Example sentences of "that the [noun sg] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason the sensation of seeing is so different from the sensation of hearing and the sensation of smelling is that the brain finds it convenient to use different kinds of internal model of the visual world , the world of sound and the world of smell . |
| 2 | This encounter should take place either just before dawn or just after dusk , so that the half-light makes it difficult to tell what is real and what is false . |
| 3 | Robin Launders , Manchester United 's finance director , told ACCOUNTANCY that the company thought it appropriate to disclose the value attributed to players in the directors ' report in a similar way to the publication of information when properties were worth more than the balance sheet value . |
| 4 | The fact that the government thought it vital to supplement the economic incentives of NEP by a new Agrarian Code , brought out at the end of 1922 , showed how far the Famine had altered previous calculations . |
| 5 | It was not until August 1987 that the Government made it mandatory for blood banks to test donated blood , arguing that imported AIDS diagnosis kits could not be afforded . |
| 6 | So far , thankfully , there is no sign that the technique makes it any more likely that a child will be born with congenital defects . |
| 7 | The fact was that the board got it wrong and we took the blame . |
| 8 | The reason for terminating his appointment was that the university felt it necessary to reduce the number of staff in the Department of Philosophy by one and he was the oldest member . |
| 9 | For instance , one of the facts that the Bishop finds it difficult to understand is the white colour of polar bears . |
| 10 | A Undergravel filters still remain the most popular form of biological filtration for marine aquaria , and while they do it is important that the hobbyist gets it right from the outset . |
| 11 | However important this battle might be for future power at sea , the decisive point for the current war had been that the blockade made it impossible for the French to reinforce their West Indian or North American possessions . |
| 12 | One might have thought that the context makes it clear that horses is to be interpreted as ‘ stallions ’ ; however , such an interpretation is not available for this type of sentence . |
| 13 | This gave them a cushion of safety but often meant that the opposition found it easier to make space in midfield . |