Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] it [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were originally intending to work in Zaire , but the situation is still somewhat unstable and it seems that the time is not quite right for them to go there . |
| 2 | Knee and hip joints were creaking and it seemed that the prophecy made by doctors forty years before , that one day my legs and hips — the war left me with a short , stiff left leg — would really begin to seize up , was about to come true . |
| 3 | Most natural minerals are brittle because they are more or less homogeneous but it happens that a few have cleavage planes of about the right strength . |
| 4 | When I joined the NCT , like most members , I did so because I wanted the best antenatal classes possible and it seemed that I would have the chance to meet new mothers and make new friends after the birth too . |
| 5 | The Rhodesia Metals case was referred to in the Hang Seng Bank case [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 306 and it follows that when Lord Bridge used the words ‘ place where the property was let ’ he must have been referring to the place where the property let was situated and not to the place or places where the lease happened to have been signed . |
| 6 | If , of course , her grief becomes prolonged and it seems that she is making no headway towards adjustment , it will be advisable for her to see her doctor , but this rarely happens . |
| 7 | A copy of the 1991 Census datasets will be deposited at the ESRC Data Archive ( where it will join the data from previous Censuses ) when the data is complete and it appears that all corrections have been made . |
| 8 | The Lycett & Conaty radial gear had not proved satisfactory and it seems that ‘ Warner ’ radial gear was obtained from M & G Truck & Engineering Co. to replace it by 1912 , but was not fitted to the cars until 1922 or 1923 . |
| 9 | Peel told the NME : ‘ The Wedding Present 's virtues are that they make records which are direct and uncomplicated and it seems that these are now being regarded as vices in some quarters . ’ |
| 10 | and I think that 's right but it means that things are more difficult to achieve in a lot of ways . |
| 11 | Perhaps I am being unnecessarily cynical but it seems that too much of a designer maker 's time is spent on public relations and maintaining the image and there is less willingness to share the things learned from technical and creative nightmares . |
| 12 | In Geurrero State this waiting period was apparently not too long but it appeared that in other areas delays and crowded court lists inevitably meant some people spending a considerable time in custody . |
| 13 | He died in 1637 but it appears that for years he was something of a figure in the district . |
| 14 | Sometimes , these pictures can be quite discouraging and it seems that there 's no way that we be anything like these men and women . |
| 15 | Whether they had been worked at some preceding date is a matter of no little conjecture but is unlikely and it seems that the miners from Keswick started there in 1599 . |
| 16 | Children tend to believe that those adults around them are all-wise and all-powerful and it follows that whatever these adults say must be true . |
| 17 | Many dreams are so bizarre that they seem inexplicable and it follows that only a medically qualified expert could penetrate the machinations of the subconscious mind which produced them . |
| 18 | Christians claim that what happened on Good Friday was decisive for humankind — it was of such a definitive , absolute nature that it split world history in two and it declares that the many strands of human experience ( hope , joy , peace , human fulfilment ) run through the crossroads of the cross . |
| 19 | The payments in question could be brought within the wording of Reg 20 and it followed that MGN had been under an obligation to deduct tax at source . |
| 20 | Negotiations have been going on since October 1990 and it seems that the Treasury was querying its £4 million valuation . |
| 21 | Our clients understand it ceased trading on December 24 and it follows that the reference NatWest gave was worthless . ’ |
| 22 | This is something more than a mere disturbance of the public calm or quiet but it appears that in the context of public order , the element of violence deemed essential in R. v. Howell ( C.A. , 1982 ) , in relation to powers of summary arrest , has not always been required . |