Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] [verb] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was decided that Oliver would help Sikes with the robbery in two days ' time . |
| 2 | And if by doing so it was to ensure that people who are already resident in this area are driven , this would be a totally inadequate response to the needs of the people of North Yorkshire . |
| 3 | Thus it is understood that cells are influenced by fields and not currents of electricity , as the effect is minimal . |
| 4 | Thus it is believed that polystyrene forms miscible blends with poly ( vinyl methylether ) , and with poly ( phenylene oxide ) s ( examples 1 and 2 , respectively ) because of interactions between the π-electrons of the phenyl rings and the lone pairs of the ether oxygens . |
| 5 | Thus it is claimed that God is perfectly just , where we are imperfectly so — indeed it is sometimes said that God is ‘ justice ’ or ‘ justice itself ’ . |
| 6 | Thus it was argued that William had a legitimate title to the throne because he won it by right of conquest in a just war . |
| 7 | But generally it was felt that mothers could be relied upon to exert themselves on behalf of their children and that mismanagement resulted more from ignorance than from vice . |
| 8 | During the inter-war period what trade union support there was for family allowances ( generally it was feared that allowances would lead to a wholesale reduction in wages and reduce the bargaining power of male workers ) , was based on the hope that they would lead to a withdrawal of married women from the workforce . |
| 9 | When for once it is stated that Sir Raynold , the chaplain of Ridlington , Norfolk , owned a house and three acres , the reason must have been some difficulty over determining the value , which in this case is omitted . |
| 10 | But yesterday it was revealed that lawyers for the survivors , victims ' families , the airline , Boeing and three companies that made the engines have agreed payments will not be restricted . |
| 11 | Yesterday it was revealed that PC Hall escaped death by a whisker when he was shot at point-blank range . |
| 12 | Also it was hoped that investors ( eg pension funds ) would put their money into property for letting , assured of a reasonable return . |
| 13 | It was also difficult for a man who was in debt to be truthful ; hence it was said that lying rode on debt 's back . |
| 14 | When school boards were set up it was anticipated that members would require information and training to carry out their new functions . |
| 15 | Years later it is discovered that Grom reached the Elven Kingdoms of Ulthuan , causing great destruction until finally defeated by the High Elves . |
| 16 | Eight months later it was announced that Nagy and his colleagues were to be rehabilitated . |
| 17 | Four days later it was announced that Tsedenbal had been stripped of his membership of the Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League . |
| 18 | It transpired that Peter Carrington and his Foreign Office team of Humphrey Atkins and Richard Luce had all resigned , and a little later it was announced that Francis Pym was to take over as Foreign Secretary . |
| 19 | But now it 's hoped that Longfords may be restored to its former glory . |
| 20 | Until now it was assumed that sites deep underground provided a stable environment for buried waste . |
| 21 | This has a methodological implication as well : all too often it is assumed that Foucault 's stress on disruption can be taken as equivalent to randomness , as we have seen with Perry Anderson . |
| 22 | Well it was understood that Bisses got most of theirs from restaurants , and all restaurants I think had to sort of hand over all their waste for the war or something . |
| 23 | Here it is argued that jurisdiction is conditional on its proper exercise so that even if a tribunal is entitled to enter into the enquiry , it can lose its power by the way that power is used . |
| 24 | Here it is hoped that pupils will learn to realise that there are difficulties involved in growing up and taking responsibilities for their own decisions . |
| 25 | The initial agreement was a statement of principle rather than a binding promise , whereby it was agreed that countries should make every effort to ‘ use the best available technology that is economically feasible ’ to limit air pollution . |
| 26 | This argument takes one of two forms depending upon the outlook of its proponent : either it is said that Europe must look to her own defence as a consequence of the American disengagement ; alternatively it is argued that Europe ought in principle to defend herself , so as to speed the departure of the US troops and be free of American ‘ domination ’ . |
| 27 | If this cycle obtains , then it is argued that government is controlled , and public policy is congruent with the wishes of the majority of the electorate for most of the time . |
| 28 | Provided that labour and capital are perfectly mobile , that factors of production are fully employed and that there exists free competition , then it is argued that market forces will ensure the removal of spatial disparities . |
| 29 | Then it is said that court time will be taken up by considering a mass of Parliamentary material and long arguments about its significance , thereby increasing the expense of litigation . |
| 30 | If a method can be devised of enabling employees to acquire and sell shares in an unquoted company , and benefit from the increase in value of those shares over the employee 's period of ownership , then it is perceived that employees will wish to participate in the share capital and growth of their employing company and will be motivated to work to increase the value of the business . |