Example sentences of "it [verb] [that] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It recommended that the second stage of the process towards EMU , as envisaged in the 1989 Delors plan [ see p. 36598 ] , should begin on Jan. 1 , 1993 , and should be as short as possible . |
| 2 | It seemed that the next minute he had thrust open the kitchen door and was advancing on her ; and then he was gripping her shoulder , saying , ‘ Where is she ? |
| 3 | With each provocation it seemed that the next step would be an outright Russian invasion . |
| 4 | Dennis Henigan , of the Legal Action Project at the Centre to Prevent Handgun Violence , called the decision a " big victory " , and said that it showed that the Second Amendment was " no threat to reasonable gun laws " . |
| 5 | It will be recalled that the proceedings had been adjourned from June to August , and about that time of year it appears that the first appellant was offered employment in Italy . |
| 6 | It appears that the second Summer of Love may have spawned another monster . |
| 7 | It appears that the next stage is to look for suitable sites and I am told that you will be able to provide us with a large scale map of the area for this purpose . |
| 8 | At times in Rangoon it seems that the second economy is all pervasive , and gaps in conversation are filled by discreet requests to change money . |
| 9 | It seems that the Third Law of Aerodynamics is especially at work in this case . |
| 10 | The British Cabinet committee , meeting on 14 November , turned down the US idea , proposing instead a 50–50 division of frequency of traffic on the North Atlantic ; but the following day it decided that the fifth freedom should be accepted , subject to safeguards . |
| 11 | To take a particular instance , we have seen that the form of question with how ? is associated with predicate qualifiers but not with clausal adjectives , and also that the verb believe will only be compatible with the clausal adjective ; it follows that the second part of the exchange in ( 70 ) should be odd or ungrammatical , which is indeed so : ( 70 ) LECTURER : The Venetians believed their proposals generous … ( interrupted by sound of electric drill next door ) MEMBER OF AUDIENCE : * How did the Venetians believe the proposals ? |
| 12 | It follows that the next statement , which provides a particular instance of the general category ( the acid … such as linseed oil ) , must be an illustration , so a soap is a particular manifestation of a salt , and saponification a particular example of the general process of acid + alkali reaction . |
| 13 | When I began to re-read letters , and to research in records , official histories , biographies and first-hand accounts of activities behind the enemy lines in France , it emerged that the last enigma was in fact a double enigma . |