Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] [vb pp] that [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps this a characteristic to be expected of a country where it is said that one person in every three is a civil servant and that it requires 72 government permits to open a mild bar . |
| 2 | Worst affected is Somalia , where it 's estimated that three children are dying every minute . |
| 3 | The result is very different from the ideas expressed in chapter 6 , where it was suggested that one of the many results of the rise of material culture as a mode of cultural form was its ability to multiply and keep apart a plethora of hierarchies and diverse spheres . |
| 4 | It was directed at ministers and social workers , and it is believed that one Orkney social worker was invited to that seminar , as well as a Baptist minister who had helped to organise the summer camp on Rousay . |
| 5 | In addition cars are being converted to run on compressed natural gas ( CNG ) and it is hoped that 200,000 will have been modified by 1990 . |
| 6 | Many takeovers in Europe are friendly and it is said that two in three are negotiated without merchant bankers . |
| 7 | The business gift sector is characterised by seasonal demand , and it is estimated that 80 per cent of this business is conducted in the last two months of every year . |
| 8 | A large number of rather similar ‘ irregular issues ’ are known and it is suggested that one or more private ‘ mints ’ were producing them . |
| 9 | The incident took place at around 4.30 on Thursday afternoon , and it is thought that one of the men could be middle aged and the other younger . |
| 10 | This striking result led to further investigations , and it was noticed that one drop of the diluted nasal mucus added to 1 c.c. of a thick suspension of the cocci caused their complete disappearance in a few minutes at 37°C . |
| 11 | Several of these were also in packages managed by other people and it was realised that two new modules would be required . |
| 12 | The six months ' stock of parts was exhausted and it was believed that 10 to 15 per cent of the weapons and between 30 and 35 per cent of vehicles were unserviceable . |
| 13 | On 18 March 1937 at an extraordinary general meeting the capital of the company was increased to £6,000 and it was provided that 25 per cent preference shares should be created at £200 each . |
| 14 | It formed part of a package including a 6 per cent pay rise over one year beginning on June 1 , supplemented by one-off payments to cover April and May , and it was agreed that 18 per cent of the workers in a plant would be allowed to volunteer to work a 40-hour week in the interests of flexibility . |
| 15 | Details of the occupational status of 903 ( 69 per cent ) of the known opioid users were available , and it was found that 734 ( 81 per cent ) were unemployed . |
| 16 | On Nov. 16 Castro announced that Cuba was entering " the bicycle age " in response to the shortfalls , and it was reported that 750,000 bicycles had been ordered from China . |
| 17 | In 1973 , approximately 14% of the persons training for building surveying were doing so through full-time study ; still a minority , but trends were obvious and it was predicted that seven years later , by 1980 , that percentage would have increased to around 30% ; in the event the figure was 46% . |
| 18 | The whole of Radnor , most of Brecknock and much of Montgomery lacked this facility , and it was estimated that 14.5 per cent of the population of rural Wales was without effective public transport to work . |
| 19 | By 1949 the world 's airlines had carried over twenty million paying passengers , by 1956 the figure had reached over sixty million and it was estimated that 90 per cent of the world 's land surface could be reached by the traveller . |
| 20 | The students were given three lectures a day ( Simonds was strongly against any more lecturing than this ) and it was estimated that 50 to 60 horses were available for examination each day . |
| 21 | An idea of the magnitude of this quantity can be obtained if it is compared to the total population of New Jersey ( 7 344 000 ) or Ecuador ( 7 814 000 ) , or if it is realized that 7 602 138 seconds make 90 days and 10 hours . |
| 22 | The two are entirely compatible if it is remembered that one of the popular theories of the nature of the state itself has always been that it was founded on a contract between the individual members of a society . |
| 23 | Similarly , if it is found that 45 per cent of boys admitted to a regional observation and assessment centre have already been in prison or custody , there is little point in promoting the value of a punitive stance to their behaviour . |
| 24 | The police investigation is continuing , but it is believed that two plastic barrels containing some 300 lb of home-made explosive were placed beside the roadside hedge and detonated by command wire from a vantage point overlooking the scene . |
| 25 | Negotiations are still being finalised , but it is hoped that 34072 will visit Bitton next year , possibly May , and work trains to Oldland Common . |
| 26 | On Oct. 11 Svein Urdal resigned as chief of intelligence after it was revealed that 10 out of some 100 Palestinian asylum seekers who arrived in Norway in late 1990 and early 1991 had been interviewed by the Israeli security service Mossad at the request of Norwegian police . |
| 27 | GREYHOUND RACING : The sport was reeling from scandal after it was revealed that five dogs in a race had been doped . |
| 28 | These suspicions were fuelled when it was discovered that one of those killed was not employed at the mine . |
| 29 | ‘ But wo n't they fall over the milk-crates ? ’ a teacher asked when it was proposed that two young children with severe visual problems should join the reception group . |
| 30 | As it is estimated that 25 per cent of schoolchildren will have a sight problem that needs attention ( Optical Information Council ) it is essential that vision screening procedures should be effective . |