Example sentences of "it [vb past] that [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time it ruled that in the case of Pontevedra in north-western Spain , where eight seats were at issue as the result of apparent polling irregularities , elections would have to be repeated in about 30 polling areas . |
| 2 | There was clearly a close friendship between them , and the Office gives a moving account of his efficacy in curing her of some kind of fit : He came and found her mute , but when he had seated himself at her window and they had eaten together , it chanced that at the end of the dinner the recluse wished to sleep , and oppressed by slumber her head drooped towards the window where God 's saint , Richard , was reclining , and as she was leaning a litle on that same Richard , suddenly , with a vehement onslaught , such a grave vexation took her in her sleep that she seemed to wish to break the window of her house , and in that strong vexation she awoke , her speech was restored , and with great devotion she broke out into the words " Gloria tibi Domine " , and the blessed Richard completed the verse which she had begun . |
| 3 | I have heard it objected that in every book of hers there is a smell of onions , and that this is intended to show observation . |
| 4 | It found that in the 3 years since the first survey , crime had moved from third place to the top of people ‘ s list of problems affecting their neighbourhood . |
| 5 | It transpired that during the war he had been a medical officer in the German Wehrmacht fighting on the Eastern Front . |
| 6 | It seemed that with every exchange the man was growing more confident , and the girl , for all she maintained her fiery calm , a little more pressed and on the defensive . |
| 7 | His Lordship reached that decision without enthusiasm because it seemed that as a matter of common sense , notice should be given in such circumstances before criminal proceedings were launched . |
| 8 | Second , it seemed that at the end of three years the debtor 's debts would be written off , although the Act 's drafting was not clear on this point . |
| 9 | It seemed that in no time she was forced indoors by huge raindrops that appeared to have come from nowhere . |
| 10 | It seemed that in a school where he was in such a minority , his language and ethnicity had been defined as particular problems requiring the rather Draconian solution of Statementing . |
| 11 | It seemed that in the days following the Earl 's death , his children displayed a hardness that even surprised me . |
| 12 | It commented that in the latter " there is lacking a clear legal procedure for the justification and terms for the use of the armed forces of the USSR inside the country when no state of emergency has been declared " . |
| 13 | It showed that despite the Chancellor 's unopposed re-election as chairman of his party and his tactical victory over leading rivals , voters are unimpressed with his performance and that of the CDU . |
| 14 | It showed that beneath the granite exterior emotion did exist , even if it was struggling for survival . |
| 15 | It showed that by a ratio of 2 : 1 the electorate preferred to have my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister in charge of the policy than the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 16 | It warned that without the adoption of " Keynesian economic policies " , the " debt deflation " afflicting the world 's leading economies could ensure another " lost decade " . |
| 17 | In the Balkans it meant that for the next few years Bulgaria under Stambouloff would look to Austria-Hungary ( and even , a little , to Turkey ) , for fear of Russia . |
| 18 | Presumably it meant that after a while you ceased to bring things to the Cabinet that you knew would produce a put-down ? |
| 19 | All this is important because it meant that by the end of the 1930s British town planning was in a stronger position than would have been thought likely , to respond to the national emergency of physical destruction , which led to an unprecedented period of planned rebuilding . |
| 20 | So it meant that by the end of the war , the railway stock , the carriages , locomotives and all that was on their last stages . |
| 21 | As in the 1979 report , despite developments in Biblical scholarship , it asserted that throughout the Bible there was strong disapproval for homosexual practice but sinful human beings still have to make moral sense of their lives : |
| 22 | It emerged that across the very varied fleets the cost of asbestos removal would be £25,000 per vehicle , an investment producing no financial return . |
| 23 | It emerged that in the magistrates ' courts the distribution of sentences did not differ greatly between Blacks and Whites , and this was also the case in the Crown Court . |
| 24 | From the November replies , for example , it appeared that for the peak year for absenteeism , S5 , 27% of the pupils were authorised absentees at least once during the week , while 15% were unauthorised absentees . |
| 25 | No-one knows exactly what Daniel Dubroca and Jean Trillo told the Bègles trio , but it appeared that in the aftermath of the American tour Simon and his pals lost their ‘ flavour of the month ’ tag . |
| 26 | It appeared that within the organization was a secret group which was responsible for extra-legal anti-semitic ‘ excitement ’ . |
| 27 | It said that during the quarter it greatly improved product delivery time to its resellers , and recorded the highest volume quarter in its history . |
| 28 | It said that as a result of these investigations the committee was satisfied that there was no evidence of Londonderry Corporation being guilty of discrimination . |
| 29 | Colt had heard it said that after the war the country 's debt was 80 billion dollars . |
| 30 | It said that in the run-up to an election , it would comment on planning opportunities based on pronouncements by political parties . |