Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] that it [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the meeting the FRUD announced that it was quite prepared to open a dialogue on the basis of an immediate bilateral ceasefire and reforms announced by Gouled Aptidon . |
| 2 | Despite this , Mazzin maintained that it was still a local feud . |
| 3 | Will he give at least gentle guidance to LEAs suggesting that it is not reasonable for students to be excluded from discretionary grants merely because their parents have moved home ? |
| 4 | In a statement issued on Jan. 24 the SLA announced that it was fully prepared to extend the zone " for the imperatives of security " . |
| 5 | It was a relief to Jean to know that it is n't just the children after all . |
| 6 | Koons says that it is exactly this childlike aspect that makes her vulnerable to the tacky mandarins of the porn industry , whom Koons loathes , despite the mountain of mad flesh in Made in Heaven . |
| 7 | The Opposition pooh-pooh the matter and the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook says that it is not really a problem and that the numbers are going down . |
| 8 | Aunt Bella says that it 's more economical to buy like that , but I know it 's because she 's afraid . |
| 9 | Donna guessed that it was more than two months since she had been to the cottage . |
| 10 | Lucy reckoned that it was just some middle-aged woman 's thing , and left it at that . |
| 11 | And if it is n't honey , the absence of that taste will cause Pooh to believe that it is n't honey . |
| 12 | As he plunged his fork into the confection Therese reflected that it was very difficult not to like a man who enjoyed life as much as Willi Zimmermann . |
| 13 | As well as the acceptance by Child of a valid philosophical position for the sociology of knowledge , Jacques Maquet suggested that it was only a threat to those philosophers who saw humans as provided with a spiritual nature that entailed the possibility of transcending economic and social determination through a theoretical ‘ faculty of the true ’ ( Maquet 1973 : 100 ) . |
| 14 | While ACORN 's most obvious application is in market analysis , advertising and direct marketing , CACI argues that it is equally relevant to the sales manager for setting equitable targets for different sales territories . |
| 15 | Seats in the new national assembly could be left vacant for north Korean representatives , should the latter subsequently be elected on an acceptable basis ; the United States held that it was vitally important that the Soviet Union should not exercise a veto on the role of the UN in Korea . |
| 16 | Lexical variation of this type is widespread in Durham and is not restricted to items belonging to any particular grammatical class ; Kerswill reports that it is particularly salient as a sociolinguistic marker sensitive both to the age and social class of the speaker ; but unlike either CSPs or other phonological variables , it is affected very little by speech style . |
| 17 | Karen found that it was very easy to talk to Drew . |
| 18 | Jane noticed that it was fairly sheltered — she was already imagining the winter . |
| 19 | Glancing at his watch , Major Tzann noted that it was almost time for the briefing . |
| 20 | British Telecommunications Plc says that the bid by AT&T Co to operate in the UK could speed liberalisation of the key North Atlantic telecommunications route , and reckons that the matter could be settled within months ; AT&T says that it would much preferred to have entered the UK market with a local partner but saw no prospect of that ( it had been negotiating with Cable & Wireless Plc for a stake in Mercury Communications Ltd ; meanwhile each side throws regulatory brickbats at the other , with AT&T complaining that it has to deal — on a confidential basis — with British Telecom on interconnect and access charges where in the US , charges are much lower and have to be applied within the operator 's own business as well — and that simply applying for a licence in the UK costs $70,000 against just $610 in the US ; British Telecom complains that it was n't allowed to increase its 20% stake in McCaw Cellular Communications Inc and achieve a management position — and likely would be barred from buying MCI Communications Inc , where AT&T would be free to buy Vodafone Group Plc — or even Mercury , outright , if it wanted to . |
| 21 | Hanna showed that it was mathematically possible for such vortices to form under the right surface , wind and stability conditions and that such vortices would have the right sort of diameter , about 2 or 3 km ( I-2 miles ) , to explain the spacing of the dunes . |
| 22 | It has been seen in the last chapter how Bishop Tunstall observed that it was not sufficient to burn the heretics and their works and appealed to Sir Thomas More , the best-known English writer of his time , to write against them . |
| 23 | Alida felt that it was quite unseemly , in a woman of Florence Ames ' age , to bring a man-friend openly through the place , to flaunt such a curious person . |
| 24 | Already Washington knew that it was only a matter of time before the USSR was in a position to present a serious nuclear threat to the United States itself . |
| 25 | Questions of office profitability would lead to greater centralisation , as firms such as KPMG and Touche recognise that it is more expensive to run their ‘ franchise ’ structures . |
| 26 | LORD JUSTICE DILLON said that it was not in doubt that if the copy was privileged in relation to the employee 's then claims because obtained for the purpose of advice in relation to those claims , it retained its privileged condition in respect of the subsequent claims now being advanced by the bank : Pearce v Foster ( 1885 ) 15 QBD 114 . |
| 27 | But Pete said that it was n't , because for much of the hour he 'd been doing the same . |
| 28 | Peter Gillman suggests that it was not until TV South West made a film ‘ A Trust Betrayed ’ , and consulted Dr Neil Ward of Surrey University , that a plausible explanation for the conflicting evidence of poisoning and the official view that it could not happen came to light . |
| 29 | Asked why it had taken so long for Doris to get back in touch with this world , Mr Lacey explained that it was probably the exhaustion caused by her illness , the brain operation and unsuccessful medical treatment . |
| 30 | The defence relied heavily on the legal precedent of Goodchild in the House of Lords in 1978 , where Lord Diplock ruled that it was not illegal to possess naturally occurring substances even if they contained a controlled drug . |