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

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1 The High Court in Dublin sparked a huge controversy on Feb. 17 when it ruled that a 14-year-old girl , who became pregnant after allegedly being raped by the father of a friend , could not travel to the United Kingdom for an abortion .
2 It thinks that a sensible way would be to standardise on windows , icons , menus , and command box style via agreement on specific languages — such as C , C++ — for all interfaces , with reusable source code modules , rather than on specific product-oriented solutions .
3 It emphasises that a proposed change of use constitutes development if the new use is ‘ substantially ’ different from the old .
4 It transpired that a large quantity of spent shells from a plane ahead went through the nose and had struck Ed .
5 More strikingly , it demonstrated that a toroidal discharge in a toroidal magnetic field established its own stable configuration .
6 It assumes that a single factor can be found that correlates closely with demand .
7 When , in August 1920 , the threat of British military intervention against Soviet troops advancing into Poland , triggered a massive upsurge of anti-war sentiment , it seemed that a new wave of revolutionary pacifism might erupt , taking up where the crisis of January 1918 had left off .
8 The old Theatre Royal in Dunlop Street soon followed , and it seemed that a new age had been ushered in as the gas light glinted on the crystal chandeliers and the illuminati of Glasgow clustered like moths about a bundle of bunsen-burners .
9 Then it seemed that a new cycle of muttering was beginning .
10 It seemed that a malevolent spirit was out to get me .
11 It seemed that a major factor in being granted access , was that I was able to convince the deciding parties that the research would be ‘ useful ’ for practitioners .
12 It seemed that a dark halo enclosed the men 's faces and her head filled with a sound of the sea .
13 It seemed that a fuller role was required for the M.P .
14 As I got to the end of the row it seemed that a hundred hands had grabbed me … my body was being assailed with blows from so many directions , whether from kicks or punches I do not know , and with stars in front of my eyes and bells ringing in my ears , I felt another strange sensation .
15 On the Friday evening , their last night , I came downstairs after a bath and was on my way to the kitchen to get supper when , in glancing out of the windows at the front , it seemed that a dense fog had developed .
16 To the layman it seemed that a decreasing service was being provided at increasing expense .
17 Shouting was necessary , for it happened that a high-speed train was rushing by at just that moment on a main line to the east coast .
18 Now it happened that a few days earlier Jones had called up Lee R. Phillips , an attorney associated with Brigham Young University , in order to file a patent arising from his muon-fusion work .
19 It claimed that a large amount of money would be the immediate reward if you were delivered unharmed to the nearest British post .
20 Finally , it shows that a given term may , as in the case of the verb , engage simultaneously in a number of different metaphoric relations .
21 It states that a 100-cow herd with an average health standard calls in the veterinary surgeon 140 times a year .
22 A message arrives at the Platoon Command Post requesting fire-fighting assistance ; it transpires that a Turkish vehicle carrying British ammunition has overturn and that fuel is leaking from the ruptured fuel tank .
23 It appears that a reworded criterion : " can represent a given decimal number on a number line to one decimal place " would have yielded a success rate of 75 per cent , about the same as that for the first item .
24 So it appears that a general tendency to unhappy and aggressive social interaction spins over into mother-child management struggles .
25 A ‘ notice to warn ’ might well be served for example upon a car manufacturer if it appears that a certain model had a dangerous design fault .
26 A very interesting sub-set in this category is that in which the Christian or baptismal name is followed immediately by one of like kind , as in the case of Johannes Geoffrey , where it appears that a personal name has been pressed into service as a byname .
27 It appears that a great deal of weight is given by examining magistrates , who may be young and inexperienced , to the police file , which includes the accused 's incriminating statements .
28 In 42 , for example , it appears that a crossed interpretation is possible , in that Mary 's dog could well be male , and Bill 's female :
29 It appears that a stable ring structure is formed between complexing agents and metal cations .
30 Eighteenth July — it appears that a large attack by more than 1,300 British tanks on the enemy positions on the Caen front has been successful in tying down the German Panzer divisions .
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