Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [conj] 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 | In a statement issued on Jan. 24 the SLA announced that it was fully prepared to extend the zone " for the imperatives of security " . |
| 4 | Donna guessed that it was more than two months since she had been to the cottage . |
| 5 | Lucy reckoned that it was just some middle-aged woman 's thing , and left it at that . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Karen found that it was very easy to talk to Drew . |
| 10 | Jane noticed that it was fairly sheltered — she was already imagining the winter . |
| 11 | Glancing at his watch , Major Tzann noted that it was almost time for the briefing . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In an article published the same year , Kevin Sharpe questioned whether it was entirely accurate to label Laud as an Arminian , stressing that the archbishop saw as his main task not the propagation of a new theology but the prevention of divisive doctrinal debate . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But Pete said that it was n't , because for much of the hour he 'd been doing the same . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Malcolm Muggeridge asked whether it was n't time for the monarchy to engage professional public relations consultants , ‘ in place of the rather ludicrous courtiers who now function as such . ’ |
| 22 | Astington found that it was not until the age of nine years that the majority of children gave consistently correct responses . |
| 23 | Wilson went and it was more the going that helped her than the services themselves . |
| 24 | ‘ Not really , because we wrote the songs before Phil left and it is n't our new drummer on the album , apart from one track ; it 's a mystery subscriber on the other tracks . ’ |
| 25 | On Aug. 21 Nikolai Zhurbenko and Pavel Creanga , the heads of the commission monitoring the Dnestr ceasefire , reported that large numbers of arms had been surrendered and that warring groups had mostly disbanded , although Zhurbenko said that it was too soon for peacekeeping forces to be withdrawn . |
| 26 | Matthew wondered whether it was simply a lucky draw from the gene pool that she had ended up with such spectacular looks , or was it the result of years of careful nurturing ? |
| 27 | As he picked his way through the traffic , heading south , Rory wondered if it was as plain as that . |
| 28 | It was not long after that , though , that the rain decided once again to make an appearance and Ven decreed that it was in for the rest of the day . |
| 29 | After the crisis was over , some Allied leaders began to wonder whether restoring Kuwaiti sovereignty had justified the effort involved — US Secretary of State Baker remarked that it was not ‘ the optimum type of regime ’ . |
| 30 | Wittgenstein argued that it is not possible to spell out necessary and sufficient conditions for an activity to be a game . |