Example sentences of "[det] [noun] that it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wanted to be a primary teacher , and you have to teach so many different things at that level that it seemed better to study a broader range of subjects , ’ she says . |
| 2 | It we further remark the way sexual difference is oft en presented within psychoanalysis as unavoidable and ineluctably fraught with pain , so much so in some cases that it warrants description as a tragic ontology , it becomes tempting to dismiss it as an expression of existential Angst suitably dressed in pretentious intellectual rigour and elegant abstraction , and , as such ( some might add ) , the epitome of psychoanalysis itself . |
| 3 | The government 's announcement this spring that it planned to phase in the seventeen and a half per cent tax over twelve months brought pensioners out onto the streets . |
| 4 | Would it be a valid objection to an Order made under this statute that it imposes a tax ? |
| 5 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 6 | Despite some criticisms that it made him look like Michael Foot , it was a media success . |
| 7 | No , but I 'll come onto some effects that it did have in a moment . |
| 8 | Such was the novelty of this circuit that it provoked much debate in the technical press as to its operation . |
| 9 | And she knew she did , but it was only during this moment that it had happened , in this moment of revelation . |
| 10 | The government could claim with some truth that it had forced through changes in managerial behaviour so that concepts like efficiency , cost-effectiveness and productivity were accorded more weight in the organisational culture . |
| 11 | It was during this period that it became the second major party in British politics , and Britain 's leading progressive party . |
| 12 | Yet it is at this point that it comes into sharpest conflict with the cultural and anti-intellectual currents which are rooted in a return to instinctual modes . |
| 13 | Father Andrew , the saintly co-founder of the Society of the Divine Compassion , wrote to one of his many correspondents : ‘ To me it is one of me most hopeful things of this epoch that it has produced C. S. Lewis . ’ |
| 14 | No government is likely to say at this juncture that it regards cars as an environmental menace and intends to reduce their numbers by so many per cent a year . |
| 15 | But I 'm I I I 'm not sure what relevance it is , I mean is this some procedure that it 's got to be reduced into writing ? |
| 16 | Was it really just this morning that it had all happened ? |
| 17 | So complete was this victory that it ensured a kind of uneasy peace for nearly three years . |
| 18 | The government announced this week that it planned to send 53 Japanese soldiers there next month , to help prepare for UN-sponsored elections . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , Unix International is being very secretive about an announcement it expects to make this week that it hopes will propel the industry further along the path of unity . |
| 20 | The Kabul government said this week that it believed Pakistan intended to supply the guerrillas with chemical weapons for use in the Jalalabad battle . |
| 21 | It seems unlikely that the dance was copied into the score at the wrong point : if it had been , one would expect to find it headed by some warning that it belonged several pages later — otherwise severe complications would result in orchestral parts copied from the score . |
| 22 | In just the few seconds that it took Roebuck to de-rail Shelford , a whole new Marty Roebuck fan club was born . |
| 23 | He did n't hesitate and say ‘ I 'll have to ask God about that ’ ; in the few seconds that it took her to express her need , Elisha knew what to say to her . |
| 24 | For many years university academic staff have enjoyed the unique position of having tenure for their working lives , the argument in support of this being that it protected academic staff from political pressure and avoided the possibility of someone being dismissed for expressing unpopular or unconventional views . |
| 25 | There have been so many taboos surrounding some kings that it has been difficult , if not impossible , to find anyone to be successor , for the taboos lead to total social isolation of the ruler . |
| 26 | Intel Corp has found another patent that it thinks is being infringed , and has asked the US International Trade Commission to investigate the import from Taiwan of Twinhead Inc 's Slimnote notebook computers , and put a ban on them . |
| 27 | At least by 1960 it had been recognised in this jurisdiction that it connotes a duty not to injure one 's neighbour by want of reasonable care . |
| 28 | It has often been objected to this account that it does not fit all of consciousness , that some of consciousness refutes it . |
| 29 | When he uttered those words , a lot of development was still taking place in Britain ; in fact it was only this summer that it ended , leaving commercial centres throughout the land replete with unlet space in shopping complexes , offices , business parks and industrial estates . |
| 30 | When the BMJ , in its special commemorative number for the Queen 's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 , reviewed the development of the profession over the previous sixty years it was this aspect that it chose to trumpet . |