it emphasised artists ‘ opportunities and practice , rather than the institution and its curatorial staff . |
| 7 | The pro-Palestinian faction of the National Front expressed this view when it asserted that Zionism was an empire ‘ which menaces the whole world ’ ; Zionism was ‘ an iceberg of hidden power of which the bandit state of Israel is only the cruel tip … |
| 8 | Interviews with other staff reinforced this impression and it seemed that in many departments the self-appraisal did not receive much considered attention . |