Example sentences of "it [vb past] that it [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 It is necessary the body should move that way whither the greater force carries it which is the consent of the majority or else it is impossible it should act or continue one body , one community which the consent of every individual that united into it agreed that it should and so everyone is bound by that consent to be concluded by the majority .
2 In 1988 the Japanese giant bought CBS records for $2bn and last week it announced that it would take control of Columbia pictures .
3 During the afternoon , it announced that it would auction a new stock later in the month , providing an expected further £2 billion to £3 billion , to start funding the public sector borrowing requirement , which is forecast at £28 billion for this year .
4 Storage Technology Corp sprang a surprise after the markets closed on Thursday last week when it announced that it would be buying privately-held would-be competitor in the disk array business , Chatsworth , California-based Amperif Corp .
5 It announced that it would not be concerned with the public sector and that it would not take over the extant SORPs from the Accounting Standards Committee .
6 Later it announced that it would catch 296 minke whales this year — a level based on the recommendations of the IWC scientific committee and regarded as inadequate by many Norwegian whalers .
7 At its official relaunch , the new party leadership promised to field at least 250 candidates , and to concentrate on " politically interesting " seats , although it admitted that it could not win any .
8 It seemed that it might be possible to relate the variation in the polymorphism to slug density in the Henfaes field .
9 She had started to look for another job , as it seemed that it would be possible to sell the shop within the next few weeks .
10 It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken .
11 There was something inside me after all , and whatever it was — to my untutored mind it seemed that it must be exceedingly unpleasant , even hideous — it was not well .
12 They had evolved once , so it seemed that it must be possible to evolve them again .
13 It confirmed that it would supply a sea-marshal and all necessary protective equipment and training to satisfy the ship 's insurers for safe passage in the Gulf war zone .
14 In May 1992 , it declared that it would veto the application of any other state unless the ‘ democratic deficit ’ was filled and political union strengthened .
15 While supporting state-owned industry and state farms , it declared that it would move slowly towards a market economy .
16 It followed that it would be sensible to locate elements not needing daylight — stairs , lifts and corridors — in the interior of the building .
17 However , as the government proposed to separate the Rate Support Grant systems for England and Wales , it decided that it would be logical to have separate pooling arrangements for the two countries ; consequently , there has been a separate pool for Wales since 1981–2 .
18 It decided that it could benefit from a smart up to date information section for liaison with press and public .
19 It refused as it knew that it could not do so and survive at home .
20 As for Carol herself , she was quite prepared to recall the incident if it meant that it would help to convict the rapist .
21 On May 17th it said that it would not decide whether to hear an appeal challenging California 's ‘ unitary tax ’ on multinational companies until the administration had made clear its views on the matter .
22 Does my right hon. Friend agree that not only has the Conservative party demonstrated that it is willing to spend a greater proportion of gross national product , but , by continuing to expand our economy , we have surpassed the Labour party bid at the 1987 election — when it said that it would increase spending on the national health service by 3 per cent .
23 The last one we had we had a budget of ten thousand pounds the company which did it said that it would normally not take on a project of that sort of cost but they found a junior member of staff to take it on and the end product I mean that 's going back nearly five years now , was quite er acceptable and welcome but now it it looks very much out , the force has been reorganised , we need to give it a new look .
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