Example sentences of "[noun sg] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Circumcision as a rite had been performed in Israel for many centuries , but it was only with the exile that it assumed the character of a covenantal sign between God and his chosen people . |
| 32 | Hewlett-Packard Co is racing down the object-oriented programming road and last week it inaugurated a distributed-object-computing programme that it says will accelerate its efforts to develop and deliver a distributed object computing environment for heterogeneous networked systems . |
| 33 | Because of the uncertainty of the outcome of future attempts to develop and test a research programme , it can never be said of any programme that it has degenerated beyond all hope . |
| 34 | It is in the nature of this kind of programme that it deals with several different topics , so the length of individual items is likely to be good for classroom use . |
| 35 | Taylor Walker is benefiting from a customer care programme that it believes will enable it to compete with its European counterparts . |
| 36 | It is such a landmark that it seems a shame to let it pass without making a permanent reminder of this important occasion . |
| 37 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 38 | If this is the case , the changes of the past 30 years may be the first signs of a return to the more traditional population distribution of pre-industrial Britain , but it must also be borne in mind that it takes a very long time to shift major population patterns , and that the present trends may only be a veneer on an underlying and more permanent structure . |
| 39 | ‘ So far everything that we 've done we 've done keeping in mind that it has to be played live . |
| 40 | Argument has been addressed to me as to how that sum should fall to be represented in the damages awarded , bearing in mind that it has been substantially discharged by an interim payment and that it will not inure to any log term benefit of the plaintiff . |
| 41 | There is no doubt in her mind that it has all been worthwhile . |
| 42 | United Biscuits was one of the few fallers after confirmation that it had sold its Terry 's chocolate division to Kraft of the U.S. in a deal worth £220 million . |
| 43 | Reed was also an early casualty , down 4p to 717p following confirmation that it has bought Robert Maxwell 's Official Airline Guides for 417m dollars ( £275m ) . |
| 44 | Reed was also an early casualty , down 4p to 717p following confirmation that it has bought Robert Maxwell 's Official Airline Guides for 417m dollars ( £275m ) . |
| 45 | Reed was also an early casualty , down 5p to 716p following confirmation that it has bought Robert Maxwell 's Official Airline Guides for 417m dollars ( £275m ) . |
| 46 | Versions of Locke 's doctrine of cultural relativity are still staunchly upheld by many professional anthropologists of high repute , though my demonstration that it incorporates the traditional proposition that the opposition " we " / " they " is the equivalent of " human being " / " monster " should serve as a warning . |
| 47 | The government 's announcement this spring that it planned to phase in the seventeen and a half per cent tax over twelve months brought pensioners out onto the streets . |
| 48 | Other countries apparently more successful than us , never seem to mind change , the British do for fear that it diminishes their lot in life . |
| 49 | It is the highly publicised rise in crime , and the Government 's exploitation of the fear that it produces , which has justified increased expenditure since 1979 on the police , at a time of cutbacks on other sections of the public sector , such as health , income maintenance schemes , education and housing . |
| 50 | So my skin began to look better , my guts were giving a great , big heartfelt vote of thanks , but I went on losing weight that it seemed to me I could ill afford to lose . |
| 51 | The problem is not primarily that is a hapax legomenon , for there can be little uncertainty that it means " something thin " ( from , " crush " ) . |
| 52 | If Strathclyde increased the number of police officers by 200 to the complement that it deserves , there would be a much stronger law and order policy there . |
| 53 | Nizan was clearly justified in treating Aragon 's analysis with the scepticism that it deserved . |
| 54 | If the Government adhere to their position , the decision on the bids would be taken not after due consideration and detailed examination but at the outset by telling one bid that it had not been selected to receive the £48,750 assistance . |
| 55 | In response , Pat Arbor , the chairman of the Board of Trade , said it was not the exchange 's fault that it had been duped by Stotler 's doctored financial records . |
| 56 | ‘ It 's a tragedy that it looks as if he 's quitting just when he 's developed from being a superstar into an awesome megastar . |
| 57 | There are signs GM is preparing the necessary US filings and there is talk that it has already approached Jaguar 's union leaders . |
| 58 | These documents demonstrate a commitment to developing broadly based , open political agitation , but they contain little about a civil rights strategy in the north ; such a strategy could be deduced from the analysis which they contain , but the documents give no indication that it had been proposed in any detail . |
| 59 | While the meeting in the foyer was going on , the corporation gave a clear indication that it felt under pressure . |
| 60 | It 's no good just saying you can report fraud er to er t t to the regulator , they should also be responsible to the shareholders , the stake holders , everybody involved er in er er er a company er and in fact er they are n't they have really responsibility to no one except the directors er who appoint them , the company share holders are given very little information , the choice of auditors er is firmly in the director 's director 's hands , the depositors , the consumers , the employees er have no say er in the appointment of er auditors and more important the recent legal cases for instance and the Al Saudi Bank er er and Berg er sons er and company also decided that er auditors do n't owe a duty of care er to individual shareholders , potential investors , the current or potential creditors er even though that information is supposed to be there to help markets understand what is happening to that committee and the government showed no indication that it wants to reverse these judgements , it should reverse them , there should be specific responsibilities attached to er auditors to give them a duty of care er so that we get the information er and er spend more widely and the share holders and the stake holders know what 's going on er er er as well as er the bank or the financial er institution er itself . |