Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] it [be] [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 The court was influenced by evidence pointing to the fact that the defendants had been negligent and it was stated that had steps been taken to mitigate the nuisance , the Council would not have found itself in the position it was now in .
2 I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past .
3 The original Milnes four wheeled cars were now getting very decrepit and it was found that the nine bogie cars would be quite sufficient to provide the normal service between West Croydon and Mitcham , so a number of Milnes cars were stored away in the back parts of the other two depôts .
4 Many takeovers in Europe are friendly and it is said that two in three are negotiated without merchant bankers .
5 This will normally be impractical and it is suggested that the purchaser may wish to distinguish between the following three levels of consent : ( a ) critical consents ; ( b ) material consents ; ( c ) ancillary consents .
6 Well in in general er the original work plan had divided up the production work to share out the technology and this meant that components were being shipped around more than actually they they needed to be or that was economic and it was found that there was the potential to concentrate manufacturers sub-assemblies for each of the major components of the aircraft and subsequently assemble the major components in one country rather than several .
7 However , gold and silver colourings , though stunning in effect , do not taste pleasant and it is suggested that they are not eaten in any quantity .
8 He became very confused and it was suggested that the squadron would like something which she was wearing at the time .
9 Now , with unemployment set to reach two million by Christmas , they are no longer welcome and it 's estimated that over 60 per cent are unemployed .
10 In 1973 , approximately 14% of the persons training for building surveying were doing so through full-time study ; still a minority , but trends were obvious and it was predicted that seven years later , by 1980 , that percentage would have increased to around 30% ; in the event the figure was 46% .
11 The acoustics in the hall are not good and it was agreed that something ought to be done to improve this .
12 The acoustics in the hall are not good and it was agreed that something ought to be done to improve this .
13 On 16 April he resigned his directorship of Balston Ltd and it was agreed that he need not attend work during the remainder of the notice period .
14 The words of the Fourth Commandment are uncompromising and it 's assumed that so also are those who believe in keeping the Sabbath .
15 Six wood veneers in Natural or Surfaced finishes are currently available and it is anticipated that appropriate applications will be for wall panelling and furniture .
16 She was offered psychotherapy , but this proved ineffective and it was concluded that Jenny lacked insight into her problems .
17 Though this project is principally concerned with the city of Edinburgh its relevance is much wider , to British cities in general and it is expected that it will demonstrate how land-owners , builders , house factors and other interests in property were able to control the pace and pattern of urban development largely to their own ends without recognising the long term consequences for the physical shape and quality of the housing and building stock and its long term impact on modern society in terms of street lay outs , maintenance and repairs , and the availability of open spaces .
18 Maureen as an ambulance driver and Pat as a rescue man were badly needed , but Anne 's firewatching at a large store was less essential and it was decided that she would stay with her mother .
19 Full details were not available but it was reported that it would be a balanced budget despite a doubling of general government expenditure to R 24,000,000 million ( about US$16,500 million at the floating rate ) .
20 The outlook is not entirely bleak and it is reckoned that of those who enrol at a clinic , for whatever reason , about 40 per cent will be drug-free within ten years , although within that time , too , 15 per cent of opiate addicts may well be dead .
21 The funds are , of course , still open and it is appreciated that many people have already sent donations direct to the Royal Homeopathic Hospital .
22 The details of the talks were secret but it was thought that a UN discussion paper for reform of the army , a key FMLN demand , was on the agenda .
23 The overhaul of trams to catch up on wartime neglect was taking longer than anticipated and it was decided that Purley depôt , still standing out of use , should be cleared of the war damaged cars collecting dust in its interior and be brought back into use as an annexe to Charlton Works where painting and certain other work could be undertaken .
24 We had wanted two contrasting areas ( more than two would have been preferable of course in terms of the extent to which one could generalise from our findings but the projects would become expensive and it was acknowledged that we could not include more than two ) , and Ipswich and Newham were felt to fill this requirement .
25 Persian values also made themselves felt at native satrapal courts : a recently published Greek verse inscription from Lycian Xanthos , put up by a local dynast , echoes Persian educational ideals ( ‘ riding , shooting and speaking the truth ’ , Hdt. i. 136 ) when it speaks of : The dynast in question is called Arbinas : he is certainly a Lycian but it is thought that the form of the name is Persian .
26 The date of its founder , Zarathustra ( Zoroaster is the Greek form of his name ) , is uncertain but it is thought that he flourished in the first half of the sixth century BC .
27 The trade unions have been largely silent and it was felt that the media had a lot to answer for in this department .
28 Feedback from those attending was positive and it is intended that , after some refining , the workshops will be made available to all colleges .
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