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

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1 Djilas did not at this stage of his analysis refer to bureaucracy as a class , though he recognized that it had exclusive control of production and distribution and that it expropriated the economic surplus for itself at the expense of the ‘ direct producers ’ .
2 One frequent argument for state control is that it facilitates economic planning of key sectors of the economy .
3 The whole raison d'etre of that early Christian community was that it believed certain things of Christ — at the very least , that it was he whom God had raised from the dead .
4 One theory is that it awakens distant memories of floating in the comfort of the womb .
5 The crucial feature of the market as a coordination device is that it involves voluntary exchange of goods and services between two parties at a known price .
6 Daytime sightings , prior to the late afternoon Mid-Day Scot were rare , and my notebooks indicate that it took four years of assiduous observation before I had ‘ spotted ’ 12 of the 13 locomotives built .
7 At the meeting the SOC finally ceased its efforts to amend the UN draft plan so that it made explicit mention of " genocide " , in reference to the appalling human rights record of the Khmer Rouge government of the late 1970s .
8 This case was so complex and difficult that it filled many books of written record and there was so much opposing evidence that it was difficult to get at the truth , but he at last clarified everything and settled it with such skill and wisdom that all commended his extreme cleverness .
9 June 1873 , the Prince and Princess of Wales held a garden party there , at which Queen Victoria , also the Shah of Persia , were present , and the list of guests was so long that it filled three columns of the Times .
10 In her foreword , Ruth Richardson , the Minister of Finance ( and not the most popular Kiwi politician ) , expresses it thus : ‘ The special advantages of accrual accounting are that it distinguishes between capital and current spending , and that it takes better account of the cost of current policies for future generations …
11 Alright , now if we look at the , the rural instead of the urban wage rate , right , up here alright , now let's just say that it takes that amount of time before this individual gets a job in the urban area , alright , now if we discount alright the erm , the rural , the urban wages right , that 's all this
12 I feel , however , that it takes insufficient account of the natural caution and pragmatism of the British people , which was admirably reflected in the negotiating approach of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and his colleagues in the Cabinet .
13 But if X + Y is an organic unity then the fact that it has 100 degrees of value may be because it has 90 degrees of value as a whole while Y has none .
14 This does not mean that the group is clandestine but rather that it has other characteristics of a conspiracy ; in particular , common purpose and internal communication on significant issues .
15 It can provide a precis only where the topic is something that it knows about , so that it has some sense of what conceptual relationships to expect in the story .
16 ‘ The fact that it has some kind of playful relationship with Birmingham is something with which readers of my novels can easily cope .
17 Dr Peter Simpson , formerly regional medical officer in Mersey region , and Ainna Fawcett Henesy , director of nursing in South East Thames region , have joined the group to ensure that it has open channels of communication with the professions .
18 He appeared to shrug off the news but there is no question that it interjected some kind of identity crisis into his life .
19 The Indian government claims that it investigates all allegations of torture , but this rarely happens without public pressure .
20 Iris Murdoch 's prolific fiction touches only occasionally on academia ; but she loves plots based on relations between teacher and pupil , master and disciple , and her interest in philosophy is so well known a fact that it informs any reading of her books , which are often felt to convey modern philosophical issues in lucid and digestible form .
21 Much of this research is purely theoretical , in that it explores computational implementations of linguistic theories that are independent of any specific application area .
22 The code of the hill climbing rule-based searcher can be modified easily , so that it incorporates this form of learning .
23 Ensure that it gives full details of prices , cancellation rights , a timetable for the work , any Guarantee which will apply to the work or materials and for what period of time .
24 Make sure your contract is in writing and that it gives full details of prices , cancellation rights , guarantees — how long they last and when the work will be finished .
25 Section 5.4 is more interesting , however , in that it gives some indication of the problem that false positives could cause even if LA succeeded in accessing all the intended words .
26 BL Additional MS 10289 , which contains a copy of Jouglet , is more interesting in that it shows distinct traces of particularly Norman interest , beginning for instance with a long Roman du Mont St Michel , St Michael 's Mount being situated on the coast of Normandy .
27 Its advantage was that it worked , in that it gave some hope of understanding why chemical compounds behave as they do ; and it did open the way to symbolizing chemical reactions .
28 For him , even choices which are clearly dictated by subject matter are part of style : it is part of the style of a particular cookery book that it contains words like butter , flour , boil and bake ; and it is part of the style of Animal Farm that it contains many occurrences of pigs , farm , and Napoleon .
29 Preliminary analysis at a London laboratory shows that it contains fatty globules of lipids and is organic , of animal origin .
30 Reports indicated that it included strong guarantees of fundamental human rights , but that a number of clauses gave rise to heated debate , including proposed provisions allowing for detention without trial and for the postponement of local elections for five years .
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