Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb past] that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the brothers declared that it was the spirit of Columba returned to comfort them . |
| 2 | It was hoped to use the Crown allotment in Exmoor Forest for this purpose , but after partition the Commissioners decided that it would not in fact be suitable , and in 1818 it was sold for £50,000 to a Mr Knight , who enclosed it . |
| 3 | a radiograph of the pieces revealed that it had not been made from just one piece of iron , but from many welded together . |
| 4 | The company says the attempt at a buyout failed because the managers realised that it would take longer than they had planned to develop a new generation of the 50 Series minicomputer line . |
| 5 | The fact that the organisers decided that it was time to show Spanish Pop and the French New Realists made sense ; Martial Raysse has always seemed to me a very interesting artist , but he has been ignored outside France . |
| 6 | Once again the movies learnt that it was not only the wealthy and respectable who liked to think that they were being given the best . |
| 7 | In striving for more respectable customers the exhibitors learnt that it was not just the most affluent who liked to be treated with dignity and style . |
| 8 | The Americans hoped that it would come into force as quickly as possible , allowing German military forces to be recruited . |
| 9 | The members thought that it was technically feasible and , under the right conditions , could benefit the region . |
| 10 | When consulted on the alterations , the ladies considered that it was wiser to spend on greens and approaches but ‘ if on the clubhouse then for the caretaker ’ — i.e. a larger kitchen and scullery ’ , although they admitted they would like more basins and another w.c . |
| 11 | Then in 1978 he saw a paper by three Soviet scientists which reported that there were anomalous amounts of helium-3 in some metals ; the Soviets suggested that it was being produced by fusion — fusion induced by cosmic rays . |
| 12 | The scientists stressed that it was little more than a laboratory curiosity , the energy coming from the fusion of only a few hydrogen atoms and ‘ was scarcely enough to register on highly sensitive measuring instruments ’ ; although the process had no immediate commercial value it suggested ‘ possible industrial uses of immeasurable importance ’ . |
| 13 | The amount being recorded was at the limit of the detector 's sensitivity and the scientists felt that it did n't ( yet ) prove anything one way or the other . |
| 14 | The scientists concluded that it would have been better to leave the beaches alone , but as one commented : " At the time it made sense . |
| 15 | Although the petitioners realised that it was government policies which were responsible for the impoverishment of the masses , the movement did not oppose government , it appealed to it for improvements . |
| 16 | If that trust is breached , as the Whigs held that it had been by James II , the people have the right to resist the government and replace it with another . |
| 17 | Although the details of the peace plan were not made public , diplomats familiar with the negotiations suggested that it included a timetable for multiparty elections and details of designated areas where the two sides would be permitted to station forces during the truce . |
| 18 | The police suspected that it was an inside job and promptly arrested the dismissed worker , for no reason other than that she might have borne a grudge against her erstwhile employer . |
| 19 | The women established that it was murder . |
| 20 | After intensive wrangling over terms and money , during which the adventurers declared that it was ‘ not fitt to depend upon Sir Cornelius Vermuyden any longer ’ , the latter was re-engaged in 1650 . |
| 21 | The others agreed that it would be more fun to eat in the yard . |
| 22 | Referring to their work observing a house which was suspected of being used for prostitution , the policemen remarked that it was ‘ a wee tuppence ha'penny job ’ . |