Example sentences of "[vb pp] that it [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greece has always stressed that it had no designs on Macedonian territory and it has succeeded in getting its neighbours to say the same . |
| 2 | It has been given the name " facial vision " , because blind people have reported that it feels a bit like the sense of touch , on the face . |
| 3 | When he changed from an acoustic to an electric guitar so overloaded that it made the windows of the little studios rattle , you could still sometimes hear his feet rapping on the boards and the irregular chord sequences and the trademark himmahimmahimm drifting through the air . |
| 4 | Nothing was new in this White Paper : it was emphasized that it provided an outline of a long-term strategy rather than a programme of rapid action , so it was generally regarded as a due statement of concern and good intentions , and little more . |
| 5 | Equally the press , almost as a whole , had decided that it liked the girl . |
| 6 | Although hurriedly completed for the presentation , it was felt that it embodies the Jaguar spirit better than any of the others . |
| 7 | It is felt that it leaves the police too great a discretion as to what type of conduct is unacceptable . |
| 8 | Though the Report could be interpreted as advocating an exchange rate union , it is now accepted that it recommends a currency union . |
| 9 | But a proper understanding of the concept of communicative competence would have revealed that it gives no endorsement for the neglect of grammar . |
| 10 | ‘ Freedom from party control , as distinct from party commitment , is now so much taken for granted that it requires no affirmation . ’ |
| 11 | Could it be said that it benefits the land ( i.e. it seeks to keep the residential character of the area ) ? |
| 12 | The party has said that it has no intentions of reducing its campaigning activities. , but will seek to improve its financial position through increases in membership fees and reductions in staff and publicity costs . |
| 13 | We have seen that it turns a state of arbitrary polarisation into one polarised perpendicular to the crystal 's optical axis . |
| 14 | The Government has wisely ensured that it has the powers , under section 116 of the Planning and Compensation Act , to amend this regime as it sees fit . |
| 15 | ‘ I should have thought that it had a hell of a lot to do with you . ’ |
| 16 | Measures during September to enforce the trade embargo at sea included ( i ) US action on Sept. 4 to stop the Iraqi freighter Zanubia , carrying tea from Sri Lanka , which was re-routed without the cargo being impounded ; ( ii ) the searching of the tanker Faur in the Gulf of Oman on Sept. 14 ; ( iii ) warning shots fired on Sept. 27 by a US naval vessel prior to the boarding by US Marines of the Iraqi tanker Tadmur , which was allowed to proceed after it was verified that it carried no cargo ; and ( iv ) the first UK action , on Sept. 30 , when HMS Jupiter stopped an Indian merchant vessel , Akebar , off Qatar , on its return from delivering humanitarian food supplies , but allowed it to proceed after it was found to be carrying refugees and was declared free of contraband . |
| 17 | Finally Ramsey said that he would respond to any invitation provided that it had a consensus of advice behind it , and provided he was sure that the need for strength in the North was considered . |
| 18 | But I welcome any participation in the debate I have called for on these issues , provided that it addresses the issues in a realistic way . |
| 19 | Alternatively , your camcorder will have backspace as a standard feature and can be used as the editing recorder provided that it has a video-in socket ; your VCR is then used as the source or replay machine . |
| 20 | In the night its silence and its matt , pewter gleam were alike deceptive , suggesting languor and sleep , while she knew from her memories of day that it was rushing down its bed with a tigerish fury and force , so concentrated that it generated no ripples and no sibilance . |
| 21 | It is not possible to understand this interesting document until it is remembered that it represents a SHARE of sheep taken over and not a public SALE and then fractions of an animal become acceptable . |
| 22 | I had assumed that it meant the characteristic of being alive , livingness , whatever it is that makes life life . |
| 23 | The Torit faction also declared that it accepted the application of the Islamic sharia legal code in the north of the country , to the exclusion of the south . |
| 24 | By refusing a referendum on Maastricht this Government has declared that it has no respect at all for the wishes of the electorate . |
| 25 | The Council issued a statement on 13 September , correcting some points in the press reports , emphasizing that the visiting party had indicated that it believed the Polytechnic had ‘ the potential to rectify the grave situation in which it finds itself , and stressing that the visiting party had not suggested that courses as currently taught were below an acceptable standard . |
| 26 | The Labour Party also announced that it found the peace formula " totally acceptable " . |
| 27 | India , however , immediately reaffirmed that it supported the unity of Sri Lanka . |
| 28 | The Group operated primarily in [ location ] where it is estimated that it holds a 16% share of the replacement window market , above that of any competitor . |
| 29 | As a result of Napoleon III 's grave error of judgement , the affair of the Holy places became so inflamed that it set the powers on a collision course which led to the Crimean War . |
| 30 | Factors such as the parasitic reliance on the stage and the book , the lack of attention given to screenwriting , the lack of flexibility in studio-based production and , at Stoll , a studio floor so constructed that it accommodated the noise and bustle of five films at the same time , had a deadening effect on anyone who came into the industry with new ideas or fresh visions . |