Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] that it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clerk argued that it was not a " competent application " . |
| 2 | The story goes that it was a very merry party — maybe they were celebrating being able to get in the hay after a bad spell — and they stepped on the bridge to enjoy some music , a very Tallentire thing to do . |
| 3 | ‘ The police and ambulance arrived on the scene very rapidly and the other driver admitted that it was her fault . |
| 4 | When it was opened , British Rail argued that it was important because it would not be necessary to improve the lines around London . |
| 5 | Then followed a speech in her presence hinting that it was time Australia went it alone . |
| 6 | It is highly effective , highly professional and highly regarded and in no way would its organisational change mean that it was any less committed to or capable of working on the types of renewable energy mentioned by the hon. Gentleman from tidal to wave power . |
| 7 | On Jan. 31 , 1990 , Thatcher admitted that she had been misled about the extent of the subversion campaign , while on Feb. 7 the House of Commons select committee on defence announced that it was to hold an inquiry into the MOD 's handling of the affair . |
| 8 | On March 15 the Interior Ministry announced that it was to drop the charges pending against about 6,000 people for illegal political activities during the regime of Gen. Hossain Mohammad Ershad . |
| 9 | Separately , Digital Equipment Corp announced that it was moving back into South Africa with a wholly-owned subsidiary , Digital Sales and Services South Africa ( Pty ) Ltd , which begins operation on July 1 . |
| 10 | Apple Computer Inc says it is still on target for mid-1994 launch of its first RISC-based Macintosh after IBM Corp announced that it was now shipping the first PowerPC chips to Apple . |
| 11 | Has the Prince forgotten that it was the French farmers who attacked British lorry drivers and burned their cargoes of lamb ? |
| 12 | Both Ian McGeechan and David Sole admitted that it was by far their side 's worst performance of the season . |
| 13 | It had taken a week to obtain , and had Hapsburg officialdom realized that it was for him rather than Aranyos it would have been unlikely to arrive before the end of the war . |
| 14 | On the same day the UN World Food Programme announced that it was granting $1,900,000 in emergency supplies to Bangladesh . |
| 15 | The move is the result of mounting concern after The Northern Echo revealed that it was feared plans to allow districts to form powerful purchasing consortiums could be the first step towards full-scale merger . |
| 16 | Some surveyors have advertised ; for instance , Ramagge Allen Partnership announced that it was seeking a 5,000 to 15,000 sq ft retail or warehouse unit in the fringe part of any M25 town . |
| 17 | The critics and defeated rivals of Anca Petrescu in the competition for the Comrade 's patronage insist that it was her idea to resolve the question of the approach road to the Civic Centre by the most dramatic and destructive means . |
| 18 | Three days later , in an extraordinary further development , the Justice Department announced that it was investigating Sessions and his wife in relation to the possible violation of ethics rules . |
| 19 | The Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was setting up working groups to examine the scope for changing some of the most complex areas of company law . |
| 20 | Separately yesterday , the Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was not referring the proposed acquisition by EFM Dragon Trust of Drayton Asia Trust . |
| 21 | Taken in with his bottle of National Dried Milk and vitamin drops that it was all right to kill . |
| 22 | The first count of the declaration , upon which alone the question arises , stated that , in consideration that the plaintiff , at the request of the defendant , had bought of the defendant a horse for the sum of £30 , the defendant promised that it was sound and free from vice . |
| 23 | I do not think that a single critic noticed that it was any different from the customary ‘ rum-te-tum ’ , but if one of them did he evidently did n't think it was worth a comment . |
| 24 | Few photographs or records survive but a l9th century line drawing shows that it was a fairly substantial building of three storeys , complete with elegant chimney , bell tower and clock . |
| 25 | A clear result showed that it was the Phoenician readers who were most vulnerable to the presence of irregular words . |
| 26 | To the doctrine of predestination , Hooker replied that it was the will of a merciful God that all should be saved , and that this was frustrated only by human perversity . |
| 27 | Hooker replied that it was right to admit them to the Church 's Communion service , which , when he wrote , they were indeed obliged to attend by law . |
| 28 | In his defence , the defendant claimed that it was T who had approached him and that he had not initiated the agreement . |
| 29 | This practice was stopped after review indicated that it was not of diagnostic value in our hands . |
| 30 | The depth of the crisis emerged in late October when the US side hinted that it was poised to levy punitive tariffs on of EC goods worth US$1,000 million in retaliation for EC intransigence over oilseed subsidies . |