Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In an industry expanding in output and where technology increased rather than decreased the demand for adult male labour , it seems probable that this experience was matched on the country 's other coalfields . |
| 32 | As for Sami Jafaar , the feeling was that he had not been compromised , although , with hindsight , it seems possible that Syrian intelligence had noticed his involvement . |
| 33 | It seems possible that this material originates from rare mucosal endocrine cells expressing the gastrin gene . |
| 34 | There is sixteenth-century orthographic evidence , which we shall further discuss in chapter 5 , that suggests some distribution of low vowel realizations for /Ε/; in London English of the period : it seems possible that this pattern of lowering of historic short vowels has been overtaken in recent standard English and Central Scots by a pattern of raising and ( in the latter case ) lengthening . |
| 35 | In retrospect it seems remarkable that economic policy should have paid lip service for so long to an untested hypothesis . |
| 36 | Community care is being used as a euphemism for family care and it seems unlikely that recent policy developments will alter the basic pattern . |
| 37 | So it seems unlikely that closed class items were more difficult to retrieve than open class items . |
| 38 | So it seems unlikely that chemical sensitivity is allergic in origin . |
| 39 | It seems unlikely that mere packaging and grading of produce would qualify as an industrial process giving essential characteristics . |
| 40 | It seems unlikely that significant excretion would occur against such a large concentration gradient unless the drug is actively transported out of the cell . |
| 41 | The final phrase carried a suggestion that they might be willing to fight for the League , but it seems unlikely that this thought had crossed the minds of many of the young gentlemen who voted for it . |
| 42 | The report estimates that most universities need maintenance costing several million pounds , and it seems unlikely that this money will be forthcoming . |
| 43 | Though we did not measure reticulocyte counts in our patients there was no evidence from the blood films of significant reticulocytosis or polychromasia and it seems unlikely that this explanation might have contributed to our results . |
| 44 | It seems unlikely that judicial review would decide that a legitimate expectation of some activity — such as being allowed out of your cell — is an absolute right and must be enforced . |
| 45 | Dannell throws doubt on the import of these wares into Britain prior to AD 43 , but with trans-continental trade already well established in pre-conquest times , it seems unlikely that fine pottery should not have come to Britain . |
| 46 | In short , it seems inevitable that most PC software will need some kind of re-write to run on the Portfolio , and some of it will never fit at all . |
| 47 | In the light of these points and Benyon 's claims mentioned above , it seems inevitable that any insider analysis of policing seems destined to alarm . |
| 48 | However , this appears to be inconsistent with other cases ( see Victoria Fur Traders Ltd v Roadline ( UK ) Ltd [ 1981 ] 1 Lloyd 's Rep 570 where the plaintiffs had received air waybills over a period of 25 years and never read the terms on them ) and it seems clear that constructive notice of the terms will suffice . |
| 49 | Thus it seems clear that malignant transformation can affect the expression , distribution , and function of glycosylated cell surface components such as integrins , but the pattern of changes may be complex . |
| 50 | It seems clear that this approach contains elements familiar to both the social workers and the nurses on the team . |
| 51 | As the public sector debt repayment is now contracting in size ( to only £0.4 billion in 1990/91 compared with £14.7 billion in 1988/89 and £7.9 billion in 1989/90 ) and as a public sector borrowing requirement is expected for the 1991/92 and 1992/93 financial years , it seems likely that regular issuance of Treasury bills will be maintained . |
| 52 | It seems likely that practical work in subjects such as CDT has helped to develop these skills for some pupils . |
| 53 | From evidence on cross-addiction it seems likely that addictive disease is one disease with many facets and that any sufferer from any addictive disease might benefit from following the recommendations for all addictions . |
| 54 | Since the level of owner-occupation is rising , and the number of future retirees entitled to some form of contributory pension will exceed the current number , it seems likely that private saving will play a greater role in determining the economic status of the elderly in the future than it has done in the past . |
| 55 | In particular , it seems likely that inner city areas , with high levels of social deprivation and physical disintegration , would lose money . |
| 56 | As inner cities in Britain continue to decay , it seems likely that this problem will be present , though perhaps in a less acute form , in a number of places . |
| 57 | It seems likely that this entailment is interfering with antagonism in 49 — both events are interpreted as happening to the ‘ global door ’ , of which the door-panel is a part . |
| 58 | Figures published for this colony between 1948 and 1966 were usually less than 10 , and it seems likely that this site and Glynde are used by the same group of birds . |
| 59 | However , it seems likely that this burden can not be lightened without forcing too much of the decision-making task onto the focusing component of a system , with consequences such as those we saw earlier . |
| 60 | Since the ratings for the number of fixed objects in a film are not related to actual recognition sensitivity it seems likely that this information is not assisting subjects in the recognition phase . |