Example sentences of "[vb pp] that it [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this .
2 If a British multinational invests in plant abroad , it is often argued that it weakens British industry because the resources could have been used to invest in new production in the UK .
3 Marxism has sometimes been regarded as a positivist approach since it can be argued that it sees human behaviour as a reaction to the stimulus of the economic infrastructure .
4 We have already seen that it rejects any notion that God is changed .
5 It is popularly assumed that it has medicinal benefits , but there is no evidence whatever to support this , and much evidence to the contrary .
6 The company has consistently denied that it allows dangerous emissions but , sirens have been installed to warn of escapes .
7 The BBC has always maintained that it needs more spectrum for each service to be able to provide more relay stations in remote areas .
8 Gassendi had suggested that it shows improper pride for a person who has feet to take him where he wants to go to ‘ yearn to fly like the birds ’ .
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