Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [that] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must build and restore and this is possible even now , if only it were understood that the former dependence of museums on the resources of a criminal state was an abomination which there would be no shame in abandoning . |
| 2 | A clause along the following lines could be inserted in the trust deed if it is intended that the same be effective for income tax purposes : No part of the capital , capitalised income , or income shall in any circumstances whatsoever be paid or lent to or applied for the benefit of the settlor or any spouse of the settlor for the time being . |
| 3 | It is said that the most the justices should do if they think that contact should not take place is to say that there should be no order as to contact , leaving it to the local authority and the parent by agreement to make any other provisions they wish . |
| 4 | Within Catholic thought these different positions of men and women tend to be thought ‘ natural ’ , and it is contended that the same gender arrangements are to be found in all known human societies . |
| 5 | The most common disguise is that of the jongleur or menestrel ( within the fabliau tales there is barely any discernible difference in status or respectability between these two although conventionally it is supposed that the former is lower than the latter ) : a disreputable itinerant entertainer living , creditably , off his wits and his talents , but only too vulnerable , and given to wasting what he gains on the temporary pleasures of drinking and gambling in the taverns ; a social outcast but at the same time one called upon by the members of normal society , as Jouglet is , both to instruct the ignorant young man and to play for the villagers . |
| 6 | It is implied that the same particular ( the same " complex of compresence " ) can be in two different places , or recur " at different times . |
| 7 | It is found that the former can give rise to convection even when the latter is sufficiently strong that the net effect of the two is a decrease ; i.e. lighter fluid overlies heavier . |
| 8 | It is also highly doubtful that this character state can be identified in the broken and distorted partial skulls of Dryopithecus and Graecopithecus , although it is claimed that the former is klinorhynchous because of the brow ridge development . |
| 9 | Further , it was seen that the same institution that was so damaging could be therapeutic if it was organized deliberately to foster social confidence and responsibility in the patients . |
| 10 | For it was assumed that the few who were rich and/or well-born were also , morally and politically , " the best " . |
| 11 | It was believed that the latter group had agreed to support him in return for the promise of positions on congressional committees . |
| 12 | He could only get temporary relief from certain drugs and it was believed that the same drug contributed to the hardening of the liver which led to his death . |
| 13 | It was said that the few cabin passengers on board sailed under very different conditions . |
| 14 | And so it was envisaged that the former coaling and oiling stations of Gibraltar , Malta , Port Said , Suez , Aden , Bombay , Colombo , Penang , Singapore and Hong Kong would become air staging posts as well in the post-imperial era . |
| 15 | Subsequently , in 1971 , the circular ring started to be replaced by a D-shaped ring , since it was found that the former was being extensively used in parking meters ! |
| 16 | In 1614 the Prince of Wales himself had to be excluded from a dinner at which the Russian ambassador was to be present , since it was feared that the latter would refuse to accept a place on the king 's left if the prince were seated on his right . |
| 17 | At one time it was thought that the same applied to an incorporated company , except that the company itself held its assets as trustee for its members . |
| 18 | In discussions between Kozyrev and South Korean Foreign Minister Lee Sang Ock , it was reported that the former had given assurances that Russia would not provide North Korea with any offensive weapons , and had promised to consult with the South Korean government during future discussions of military matters with North Korea . |
| 19 | Thus , where the draftsman used the phrase " adjoining premises " in one part of the lease and the phrase " adjoining or neighbouring premises " in another part of it , it was held that the former phrase only applied to property that came into physical contact with the demised property because the words " or neighbouring " must have added something to the word " adjoining " ( White v Harrow ( 1902 ) 86 LT 4 ) . |