Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now it has emerged that Soviet tanks are being fitted with two or three layers of the reactive armour , which probably renders the tandem warhead ineffective . |
| 2 | Although the present Conservative government would claim to be concerned about unemployment , it has argued that falling unemployment can only be achieved by ( a ) reducing the rate of inflation , since this would raise the real value of a given level of money spending in the economy , and ( b ) stimulating the operation of markets , especially the labour market , so that changes in the relative price of labour can come about more easily and thus ‘ price people into jobs ’ . |
| 3 | It has accepted that progressive aging of the population necessitates a parallel increase in numbers of doctors . |
| 4 | It has decided that individual states can refuse imports of waste from neighbouring countries , but only if they can prove that the trade is dangerous to their health or environment . |
| 5 | It has warned that recycled packaging can cause bacteria and harmful chemicals , including those used for de-inking , to migrate into the food . |
| 6 | First , it has meant that those genes are favoured that have the property of ‘ cooperating ’ with those other genes that they are likely to meet in circumstances that favour cooperation . |
| 7 | It has meant that proposed talks with Forest over his return to the club have been put on hold , and the transfer is not expected to be completed until the weekend . |
| 8 | In the late 1980s it has seemed that social workers and their agencies have been caught in a political crossfire between being criticized on the one hand for allowing some children to suffer unnecessarily , sometimes to the point of death , at the hands of their parent(s) or guardian(s) , and on the other hand of intervening unwarrantably into other families and removing their children inappropriately . |
| 9 | The League Against Cruel Sports set up an undercover operation which it says proves that some hunts make up to twenty thousand pounds a year without paying tax.Huntsmen say the League is resorting to desperation tactics . |
| 10 | Although I am not clear in my own mind what " literary " means in the title The Literary Language of Shakespeare ( for it seems to suggest that non-literary language is not included ) it is apparent that Hussey aims to stress the literary rather than the language in his account of Shakespeare . |
| 11 | The requirement to " be able to show " that a firm believes on reasonable grounds that an advertisement is fair and not misleading might imply no more than that the burden of proof is on the member , but on balance it seems to imply that hard evidence should be maintained to justify a particular advertisement . |
| 12 | It means realising that any imbalance between our physical , emotional , mental and spiritual selves causes a loss of inner harmony and a sense of dis-ease . |
| 13 | Yet it does mean that Japanese borrowers now face high real long-term borrowing costs . |
| 14 | As we shall see in the following chapter , this does not necessarily mean that the interests of farmers and landowners are no longer dominant in rural society , but it does mean that this dominance has increasingly to be carried out by reaching an accommodation with these new conditions . |
| 15 | Yes , it is inhabited again , only this time by an army detachment which monitors the efforts of a missile range in the Hebrides , but it does mean that electric light and other amenities are made available — including a pub called the Puff Inn ! |
| 16 | ‘ But it does mean that some people have to wait as much as three hours . |
| 17 | It is an imbalanced situation at the moment , it does mean that some investigators are doing types of work which |
| 18 | This does not mean that the old books can provide us with no concrete evidence from the past , but it does mean that old books must be read with delicacy ; with a sense that if we go blundering into them , assuming that they mean what we mean by words like sky , earth , history or nature we shall get everything wrong . |
| 19 | But it does show that intermediate designs are capable of working . |
| 20 | ‘ However it does expect that all elements of the system should be identified and a specification provided ’ , says its report . |
| 21 | This single value can not be used statistically when comparing chemistry with geology , but it does suggest that some elements of PhD research are diffused into the literature in a much more widespread manner than could be expected by simple inspection of the titles of papers . |
| 22 | This single value can not be used statistically when comparing chemistry with geology , but it does suggest that some elements of Ph D research are diffused into the literature in a much more widespread manner than could be expected by simple inspection of the titles of papers . |
| 23 | Whether Ferndale Comprehensive has been over enthusiastic or not it does seem that one union at least seems to think that marketing is one of the deadliest of sins ! |
| 24 | It does seem that some people would consider themselves natural and enthusiastic readers , while others need persuasion and encouragement to do anything other than ‘ dip ’ into a book . |
| 25 | In conclusion , it does seem that some people were born to be fat , but are only able to be fat because of the relatively affluent society in which they live . |
| 26 | While this study is limited to one university and deals with a relatively small intake of mature students over a period of six years it does demonstrate that non-standard entry mature students can do particularly well when compared with other students . |
| 27 | I mean , it 's said that some English and some Dutch fans are getting together to plan trouble . |
| 28 | That the hunting fraternity have passed the word round that it to remove your business because it 's rumoured that that person is involved with er er people like me . |