Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [vb past] [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The industrial tribunal that heard that case accepted that it was undesirable for employees to be prevented from taking time off with their families , although there were other issues involved . |
| 2 | One investigation aimed at characterisation of this response showed that it differs in the various colonic segments , with the proximal ones displaying brisk and less sustained contractile activity than the distal ones . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the nonresonant nature of the nonlinearity in this experiment meant that it had to compete with other nonlinear processes . |
| 4 | as if to confirm her pedestrian turn of mind , Miss Logan at this point revealed that it had been a matter of curiosity to her since childhood how the Ark had succeeded in resting upon the top of a mountain . |
| 5 | A correspondent knows of one witness to the February 1992 sighting in Mrs Topliff 's house , and this person stated that it was merely a large domestic cat . |
| 6 | Lebanon , which had accepted 66 Palestinian deportees since the start of the intifada in 1987 , on this occasion announced that it would refuse to co-operate . |
| 7 | Today claimed malicious falsehood was n't an applicable action but the country 's number two judge vice chancellor Sir Donald Nicholls this morning said that it was . |
| 8 | The Malaysian government this month announced that it has dropped a scheme to flood the country 's oldest and largest national park , Taman Negara by damming the Tembeling river . |
| 9 | Airlift Book Company this week announced that it had been appointed exclusive UK distributor for Shambhala Publications , taking over from Rider Books ( part of Random House ) on 1st April . |
| 10 | Another contributor agreed that it was possible to trot out any number of excuses for the lack of jobs , such as the political unrest ; but unemployment existed in West Belfast before the political unrest . |
| 11 | The directors of this project found that it was not enough simply to do what is usually done when there is a desire to maximize the performance of paraprofessionals , that is , to provide them with appropriate training . |
| 12 | But another participant argued that it did n't really matter whether it was additional money or not . |
| 13 | Experts had testified in Congress that the massive expense of such research meant that it could be carried out only with government backing . |
| 14 | And I feel if now we deny ourselves our greatest delight and say our love alone shall make us strong , our strength shall not depend on anything but our love then indeed I think we shall be creating an independence of each other , which can only make our binding sympathy more perfect … . for the present , for the 14 months before I am 21 then I have after much real thought , much consideration decided that it would be best for both of us to be separated … |
| 15 | More self-knowledge meant that it was easier to see man as one natural object among many . |
| 16 | He knew and was on good terms with Keith , and that man emphasised that it was only a temporary arrangement . |
| 17 | They 'd X-rayed my chest when any fool knew that it was the kidney that had had to come out . |
| 18 | Enthusiastic supporters claimed that the movement gave to ‘ the Free Churches a unity they have never had before ’ although this same observer recognized that it was ‘ the Establishment that lies at the foundation of our contention ’ . |
| 19 | I 'm the only one who 's ever been mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nine , taking numbers on polling stations and so on , and so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |
| 20 | And so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |