Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President also stated that it was time " to offer our hand to the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe " and time " to build on our new relationship with the Soviet Union ; to endorse and encourage a peaceful process of internal change towards democracy and economic opportunity " . |
| 2 | Thus , when his secretary of the treasury ventured on one occasion to suggest that colonial rule was more efficient than the successor regimes in the newly independent states , the president brusquely retorted that it was his " personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or any other form of dictatorship than accept the political domination of another government even though that brought to each citizen a far higher standard of living " . |
| 3 | With regard to the second recommendation , the FAA merely said that it might not be feasible and , in the event , they did nothing but give the matter consideration ! |
| 4 | The consortium also disclosed that it would need up to £1.6bn in fresh finance on top of the £6bn already raised . |
| 5 | This accurate boring mill also meant that it was easy to convert the engine to a double acting one , i.e. one where the piston is pushed both ways in the cylinder . |
| 6 | AT&T Co yesterday said that it had filed an application with the UK regulatory authorities to challenge British Telecommunications Plc by offering communications services within the UK , and between the UK and the US . |
| 7 | The ministry yesterday confirmed that it intended to slaughter the birds . |
| 8 | In a move that was mandated by the Office of Telecommunications last summer , British Telecommunications Plc yesterday announced that it was cutting by £40 the cost of a new line for residential customers : from June 1 , it will cost £99 ; a new line for a single line business will also cost £99 , down from £152.75 ; residential customers will also now be able to spread the cost of phone service connection by paying an initial charge of £25 and four quarterly payments of £25 — which sounds like a great deal … |
| 9 | Far Eastern trader Inchcape Plc yesterday announced that it had taken a 15.3% stake in Gestetner Holdings Plc , the world 's largest independent photocopier dealer , with the support of 29.5% shareholder Ricoh Co Ltd . |
| 10 | THE Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the Department of Transport yesterday announced that it was investigating the accident at Edinburgh Airport on Thursday night when Gulzar Sattar , 32 , a technical supervisor , of Harvie Avenue , Newton Mearns , died . |
| 11 | LASMO plc today announced that it has issued US$250 million of perpetual cumulative dollar preference shares in the US public market , with a gross dividend of 10 per cent . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman rightly said that it is a waste of the doctor 's time for him to turn his attention to something that has already been decided by someone else and merely to rubberstamp it . |
| 13 | The blurred sense of catastrophe usually insisted that it was both . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman then implied that it was difficult for people to obtain certificates because of the cost of obtaining the qualifications . |
| 15 | The government thereupon declared that it would allow no more food into rebel-held areas , and the UN was forced to suspend operations . |
| 16 | The spokesman also admitted that it 's not the first time the ladies have been hauled over the coals for selling fags . |
| 17 | The government also announced that it would be selling shares in enterprises owned or partly owned by the state and would be asking others to sign performance contracts . |
| 18 | The government also announced that it would invest about US$670 million over the next five years in the development of alternative energies and the improvement of domestic electrical efficiency . |
| 19 | The government also announced that it was beginning a public awareness campaign , and would draft new legislation to fill in gaps in its 1960 wildlife protection laws . |
| 20 | The government also said that it would consider implementing the recommendations of the Sarkaria Committee [ see p. 36031 ] about the relationship between the states and central government [ see above ] . |
| 21 | The government also stated that it would implement an agrarian reform law immediately [ see below ] , improve tax collection , and reduce public spending , including that on the military . |
| 22 | The government now denied that it was granted the terms it received under the Large Combustion Plant Directive on the basis that it would be fitting FGD so it could continue to burn high-sulphur coal . |
| 23 | A party spokesman then suggested that it would be ignored , saying : ‘ Future levels of defence spending will be considered by a Labour government solely in the context of implementing the policy review . ’ |
| 24 | One discussant then commented that it is not an either/or situation , that is , that either the government or the community should take sole responsibility for it , but it should be a responsibility shared by both government and community . |
| 25 | Como soon discovered that it was in the nature of winners to enjoy their winnings , as Barbarossa stayed in the north in an attempt to subjugate all the city states . |
| 26 | The company also said that it will continue with its application to the Department of Trade and Industry to operate a ‘ personal communications network ’ , which is expected to present the same opportunities in the next decade as cellular mobile radio is doing in this . |
| 27 | The company also announced that it will make over 33,000 redundancies this year . |
| 28 | The company also confirmed that it would start informing employees and local communities about the performance of individual plants . |