Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] that it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As well as the points mentioned there are the usual claims for Latin that it improves competence in English , facilitates the learning of other languages and so on .
2 The latest embarrassment comes after revelations that it costs £19 million a year to run the royal yacht and train and £60 million to staff the royal household .
3 The company moved there from its ' Manchester , UK base after allegations that it damaged workers health by exposing them to mercury were made on a BBC Newsnight progamme two years ago .
4 The problem of mental disorder is a considerable one , both numerically and in the range of needs that it gives rise to .
5 Bede says of the episcopal authority of Bishop Wilfrid in the reign of Oswiu that it embraced Northumbrians and Picts as far as the power of Oswiu extended ( HE III , 3 ) , and the Life of Wilfrid that in the reign of Ecgfrith it widened still further so that Wilfrid was bishop of the Saxons ( that is , the Northumbrians ) in the south and the Britons , Scots and Picts in the north ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 21 ) .
6 There was a slight awkward pause and in the tiny fraction of time that it lasted Harriet experienced a stab of pique .
7 Also bearing on the seriousness of an anomaly will be the length of time that it resists attempts to remove it .
8 India 's government is so concerned about naturally high fluoride levels in water that it believes children under seven should not use fluoridated toothpaste .
9 Quorum says that it has some Echo Logic-type technology in development that it calls Autoport and might be interested in a cross-licensing deal — see page four .
10 On Jan. 28 Uri Lubrani , Israel 's co-ordinator of government activities in Lebanon , said in an interview with Middle East Television that Israel did not object to the Lebanese government deploying its army in southern Lebanon on condition that it took action against terrorist organizations and did not support them .
11 It is a sad reflection on life that it takes danger and suffering to bring people closer together .
12 It seemed to Elizabeth that it took people half an hour to greet each other each day .
13 But another federal appeals court struck down an Ohio law requiring a doctor to inform at least one parent before performing an abortion on a teenager , on grounds that it infringed Roe v Wade .
14 The compensation demanded would cover claims by Virgin that it lost revenue from passengers ‘ poached ’ by BA after gaining access to its computer records .
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