Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For long it was thought that wet spraying turned the buds to a wet mash , and therefore dusting each individual bud was necessary . |
| 2 | The blood of childbirth and menstruation , which follows a passive and unstoppable cycle , can be construed ( by the powers that be ) to fall within this category , and so it is required that cultural regulation step in with restrictive legislation . |
| 3 | Hitherto it was thought that natural selection is standing still , or merely weeding out the more harmful defects . |
| 4 | When males and females were analysed separately it was found that different characteristics were associated with non-completion and that these differences were quite striking . |
| 5 | But now it is understood that annual sales have slipped to only about $30m — and accumulated losses at the subsidiary are put at as much as $10m . |
| 6 | Now it is known that ripening tomatoes ripen faster when placed together on a window ledge , because they produce ethylene gas which stimulates their neighbours to faster and synchronous ripening . |
| 7 | Mercifully , there was no proposal to attempt landing an aircraft by the same means , but rather it was envisaged that rough landing strips could be constructed adjacent to the launcher . |
| 8 | Indeed it was hoped that overall adjustment would take place successfully through the cooperation of member countries in accepting such rules of conduct . |
| 9 | Either it 's argued that British life does n't show up well in front of a film camera , or that British filmmakers are n't capable of using that camera to probe behind the surface of things . |
| 10 | This continuity is hardly to be wondered at when it is remembered that precious substances have attracted and continue to attract interest by reason of their inherent qualities . |
| 11 | A second objective of the research is to explore the way that managerial policies are being developed between HQ , divisional management , profit and cost centre management and at the establishment and work-place levels at a time when it is thought that large companies are decentralising their management systems . |
| 12 | KATRIN KRABBE 'S hopes of avoiding a four-year doping ban received a boost yesterday when it was revealed that influential scientific reports backed up her case that she did not take banned steroids . |
| 13 | An imperial tradition lasting for more than two centuries was ended on Oct. 5 when it was announced that federal Prime Minister Paul Keating and Queen Elizabeth II had agreed that Australian citizens would no longer be nominated for the receipt of UK honours . |
| 14 | Gorbachev met Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal in Moscow on Sept. 17 , when it was announced that diplomatic relations between the two countries , broken off since 1939 , were to be resumed . |
| 15 | A second round of exploratory talks was held in the Chinese capital on Nov. 17 , when it was agreed that Japanese restrictions on travel to North Korea would be lifted by April 1991 . |
| 16 | Moreover , the approach taken by their Lordships in George Mitchell does seem at variance with the Photo Production case where it was held that artificial distinctions should be rejected in favour of construction according to plain and natural meaning . |
| 17 | Where it was found that middle peasants had been encroached upon , where it was found that middle peasants had been dispossessed erm that position would be rectified and that would be given back to middle peasants . |
| 18 | Therefore it is proposed that national supervisory rules should be harmonized , not in every detail , but only in the key factors — other less crucial aspects of the rules can be allowed to vary from country to country and be subject to mutual recognition . |