Example sentences of "[subord] they [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , it was open for employers to challenge the content of courses where they felt that it was irrelevant to industrial relations ( an option increasingly taken up by employers in the past five years ) . |
| 2 | Among other matters , the G-7 Finance Ministers reaffirmed their concern over the yen , although they noted that it had stabilized since their last meeting in April . |
| 3 | Although they knew that it was a volcano , it had been dormant for centuries , and they had no records whatever of any eruptions . |
| 4 | She would feel so much happier if they had and it was over . |
| 5 | ‘ The orchestra is better than it ever was , ’ he enthused , ‘ and as always with the LPO they play slightly behind the beat , which is correct because if they played before it everybody would be lost . ’ |
| 6 | By his order dated 14 July 1992 the judge granted a declaration that it was not unlawful for the first or third defendants to administer a blood transfusion to T. if they considered that it was in her best interests to do so . |
| 7 | However , the case of R v South Glamorgan Appeals Committee ex parte Evans ( 1984 ) showed that when looking at individual claims for a school place , it was necessary for an appeal committee to determine first whether the admission of one further child would prejudice efficient education at the school ( with the onus on the LEA to show that it would ) : if they concluded that it would not , they would have to allow the appeal . |
| 8 | But they they surrounded the flat cos they thought that it was a bur a burglary was in process . |
| 9 | The Greeks distrusted this theology , even though they had a deep respect for Augustine , because they thought that it was too anthropomorphic . |
| 10 | Mr Morrison says that he took on the job ‘ because they said that it would be difficult but it had to be done and that 's what appealed to me ’ . |
| 11 | I expect that everyone came to church here , this evening because they knew that it was a communion Sunday , and the sacrament of Holy Communion would be celebrated here this evening . |
| 12 | There was one , but the Austrians had it reduced in size because they believed that it might be used as an observation tower by the recalcitrant Milanese . |
| 13 | By and large , those who approved of conscription when it came did so because they believed that it was everyone 's duty to serve in the armed forces in any case . |
| 14 | Followers of the shotokai style broke away from the parent group of shotokan because they believed that it was deviating from the traditional teachings laid down by Funakoshi . |
| 15 | These industrialists welcomed foreign capital , because they felt that it stimulated economic activity in general , from which they could all benefit ( Petras and Cook 1973 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ Hard ’ evidence of a quantitative kind was never neglected by abolitionists since they appreciated that it was more likely to impress parliamentarians who were conscious of their role as ‘ cool ’ arbiters of the national interest and who consequently distanced themselves from ‘ enthusiasm ’ . |
| 17 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 18 | The scene was filmed , but the problems started when they realized that it would not be possible for them to be lowered to the ground , as planned . |
| 19 | They abandoned this idea when they realised that it would mean the end of the NSDAP in Danzig . |
| 20 | He did not say much when they met and it was always muffled by the lapels of his coat . |
| 21 | He and my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield posed the best question of the debate when they asked whether it could apply to rail . |
| 22 | It had taken a war to do that , Vi realized ; though she would n't mind betting that on the day peace came , all the caring would end and people would go back to minding their own business again , just as they had before it started . |
| 23 | The nurses topped it up again as soon as they realised but it took time to go through and have any effect so I had about twenty minutes of real labour pains . |