Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It transpired later that the social workers were all under instruction to have identification . |
| 2 | As he peered through his mind 's eye it seemed rather that the deepest water changed into a different type of material which sank down and down forever , tossed by its own fierce storms , swayed by its own currents that were swifter than any ocean 's — until far off elsewhere there surfaced from this immaterium yet other seas of life , which were other worlds . |
| 3 | It seemed yesterday that the conflicting ideas would be sorted out by President Mobutu , and that a political settlement was in sight . |
| 4 | It turned out that the weekly sales meeting was on Monday mornings . |
| 5 | I sent her Nit Ac LM1 and did n't hear anything for a year when she rang up with a headache — it turned out that the anal fissure had cleared quickly and she felt she had been miraculously well given her sister had been murdered 12mths previously and she 'd had 4 months leave of absence from work to deal with the aftermath which had involved her nephew joining the family . |
| 6 | To be fair to him , he had repeatedly hinted that , when the evidence was in , it would show that Pound 's contribution went far beyond the mere passing of judgement on particular passages ; and indeed it turned out that the very structure of the poem had been extricated by Pound , rather than conceived and composed by the poet whose name appeared on the title-page . |
| 7 | After his partner in a film production company was arrested for financial fraud , it turned out that the charming , fast-talking McDevitt had also been convicted in a bungled 1980 art robbery that mirrored the Gardner theft . |
| 8 | It appeared however that the Chinese Communist Party was rational in its tax policy , taxation was crucial to the C C P to control inflation and the supply of grain to the People 's Liberation Army and the population as a whole . |
| 9 | It may be that it suited occasionally that the same parish priest looked after both of them . |
| 10 | The IIF cautiously welcomed the debt-reduction agreements struck with Mexico and the Philippines [ see p. 37243 ; p. 37580 for their respective finalization ] , but it pointed out that the two countries had continued to service their obligations during negotiation of the deals , in contrast with other middle-income debtor nations seeking relief under the plan . |