Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been wide disagreement among historians concerning the chronology of population recovery , some suggesting that it started before the end of the fourteenth century , others favouring dates around 1430 and others again preferring the early sixteenth century ( 59 ; 75 , p.15 ; 99 , p.269 ) . |
| 2 | Japan on Jan. 22 announced that it had approved the export of 27 tonnes of surgical anaesthetics . |
| 3 | Some say that it helps them to study , but do n't accept that . |
| 4 | Some hold that it follows from this that the priest must be male : |
| 5 | This shows that it contains all the genes , not just some of them . |
| 6 | As expected formation of the low mobility complex was inhibited by the addition of antibody to Oct-1 confirming that it contains Oct-1 whereas the antibody had no effect on the formation of the high mobility complex indicating that it is formed by binding of a cervical protein distinct from Oct-1 ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Lancaster will be interested to hear that it says that the national curriculum will not be delivered because of the difficulty — |
| 8 | His observational sample of prisoner interviews , although small , had found the PACE codes of practice were followed to the letter and he argued this showed that it required the sanction of the law to effect changes in interview and interrogation techniques . |
| 9 | The Commission is careful to stress that it has no intention of developing a grand ‘ European Cultural Policy ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ It would be foolish to forget that it 's happened before . |
| 11 | The book was an abstract of a work which had not appeared , and which never did in the form envisaged ; this meant that it had no references or bibliography , and that in it Darwin wore his immense learning lightly . |
| 12 | Essentially , this meant that it had to operate like a company , with a capital structure and a requirement to deliver a return on capital employed , but with the ownership wholly in the hands of the British Government . |
| 13 | From its first meeting it was also identified with the anti-slavery movement and this meant that it did not establish itself in America , where many religious leaders were wary of too close an identification with such a divisive issue . |
| 14 | Some argue that it does . |
| 15 | ( This means that it takes up more hospital space than any other single illness . ) |
| 16 | This means that it takes an average of 12 years and $231 million to develop a new drug . |
| 17 | This means that it depends on the host 's cells ' own energy-producing system to provide for its own growth and reproduction . |
| 18 | This means that it becomes difficult , some would say impossible , to specify the ceteris paribus conditions of a theory . |
| 19 | This means that it behaves in a similar way to the three directions that correspond to moving in space . |
| 20 | This means that it accounts for perhaps a third of the sales of ICI Chemicals & Polymers — about the same proportion as does the latter in the whole of ICI . |
| 21 | The employment White Paper was published under a coalition dominated by Conservatives and Labour , but it was not the result of discussion within each party , and although leading politicians on both sides endorsed its policy it would be wrong to say that it reflected the considered view of either party . |
| 22 | Consequently , it is wrong to say that it has a grammatical function . |
| 23 | Of course , if one has the belief one would indeed be prepared to say that it does not adequately account for the evolution of animal life , but that is not what one is saying here and now . |
| 24 | As Kahl has said , education ‘ reinforces the existing status system and provides for movement within it ’ ( Kahl 1970 : 137 ) , but this suggests that it does not change the system . |
| 25 | While advances in information technology have so far done little to change the telephone itself — give or take a few microchips and memories — it 's easy to see that IT has had a dramatic affect on the underlying telecoms infrastructure , and the way we use it . |
| 26 | In a rare statement on intelligence details , the CIA on Oct. 7 admitted that it had failed to provide accurate information to the Justice Department and the federal prosecutors . |
| 27 | ‘ In general , I think it 's slightly unfair when you 've got someone who 's considered a virtuoso player such as Mark King — he 's obviously very talented , but his basses are so incredibly easy to play that it seems a bit of a cheat to me . |
| 28 | So concerned is Claris in making this easy to use that it has included 100 pre-programmed formulae . |
| 29 | Because it was pointless to deny that it did . |
| 30 | It is easy to forget that it had to start somewhere . |