Example sentences of "it [verb] [conj] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It argued that some extra form of local taxation was needed if local government was to preserve its separate identity . |
| 2 | SNH says it doubts whether smaller local authorities could maintain effective strategic planning which it sees as crucial to the continued conservation and enhancement of Scotland 's natural heritage . |
| 3 | As the parent of a daughter who has had to struggle and cope with dyslexia , I have perhaps more personal knowledge of the difficulties that it causes than many hon. Members . |
| 4 | It estimated that 100,000-120,000 Iraqi troops had been killed , as well as 5,000-15,000 civilians , and that 2,000-5,000 Kuwaitis had died during the Iraqi occupation and in the war itself . |
| 5 | Yet paradoxically in 1956 it was the British government which chose to embark upon a high-risk and impulsive policy once it believed that fundamental national interests were at stake . |
| 6 | It advised that all 16-year-old school leavers should be provided with some form of ‘ internal leaving certificate ’ containing a ‘ general school record ’ . |
| 7 | It warns that few such publications actually exist and that order forms apparently offering ‘ free entry ’ to the directory contravene the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act and are therefore not legally enforceable documents in this country . |
| 8 | He argues the company has tried to monopolise the market by convincing customers that its relational database management system is effectively the computer , making it appear that all other functions and tasks the user may want to perform are bound tightly to the database — requirements that can only be met by other Oracle products . |
| 9 | Nor would it appear that these awful prophecies from her Majesty 's Chief Inspector were calculated to depress the spirits of the royal household . |
| 10 | Now it happens that this particular part of the beaver 's brain , because of its position in the total wiring diagram , is involved in the beaver 's dam-building behaviour . |
| 11 | It noted that non-oil economic growth in the first quarter had been revised up to 0.7pc . |
| 12 | The bomb-shell exploded when it added that those sixty-six coupons must last for a whole year . |
| 13 | And , without a hint of irony , under the heading ‘ All kinds of people enjoy the arts ’ , it says that 3.1 million News of the World readers go to the theatre , and 1,157,000 Sun readers attend art galleries or exhibitions . |
| 14 | A more important problem with this treatment of the results is that it assumes that any particular rating means the same for all subjects . |
| 15 | At one point it seemed that any would-be London cabbie seeking to learn ‘ the knowledge ’ had only to memorise Ray Davies ' song output in order to locate any part of the Metropolis . |
| 16 | It speculated that some 20,000 deaths might have come about during the forced evacuations from Moslem villages , and estimated that the Bosnian Serbs had already largely completed their plans for the creation of homogenous Serb-populated areas . |
| 17 | It claimed that some 300 people had been detained and tortured in 1990-91 and many had been tortured . |
| 18 | It shows that 94,000 occupied houses are below tolerable standard ( BTS ) , the official measure of housing quality and one that is seen as an essential trigger for repair , improvement , closure or demolition . |
| 19 | Where the information is available , it shows that each modern nation is descended from a wide diversity of peoples , leaving aside all those who have joined or left down the years . |
| 20 | The work was heart-breaking because of the shortage of homes and it showed that many old people were living in distress . |
| 21 | It states that any industrial action or strike called in any area of the union — the NUM is a federation of independent Branches , most of them geographically defined — must be sanctioned by the National Executive , or by ‘ a Committee … to whom the National Executive Committee may have delegated the power of giving such sanction … |
| 22 | But such a definition was in effect very vague and blunt and was notoriously difficult for the Church to apply : it followed that many harmless groups were confused with heretical ones by the authorities in their attempts to control what was going on . |
| 23 | If the soul 's fate was indeed predetermined , it followed that all human endeavour to bring about its salvation must necessarily be in vain . |
| 24 | It transpires that this particular law was discussed with the heads of the Moscow University Zoological Museum and two provincial museums without the Russian Ministry of Culture knowing anything of it . |
| 25 | He invited people to sign a declaration : ‘ I , the undersigned , promise to learn ( it ) if it appears that 10 million people have given the same promise . ’ |
| 26 | It appears that two campaigning groups against genital mutilation have been developing in the last ten years within and outside Africa . |
| 27 | It appears that all this time I too was working flat out , because , in addition to a heavy load of teaching , I was writing articles right and left , as well as tinkering with the political book . |
| 28 | Summing up , it appears that good bold graphics and a variety of visual presentations of the new topic offer strong support to the teacher at this stage . |
| 29 | However , it appears that many other people were destined to see William Terris , fortunately without any ill effects . |
| 30 | From discussions , it appears that many active researchers view other theses in the light of their own . |