Example sentences of "that it [verb] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amnesty said that it had evidence of children being detained , either on suspicion of illegal political activities , or with their fathers , some of whom were serving heavy sentences for their alleged involvement in the attempted coup of 1981 [ see pp. 31353-54 ; 31563 ] . |
| 2 | To the extent that the purchaser is willing to accept this reduction of the absolute nature of warranties , it should be on the basis the vendor acknowledges that in all circumstances it has made full and proper enquiries and investigations ( see clause 13.6 of the standard sale agreement — Appendix III ) ; ( i ) to provide that the vendor shall not be liable if the purchaser completed the sale at the full purchase price despite the fact that it had knowledge of a particular breach of warranty . |
| 3 | It is typical of the Labour party that it loses sight of the possibility of being able to get better value for money and of being able to improve the extent to which and the way in which we can help people without always asking the taxpayer to fund more . |
| 4 | Inveterate trafficker in traffic systems Peek Plc told its annual meeting yesterday that it saw signs of a trading upturn in March : ‘ Although trading conditions in the first two months of the current year continued to be difficult , we have seen signs of improvement in March — there is currently a significant amount of enquiry and bidding activity and it is expected that this will translate into firm orders , ’ chairman Ken Maud said . |
| 5 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 6 | This huge increase caused concern among many deputies , but Pavlov had justified it by saying that it took account of forthcoming wholesale price rises and would actually represent a fall in real terms . |
| 7 | And it 's no exaggeration to say that it took years of sifting through the wreckage of myself to find a woman I could begin to take some pride in again . |
| 8 | The Bank of England 's new accounts show that it made provisions of £115m ( $100m ) in 1991–92 , against losses incurred in propping up small banks after the collapse of BCCI . |
| 9 | If he has decided not to read out the query as it was written , he must ensure that it becomes part of the record . |
| 10 | The force of law is that it becomes part of common sense , and makes ‘ common sense ’ prescriptions about public order , theft and hard work . |
| 11 | There had been Lewis , the guy who was down on cutlery and condiments , and much earlier a bloke called Evans , who maintained that Old Mother Walsh was really a man in drag and that it behoved members of the Church ‘ to wear the clothes of the other kind ’ . |
| 12 | He was quite prepared to argue the case that savage practices might be integral to a culture : ‘ We may not like the notion of cannibalism or head-hunting , but that it formed part of a distinct and tenable form of culture in Melanesia is indisputable . ’ |
| 13 | Charles Rose , the chairman of a House of Representatives agriculture subcommittee , claimed in the House on March 14 that BNL had loaned part of the money to Rafidain under the pretence that it formed part of a $514,000,000 government-approved export credit guarantee scheme for agricultural development in Iraq . |
| 14 | The outcome was that it attracted masses of press attention . |
| 15 | An English surgeon , ( Sir ) Roy Calne , then in Boston , investigated the use of a derivative of 6-MP , azathioprine , and after repeated experiments showed that it prevented rejection of kidney grafts in dogs . |
| 16 | We note that it came top of the apostles ' agenda when the members of the brand new church ‘ devoted themselves to the apostles ’ teaching' ( Acts 2:2 ) . |
| 17 | The Burlington , Massachusetts-based company has always pushed the way that it enables teams of programmers work together , with mechanisms to let them share code safely . |
| 18 | Freud refers to this process of strengthening of the superego as the ‘ most precious cultural asset ’ , and observes that it turns enemies of civilization into its vehicles , and greatly enhances the security of culture . |
| 19 | Paul added that it rekindled memories of a Borussia Moenchengladbach v Inter Milan tie which had to be replayed after a similar incident two seasons earlier . |
| 20 | But the central and substantive argument that defenders of Roman catholic schools have had to deal with is that the dual school system in Northern Ireland encourages , supports , or at least reinforces the sectarian divide , and that it forms part of the vicious circle maintaining conflict in Ulster . |
| 21 | An equally important reason for God 's giving music to us is that it forms part of our response to him . |
| 22 | It may not be an accident that it has echoes of Knossos . |
| 23 | This is just another way of saying that it has 3ml of alcohol in every 100ml . |
| 24 | Siemens Nixdorf claims that it has 40% of the European market , with an installed base of 500 in the UK . |
| 25 | Will my right hon. Friend be sure to ask for a branch of the kiosk in any new catering facility for visitors , and will he make sure that it has House of Commons fudge and humbugs on sale ? |
| 26 | The dun at Trudernish is exceptional in that it shows signs of vitrification . |
| 27 | The dun at Trudernish is exceptional in that it shows signs of vitrification . |
| 28 | The recruiting office should advertise the fact that it welcomes members of the public who wish to drop in . |
| 29 | Thirteen per cent think that it improved resources ; 12 per cent that it changed priorities , 9 per cent that it changed allocation of resources and 7 per cent think that it improved teacher-pupil relations . |
| 30 | A general feature of the cortex is that it contains mappings of the body , and of the world . |