Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] that it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally supposed that it was at Thurgarton . |
| 2 | It is traditionally accepted that it was in about the year 753 B.C. that a tribe of people settled near the Tiber on the Palatine Hill . |
| 3 | It was for many years claimed to be the earliest example of the true arch in Europe , but it is now recognised that it was constructed in the sixth century as an open drain and that it was only roofed over with its present stone vault of three concentric rings of radiating voussoirs in 184 B.C. Its exit into the Tiber can still be seen in Rome near the Ponte Rotto ( 68 ) . |
| 4 | The details of the legend 's growth are obscure , but it is now known that it was developing steadily in northern Spain and southern France in the centuries between the eighth and the eleventh . |
| 5 | It is sometimes suggested that it was the government , rather than the electorate , which determined the outcome of elections , and that any ministry which enjoyed the full weight of the Crown behind it was unlikely to lose a general election . |
| 6 | Recognition , which once granted will remain in force for three years , will automatically cease upon liquidation or the making of an administration order under the Insolvency Act 1986 and may be withdrawn by the Council in the event that it is subsequently discovered that it was obtained as a result of any error or fraud . |