Example sentences of "[noun prp] it [be] [vb pp] [that] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the United States it is reported that some 35 million heart attacks and strokes occur each year . |
| 2 | However , he points out that the effects of the testosterone rises appear to affect men more than women — in a study in the United States it was found that teenage boys felt sexier when their testosterone levels were high , whereas their female counterparts were more affected by peer group activity ( ie what their friends were doing ) . |
| 3 | In February it was announced that 147,950 Volga Germans had migrated from the Soviet Union to Germany in 1990 . |
| 4 | In December it was announced that 11 prisoners had been given the death sentence , commuted to life imprisonment . |
| 5 | Also in December it was reported that secret trials of Beijing students who had participated in the protests had begun . |
| 6 | The discovery of a species of Guarea ( Meliaceae ) with its own roots growing up into its hollow trunk , shortcircuiting the nutrient cycle , seemed excellent evidence in support of the hypothesis , though in Jamaica it was found that many such hollow trees were full of roots , but some of them were from trees that were not merely different individuals , but of different species ! |
| 7 | In August it was announced that all first-year Beijing University students would undergo a year of military and political training , while two other top universities were to devote the first five weeks of the new term to the study of documents issued by the central authorities on the " truth " about the " counter-revolutionary rebellion " . |
| 8 | In Britain it is estimated that eighty-three per cent of these carers have no outside help whatsoever . |
| 9 | NRA forces were reported to have committed atrocities against the civilian population in Soroti district in the east , where the government had been fighting the Uganda People 's Army ( UPA ) , led by Peter Otai ; in September it was reported that 30 NRA personnel had been arrested for the killing of 60 civilians in the area . |
| 10 | In a study by Evans and Archer it was shown that random selection of securities would eliminate most of the non-market risk once the number of securities in the portfolio had reached 10–15 shares . |
| 11 | In Western Europe it is estimated that new cars will become , on average , 2% more fuel efficient per year to 1990 , Europe 's motor manufacturers having given the commitment to governments to improve the fuel efficiency of their 1985 models by 10% over the 1978 efficiency level . |
| 12 | After Seymour it is thought that all of these accused would be guilty of reckless manslaughter . |
| 13 | At the beginning of March it was reported that seven FARC guerrillas and three Brazilian soldiers had been killed in border clashes near the Brazilian town of Tabatinga in the Amazon region . |
| 14 | In the wet forests of Costa Rica it was found that some 90% of tree species were insect-pollinated , approximately the same percentage as in dry forest , so the insects will be considered first . |
| 15 | In London it was found that deaf people in East and South London had difficulty in getting to St. Saviour 's Church , so in the same year , 1873 , two new branches were opened — one at St. Barnabas Church , Deptford ( forerunner of Lewisham Deaf Club ) and at West Ham . |
| 16 | In the city of Rome it is believed that some 40,000 insulae lined the streets and squares . |
| 17 | Between January and April it was estimated that 563 government soldiers had been killed in clashes with the guerrillas . |
| 18 | By the end of June it was reported that 3,800,000 voters had registered , out of approximately 10,000,000 people entitled to do so . |
| 19 | ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre . |