Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it [verb] [that] " in BNC.

  Previous page   Next page
No Sentence
31 He soon remarried and it appears that his second wife had no qualms about sharing the bedchamber with her predecessor .
32 Still the Japanese refused to surrender and it appeared that the war might drag on for months , even years , at terrible cost .
33 The importance of context in establishing the boundaries of given and new elements is worth noting because it suggests that analysing written language in terms of given and new is feasible .
34 Was it overlooked because it demonstrates that insights into genetic disorders can be gained without use of human embryos ?
35 I thanked Paul 's wife for doing all the cooking , whereupon she remarked that she did n't mind because it meant that she did n't have to watch the Trek videos or play the games .
36 Woolwich paid because it calculated that it was in its commercial interest to do so .
37 Not least , the CIA was induced to help before it realized that the man with whom it would be dealing was one it had already discarded .
38 Again , it is limited but it shows that an audit failure is three times as likely to occur in the first two years after a change in auditor as in subsequent years .
39 I want to submit that it means that we do not go to the world with a watertight message which demands ‘ take it or leave it ’ .
40 It was agreed this was not easy to do and it illustrated that deciding whether pupils had attained a long list of criteria would be a very considerable task .
41 It would appear that an obligation of confidence may arise in relation to information which is overheard but it seems that this will only be the case where the recipient has used surreptitious means to put himself in a position to overhear the information .
42 Colchester North MP , Bernard Jenkin , was speaking as it emerged that the Danes had approved the Maastricht Treaty in a referendum by 56.8 per cent to 43.2 pc .
43 Nor is the exposure of a hitherto unknown spy by a defector well received because it shows that the counter-intelligence section responsible has not done its job properly and gives those who are controlling the defector the opportunity to boast about their success .
44 The regulations give some guidance by directing that an application may be refused where it appears that any advantage accruing would only be trivial , where the simple nature of the proceedings would not normally require the assistance of a solicitor , or where funds from another source were available but not pursued .
45 Perhaps the charge that attitudinism makes ethics peculiarly irrational is merely a way of saying that it denies that there is such a thing as objective ethical truth .
46 In September 1987 an official of West L.B. , Paul Kiang , was arrested although it seems that he was not actually charged until June 1988 .
47 If the home starts ‘ going to pot ’ they often feel that it appears that they are ‘ going to pot , with it .
48 They warned that ‘ a major political row ’ would erupt if it emerged that Sir John had met the SDLP and Alliance at short notice — after receiving a letter from an UUP delegation requesting a meeting .
49 The crowds came and were very well behaved and it appears that the decision to make the event all-ticket was the correct one .
50 The aetiology of these fibrotic conditions is not known but it seems that in overlap conditions immunosuppression is of value in suppressing fibrosis in and around the biliary tree .
51 but I can hardly remember what we decided but it seems that we 've now got
52 It should be noted that material subject to legal privilege can never be seized but it appears that if the police chance upon evidence for which a warrant from a circuit judge is required , they are entitled to seize this by virtue of section 19 .
53 This means simply that there are actions that the executive will not take because it knows that the assembly will make a huge fuss .
54 The credibility of the European Community scheme under which clean beaches are awarded a " blue flag " has been seriously undermined after it emerged that blue flags had been awarded to 11 beaches in Italy which the government had previously registered as too dirty for bathing .
55 Suddenly , Labour wobbled as it appeared that the Tories might have picked a genuine winner .
56 That 's why er many authors insist on that aspect of child sex abuse , that erm apparent consent or even y'know when it seems that the child is expressing some curiosity about that these activities , nevertheless it 's abusive .
57 His polemical attitudes were somewhat softened when it seemed that he might have to act upon them , and he found it necessary to disavow the political and social activism which members of the Moot such as Karl Mannheim wished to pursue .
58 It stressed that it accepted that Black had nothing to do with the stolen goods or weapons found at the cottage .
59 She also knew that it meant that we could have a car when otherwise we could n't .
60 It is cheaper than the proprietary machines most organisations use and it means that users have a wide choice of suppliers .
  Previous page   Next page