Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] it [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have made a major contribution to the overall income of pensioners , while all that the Labour party has to offer is inflationary erosion of savings , a failure in home ownership and many other schemes that Labour has offered ; although such proposals make it seem that pensioners are better off , because they are offered with other features , in reality it is a small percentage rise . |
| 2 | Leaked accounts say it finds that army units were far more deeply involved in the repression than were the navy , the air force or the police , whose chiefs have all taken command since the coup of 1973 . |
| 3 | I know for a fact she 's had her eye on my mother 's matinée jacket collection for years and when I once , in passing , said I wondered what happened to those old prosthetic devices in the estates of deceased senior citizens , Madge let it slip that she knew a way of turning a Zimmer frame into an attractive lamp ! ’ |
| 4 | The individual responsible for this unacceptable behaviour shall remain nameless protect his listening and viewing ratings suffice it to say that his name suggests that he is capable of making a big splash . |
| 5 | Judging from entries made in burial registers it appears that three days was the average length of delay . |
| 6 | From the CECOS Report it seems that church-related activities were often the main focus of outings for girls . |
| 7 | If the electric buses prove popular the county council says it hopes that all buses running in the city centre will be electric by the turn of the century . |
| 8 | At the agreed rate of 10¢ per column inch it meant that if I could provide two 25-inch columns per day , which was relatively easy for me , I could earn about $30 per week which was $6 more than I was getting when I gave up the staff job . |
| 9 | A badger protection group says it fears that savage dogs are being set upon badgers in a remote area . |
| 10 | A badger protection group says it fears that savage dogs are being set upon the animals in a remote area . |
| 11 | Mark , the earliest Gospel , makes it sound as if Jesus does not allow divorce under any circumstance ; but Matthew modifies it to allow that some circumstances may make remarriage legitimate . |
| 12 | From the small number of neonatal stomachs examined it seems that the distribution of parietal cells remains constant after birth , and so it appears reasonable to assume that a definite change in distribution of parietal cells must occur during the third trimester . |
| 13 | To neither Pound nor Yeats did it seem that Virgil had much or anything to say about this matter which so preoccupied them . |
| 14 | ( Thus in the current debate about the ordination of women , both sides ask what does Jesus ' message suggest is the right thing to do , what difference does it make that Jesus was a male human being , or what kind of a community was the early church ? |
| 15 | The Australian group said it believed that Pearl , ‘ if left to itself , will continue the long-term downward trend in its market position and is unlikely to meet the challenges presented by the developments in the UK and European life insurance markets . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I would not for a moment have it supposed that I mean anything derogatory to Dr. Yeats … but human nature is fallible . |
| 17 | Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements . |
| 18 | During his visit Kerrey made it known that he was campaigning for the lifting of the US economic embargo against the SOC and for increased investment and aid by US non-governmental organizations . |
| 19 | Hailing the decision as a major breakthrough , campaigners say it signifies that the tuna-dolphin issue is being taken seriously by British industry and will lead to other negotiations between industry and environmentalists . |
| 20 | If immunity [ of an arbitrator or quasi-arbitrator ] is claimed then it is for the person claiming it to shew that the functions in the performance of which he was negligent were sufficiently judicial in character . |
| 21 | Dennis Skinner said it appeared that the Government ‘ was engaged in undercover activity ’ . |
| 22 | The above research on car parking makes it appear that memory in such situations is remarkably similar to memory in more traditional laboratory paradigms . |
| 23 | On checking artists , names appended it appears that up to 1756 Jeffreys did most of the engraving for Figures of Plants but thereafter his name disappears except for the odd plate , which may well have been made earlier . |
| 24 | Er people done it thinking that Och well , I 've got three month to get this sorted out , you know , and then unfortunately , by the time the three months was up , they had n't got it and |
| 25 | British Rail Engineering says it accepts that Mr Hayward was exposed to asbestos at work which led to his death.But it disputes the amount claimed.The Judge will decide on the claim tomorrow . |
| 26 | As part of the fall-out from the Quorum/Apple controversy , Apple says it believes that Equal , the end user-oriented software Quorum has in development , ‘ will not be Macintosh compatible ’ unless Quorum infringes Apple 's intellectual property further . |
| 27 | The tribunal said it appeared that Ms Oruene had brought the complaint in the mistaken but genuine belief that graduates of English or Scottish universities who did not have passes in the compulsory subjects set by the faculty would still have been granted exemptions from the exams . |
| 28 | In this context , Greenpeace said it believed that some of the sprays were dangerous , and pointed out that they were banned in several countries . |
| 29 | In a statement , British Airways said it believed that the finance for the deal would be raised in the near future , but that its £320m fund raising issue would go ahead regardless . |
| 30 | His example makes it seem that the circle is not simply a detachable result of , or something which can be considered in isolation from , certain motions , but rather something whose very nature and properties are essentially tied up with its method of production . |