Example sentences of "[verb] that it [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We do not know how this activated state is subsequently maintained throughout the healing process , although the final overrun and pile-up suggest that it takes some time to switch off .
2 There are , for instance , several conflicting claims concerning the function of the Japanese suffix -wa : some suggest that it is an obligatory marker of topic ( this claim is implicit in Li , 1976 : 465 ) ; others suggest that it marks given information ( see 5.1.2. below for an explanation of given vs new information ) .
3 Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this .
4 But if an incident has occurred involving violence or which leads to a soured atmosphere at work , management may consider that it has little option but to take action .
5 Edinburgh District Council have been consulted and officials from their Planning Department have looked at the route and agreed that it has good potential .
6 Edinburgh District Council have been consulted and officials from their Planning Department have looked at the route and agreed that it has good potential .
7 In order to recast the problem , however , we need a deeper understanding of the divide between the two approaches , and must enquire why many individualists believe their view to be a decisive refutation of holism , while holists deny that it makes any headway at all .
8 While he agrees that it involves more risk , it does not deter him .
9 We must ensure that it makes proper progress through the House , receives proper scrutiny and is on the statute book before any rude interruptions .
10 It judged the centre , which carries out work on AIDS , infectious disease and transplant research , to be a world-class laboratory and says that it offers unique facilities to researchers in Europe such as a rhesus colony for which the microbiological status is known and typed for major histocompatibility complex , essential for transplantation studies and infectious disease research .
11 The British government says that it finances nine projects , including a recently opened satellite station in Nepal , and that it sees no necessity for a separate fund .
12 KPMG warrants and undertakes that it has full power and authority under the Financial Services Act 1986 and otherwise to make the Offer on behalf of Client .
13 Santa Monica , California-based Retix Inc warns that it expects net profit and turnover to be below analysts ' estimates for its first quarter ending April 3 : it expects operating results to be hurt by delays in releasing product enhancements for its RouterXchange 7000 series of routers to volume production , including support for IBM 's Token Ring network environment ; sales may be down up to 15% , and it may only break even or even worse .
14 Irvine , California-based AST Research Inc warns that it expects third quarter after-tax margins to be in the range of 3% to 4% as it follows pricing strategies intended to lead to increased unit sales while it reduces operating expenses as a percentage of sales — its strategy for pricing and market share expansion is expected to hurt its near-term earnings it said , noting that the new Premmia line , launched in the UK yesterday , is priced 10% to 20% below rival models ; it also said it was evaluating its pricing , especially in Europe .
15 If a British multinational invests in plant abroad , it is often argued that it weakens British industry because the resources could have been used to invest in new production in the UK .
16 Marxism has sometimes been regarded as a positivist approach since it can be argued that it sees human behaviour as a reaction to the stimulus of the economic infrastructure .
17 We have already seen that it rejects any notion that God is changed .
18 Legacies can also be sought more easily if the organisation can show that it has charitable status .
19 Ensure that it gives full details of prices , cancellation rights , a timetable for the work , any Guarantee which will apply to the work or materials and for what period of time .
20 Irradiation helps preserve the shelf-life of perishable food by killing off bacteria , but in the face of protests by consumer groups who allege that it reduces nutritional value , a number of supermarket chains have undertaken not to stock irradiated food .
21 Preliminary analysis at a London laboratory shows that it contains fatty globules of lipids and is organic , of animal origin .
22 Moreover , if we explore the course of English Literature , if we consider from what source its stream has sprung , by what tributaries it has been fed , and with how rich and full current it has come down to us , we shall see that it has other advantages not to be found elsewhere .
23 ‘ Anyway , I really ca n't see that it matters one way or the other what I think , ’ Alison said .
24 ‘ I ca n't see that it makes any difference .
25 The opening pages are ravishing : exquisite cor anglais and oboe plaints , the tenderest of string bass solos , and an organ so discreetly reassuring that it sounds locked deep in the subconscious .
26 If appraisal now reveals that it has some validity in principle , the next stage is application .
27 If the vendor has granted any fixed or floating charges over any of the assets , the purchaser will insist that it acquires these assets free of all such charges .
28 Henning Albrechsten reckons that it takes three years for a telecottage to be able to function without subsidy .
29 But Raff speculates that it makes more sense that all cells are suicidal : to survive they have to be constantly reminded by signals from the body that they are loved and cherished .
30 I know that it shares that view .
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