Example sentences of "[vb pp] that it [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many would have claimed that it served none , that it was but the result of the Fall and of sin , and that it brought only harm and hurt to the world . |
| 2 | That there was a pattern for her in Lermontov 's novel is conceivable : but it ca n't be claimed that it fits her with exactitude , or that it provides an explanation of her conduct . |
| 3 | ‘ You had n't considered that it had nothing to do with you , I suppose ? |
| 4 | Given a set of forces and an assurance that equilibrium prevails , the human sense of balance is so finely developed that it directs us to their focus . |
| 5 | Most analysts believed , however , that COPEI had simply decided that it had nothing to gain from being associated any longer with the deeply unpopular AD government . |
| 6 | They are bringing their children to a school about which they already know a great amount and have decided that it meets their needs . |
| 7 | Erm it was felt that it warranted something a lot stronger than that . |
| 8 | Research on field independence in a wide sample of people has shown that it reaches its peak at fifteen years of age , remains on a plateau until the mid-thirties and thereafter declines . |
| 9 | It is , of course , clear that the Report does not speak on behalf of working-class culture , but it should also be noted that it distances itself from the culture of the middle class ( cf. 236/256–7 ) . |
| 10 | Bacteriologists immediately recognised that it gave them a unique opportunity to study the evolutionary processes governing bacterial resistance — as a synthetic antibiotic it could not be influenced by preexisting resistance genes . |
| 11 | Gerard said that " all kinds of Hyssope do grow in my Garden " and disdained to describe it , any more than Dioscorides did : " as being a plant so well known that it needed none " ( description ) , and it was illustrated in an Italian Herbal published in 1744 , where it was called H. vulgaris . |
| 12 | I made inquiries about the press conference and I am assured that it had nothing to do with this matter . |
| 13 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 14 | The court has held that it means something more than " useful " , " reasonable " or " desirable . " |