Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] it [be] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight months later it was announced that Nagy and his colleagues were to be rehabilitated . |
| 2 | At one point , in December 1925 , with a liberal Governor-General in Vietnam , the Vietnamese were told that they could aspire to a fuller and higher life to become one day a nation ; but a few months later it was predicted that , while an independent Vietnam ( in the indeterminate future ) was a possibility , the bonds between it and France would become sufficiently strong so that nothing would ever break them . |
| 3 | Rumours were soon in circulation about the surrender , and a few days later it was announced that 47,000 wounded had been saved . |
| 4 | Four days later it was announced that Tsedenbal had been stripped of his membership of the Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League . |
| 5 | ‘ A few weeks later it was discovered that the money had been stolen by one of the members of the Parent Teacher Association . |
| 6 | Years later it is discovered that Grom reached the Elven Kingdoms of Ulthuan , causing great destruction until finally defeated by the High Elves . |
| 7 | Several years later it was observed that 39 per cent of 500 diabetic patients had systolic blood pressure greater than 150 mm Hg ( Kramer , 1928 ) , and in the same year another study showed that hypertension was almost three times more common in diabetics than non-diabetics ( Bell & Clawson , 1928 ) . |
| 8 | Once upon a time a few years ago it was realised that the costs of circuits from the Post Office to broadcast choral evensong ‘ live ’ easily outstripped the courtesy fees paid to the participants . |
| 9 | Ten years ago it was thought that something positive should be done to encourage and thank our faithful and hardworking Secretaries and Promoters . |
| 10 | Many years ago it was found that a variety of solvents extracted a acids and refinements have continued to perfect the process . |
| 11 | Ten years ago it was supposed that when the database was up and running it would be relatively easy to find additional funds from outside to cover the running costs . |
| 12 | Twenty years ago it was expected that if you trained you would surely be accepted into the membership of your trade union and be given the chance to compete for the roles that were suitable . |
| 13 | When she had finally been rescued some two hours later it was discovered that the hem of her frock had been chewed away . |
| 14 | By ‘ best ’ results here it is meant that the correct word occurs first or near the top of the ordered list of allowable strings . |
| 15 | The Boards were far from innocent , however , and when they later developed a proper accounting system to allocate overheads fairly it was found that there had indeed been some unfair cross-subsidisation to their contracting accounts . |